My Review
It is autumn in Cabot Cove, Maine. Jessica Fletcher and her friends and neighbors are enjoying the fall weather as are the usual leaf peeping tourists. Unfortunately, a young female tourist is murdered. In addition, a bicycle-riding thief is terrorizing anyone foolish enough to carry a purse. Will Sheriff Mort find the perpetrators? Could the crimes have been committed by a single person? Or are two bad neighbors acting at once? And Cabot Cove always sounded like such a safe place to live, except for all the murders, of course.
Murder She Wrote: The Body in the Trees is entirely set in Cabot Cove, which are the stories I always love best. As a fan of the 1980s show, it always feels like visiting old friends when visiting Jessica’s hometown. With two mysteries to solve, this book really gives armchair detectives a challenge with one of them. The perpetrator was a surprise to even this veteran detective fiction reader. However, the clues are all there to follow, if you are clever. The other mystery is better for those just wanting a relaxing cozy read that feels like drinking hot tea or cocoa with friends on a chilly evening.
This plot has something for everyone and the book is one of the best in this series. The Body in the Trees is highly recommended for fans of the series, cozy mystery enthusiasts, or serious armchair detectives. As I am all three, it is a favorite and deserves 5 stars!
Thanks to Great Escapes Book Tours, NetGalley and Berkley for providing me with an advanced review copy.
Murder, She Wrote: The Body in the Trees
Cozy Mystery
62nd in Series
Setting – Maine
Publisher : Berkley
Publication date : December 2, 2025
Hardcover
Print length : 272 pages
ISBN-10 : 0593820215
The newest entry in the USA Today bestselling Murder, She Wrote series.
It’s leaf-peeping season in Cabot Cove, but for someone, it’s killing season!
A quartet of friends from Florida have come to Maine to experience a New England autumn, complete with hiking in the woods and fishing. When one of them goes missing, the town rallies to find the presumably lost but otherwise safe tourist. But when newspaper editor Dan Andrews is biking on the trail along a ridge, he looks down and sees a leg caught in the branches of a tree. Count on Jessica Fletcher to uncover the secret reason the victim came to town . . . and how it led to her murder.
About the Authors
Jessica Fletcher is a bestselling mystery writer who has a knack for stumbling upon real-life mysteries in her various travels.
Terrie Farley Moran is the bestselling author of the Read ‘Em and Eat cozy mystery series, including the Agatha Award-winning Well Read, Then Dead. Along with Jessica Fletcher, she co-writes the Murder She Wrote mystery series. She also co-writes the Scrapbooking Mysteries with Laura Childs. Terrie’s short mystery fiction has been published in Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, Mystery Weekly, and numerous anthologies. “A Killing at the Beausoleil” was nominated for an Agatha Award for Best Short Story. “Inquiry and Assistance” received the Derringer Award for Best Novelette.
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