Signet, July 2004, 5.99, 272 pp.
ISBN 0451212104
When Sky Dennison graduated school, she left Scumble River before the ink on her diploma was dry. After she lost her job, her boyfriend dumped her and she didn't have enough money to pay the rent, she returned home. Her uncle got her the position of school psychologist and after almost three years Sky realizes she likes living and working in her hometown, being close to friends, family and her lover Simon.
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The high school sponsors a dance for the students and hire Pink Elephant, a band that includes Sky's brother Vince, to play at the event. She notices that two members are at each other's throat but her brother won't tell her why. At the night of the dance, a fire alarm evacuates the building; when Skye looks to see if anyone is in the building, she trips over the dead body of a band member. Vince is a prime suspect so Sky once again tries to track down a murderer so that she can exonerate his brother.
Although Scumble River is a small community, it has many of the problems of a big city including students taking hard drugs. While trying to find a killer, Sky always wants to find the methamphetamine lab so the sheriff can close it down and arrest the dealer. The heroine is tough when it comes to her students and her family, going the extra mile to get them out of trouble yet with Simon all she can think of is “Give me give me good lovin”. MURDER OF A PINK ELEPHANT is an upbeat amateur sleuth mystery that takes place in a quirky town with zany characters.
Harriet Klausner
The review of this Book prepared by Harriet Klausner
School psychologist Skye Denison has returned to her hometown of Scumble River to work at the local schools and is shocked to discover that drugs have hit her small town. And it gets even worse when a member of her brother's band, Pink Elephant, is found murdered at the high school Valentine's Day dance. The police suspect her brother Vince and Skye must do everything in her power to clear her brother and catch the real killer, without becoming a victim herself.
The review of this Book prepared by Kathy Thomason
