This is the first in a series of mysteries about the town of Rose Hill. It is a college town nestled in the foothills of West Virginia. Scott Gordon is the chief of Police, and he likes how things are at work and in his small town...on the slow side. So when the town bully is murdered at the Vet's office, Scott is stumped. He's never thought of himself as a detective, nor does he have the manpower or the necessary connections to solve this or any other murder, so he ends up calling in Sarah from the sheriff's office to help him solve this crime. The plot was interesting even if it was somewhat predicable. The two main characters, Scott and Sarah were believable as well as likeable but there were just way too many sub-plots going on. Maybe because it's the first book in a LONG line of the Rose Hill series of books, 14 to date. I hope the characters in the future books receive some extra "meat" on their bones along the way and also that the crimes become a bit more complicated and harder for the reader to solve. I knew "who-done it" before the halfway mark of the story. I chose this book for the reason that I choose many of the books that I wouldn't normally read... for a challenge category for one of my groups. I intend to try another in the series to give them a fair chance. ( )

The small town of Rose Hill has a killer in its midst. Theo Eldridge is found dead at the town's veterinary clinic.The police chief, Scott Gordon, and the county investigator Sarah Albright are 'helped by his friends Maggie Fitzpatrick and Hannah to find the killer before they strike again. ( )

This book had lots of potential; however, there are so many characters and not enough time to fully develop. One gets a sense of each character, but I was left in limbo with some of them.
Scott is the sheriff of tiny Rose Hill. The town drunk and trouble maker is found murdered in the new Vet's office. Sarah, county sheriff, takes over the case. She is in hot pursuit of Scott who could care less about her. Before the murderer is found, we are introduced to whole cast of suspects.
I gave this a 3, but wish I could have given it 3.5. It's better than a 3, but quite a 4. ( )

There are currently nine titles in this series, each one named for a street in the town of Rose Hill, streets named after flowers. Rose Hill is situated in southern US, population 500, plus tourists and the students at Eldridge College. The College is named for the wealthy Eldridge family. Another wealthy family are the Rodefeffers. Further down the social scale are the Irish Fitzgeralds and their relatives and friends, who are among the main characters in this interesting series.
The books revolve around the everyday life of the town and the people who run the bakery, the bookstore, the service station, fire station, police station, funeral parlour, city offices, the pub, and the churches. Everyone knows everyone else and their business. They are supportive and helpful of their family members and neighbours in good southern tradition. Among the everyday life there are mysteries and murder, fraud and skulduggery, love and relationships.
I read the first seven titles but had to give up when the eight involved a sociopath. I don't read sociopaths, psychopaths or serial killers. Book nine started out interestingly until the issues with feral young Sammy raised its head again.
The thing is, the author has created an interesting array of characters, well drawn and interesting. You want to spend time with them, find out what's happening next in their lives. I mean, I read those seven titles in less than a week. But the author also uses her books to expound her ideas and attitudes to life and the way people should live, none of which I particularly disagreed with, but which often turned into sermons in the mouths of her characters. I tended to skip at times. Young Sammy seems to be her sermon on child raising - namely, let a child run free without boundaries and you're raising a problem. Not wrong, but a little goes a long way.
So seven out of the nine is my limit. But I did enjoy those seven.

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Interesting murder mystery. It seems everyone in town has a reason to kill the town bully, Theo Eldridge but who was it that finally broke and did kill him? I liked these characters. The mystery was good and just when I thought I had the killer another possibility was thrown in my path. This sets up the series. I want to meet these people again and see how they deal with each other. They are friends or relatives and sometimes both. I particularly liked Maggie, Scott, and Hannah. ( )