This is very light reading, but fun. It is the latest in a series of books about Skye Denison, a school psychologist and amateur sleuth. Skye's latest adventure occurs over summer vacation. Skye always gets another job during the summer for extra money, and this summer she is on job #3 when her boss from job #2 is found murdered.
Skye's normal summer job as a lifeguard hadn't worked out. The beach where she had worked had been closed for swimming due to an invasion of geese (apparently bird shit is very toxic). So she'd gotten a job in an antiques store, only to be fired when she told a customer that the vase she was trying to sell was worth far more than the store owner had offered to pay. Her third job, working for her uncle as the coordinator of the First Annual Route 66 Yard Sale. It's a huge event and made an even larger headache than it might otherwise be due to the difficulty of working for her uncle. But at least the pay is very good, enough for Skye to make a down payment on her cottage, which she has been renting for the past few years.
For a small town, Scumble River (the fictitious town which is the setting for all these books) seems to have an extremely high murder rate. This time the victim is Cookie Caldwell, Skye's former boss at the antique shop, and her body is found in Skye's family's booth at the yard sale. The sheriff thinks that Skye did it. Skye investigates on her own in an attempt to clear her name.
Anyway, I always really enjoy these books. I like books in a series; when I get to like a character I like to read more about them.
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