"Dead Between The Lines"

"Dead Between The Lines" is another Denise Swanson Devereaux's Dime Store Mystery - third in the series.  Devereaux Ann Sinclair (known as Dev to her friends) is facing a lot of challenges:  Her father is being released from prison soon exonerated for a crime he didn't commit.  The physical reactions she felt when inside the prison made it too difficult to visit him behind bars and she wonders how he is going to feel about that as well as how he's going to support himself and if he'll be accepted back into the community.

In addition, she has started seeing her childhood sweetheart, Dr. Noah Underwood, but another man whose handsome looks make her melt when she sees him is back in town - Deputy U. S. Marshal Jake Del Vecchio.  He's talking about quitting his job and acting as foreman for his uncle's ranch because he is seriously interested in Dev and the possibility of their having a future together.  Since she doesn't know if she can trust either man yet, she proposes that she date both of them.  What can they say about that?  They really don't have a choice!

When a local book club asks to meet at her dime store, she knows she needs the extra money so she says yes.  It doesn't turn out so well, though, when the guest speaker turns up dead outside her back door the next morning.  Someone also thinks Dev may know something about the murderer's identity and threatens her.  While Noah must spend his time with his ailing mother at the hospital and her close friends are away, Jake jumps in to help Dev solve the murder while protecting her.  But....the murderer strikes when Dev is alone and feeling safe - will she be able to fight him or her off or ?????

If you want to find out who is behind the murder and where Dev's love life appears to be heading, read the book!  pazt