Title: Landscaped to death
Product review: The Three Dirty Women of the title are three friends, Amilou, Korine, and Janie, who have a professional landscaping company. They are hired to re-landscape Susannah Graham's yard in honor of the coming nuptials of Susannah's daughter and the nephew of one of the dirty women. While digging in an azalea bed, the body of Amilou's philandering almost ex-husband is found. Who planted him there? Janie's husband, J.J. is the police chief of Pine Grove, and, of course, he investigates, and uncovers the murderer, but not before a second body is discovered.This is a remarkable first novel. The beginning is a bit rough, as is to be expected with a first novel, but Julie Wray Herman finds her stride well before the middle of the book. The characters are endearing. The small town ambience is obvious in that everyone is either related to, or went to school with, or is friendly with, everyone else, whether directly part of the story or not.
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