"Huckleberry Finished" is another Delilah Dickinson Literary Tour Mystery by Livia J. Washburn. I read this in a hardback edition I picked up at the library just after finishing a book on Kindle. It was hard to get used to the fact that I couldn't turn the pages by tapping them!
Delilah is off on a tour on her own without her daughter and son-in-law who she's left in charge of the office in Atlanta. Delilah has booked her first group of tourists on a steamboat trip on the Mississippi from Saint Louis to Hannibal -- home of Mark Twain. Due to the popularity of the tour and the possibility she'll be booking future tours Delilah wants to personally check it out.
The steamboat offers gambling which appears to be a popular way for some of the passengers to spend their time but when one of Delilah's tourists makes an accusation of a rigged roulette wheel, he becomes unpopular with the captain and the head of security and Delilah gets involved in making sure he gets off the ship in Hannibel to find his own way home.
The passengers are also entertained by "Mark Twain" on the trip with appearances and performances and plenty of Mark Twain quotes. When Delilah meets the man behind the costume, romance appears to be in the air. However, all thoughts of romance are dampened when a passenger is found murdered and the Hannibal police take over the investigation and delay the steamboat's departure back to Saint Louis. As if one murder weren't enough, it appears there are two that need solving and Delilah is in the thick of it and exposing herself to danger again. Washburn's mysteries are entertaining -- presenting mysteries in a fun way. A great, light summer read! pazt
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