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Bridgid Quinn is a retired FBI agent. She is a diminutive woman with a white ponytail, but there is nothing grandmotherly about her. When Brigid's sister in law dies, Brigid agrees that her niece Gemma Kate can move in with her and her new husband Carlo, albeit with misgivings. Brigid has just been getting used to married life and being retired, but Gemma Kate's plan makes sense - she wants to qualify for in-state tuition when she goes to college. So, despite her doubts Brigid agrees, and at first things go well.
Gemma Kate is good cook and enjoys sharing the benefits of her talent with Brigid and Carlo. However not long after GK (as Gemma Kate is often called) moves in and Brigid takes on a new case, things start to go wrong. After Brigid develops a number peculiar physical symptoms and experiences hallucinations, she begins to suspect Gemma Kate is putting something in her food, especially as Gemma is developing an interest in toxicology. Gemma Kate has turned into a surly teenager and life is far more stressful than it should be. The tensions come to a head after coffee hour at the church at when many people start to collapse.
All the same, Brigid is a private investigator, one who has agreed to look into the drowning death of a gay teenaged boy at his parents' behest. They think that the police have been less than thorough in their investigation, and Brigid is not sure they are wrong.
This is a wonderful book with characters that are so well drawn I feel I could pick them out of a crowd. The situation is very familiar, with life going along at an ambling pace until a family complication takes over and casts anger and mistrust over all. The surprise ending completes a wonderful tale.
§Megan Sweeney is an art teacher at the Tuxedo Park School, an independent school in upstate New York. She eats, sleeps, reads, knits, and occasionally makes her own artwork in the nearby town of Monroe, New York where she lives.
Reviewed by Megan Sweeney, December 2014
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