It's 1956, summer, and Rosa is looking forward to a concert with a new (!) and up and coming singer named Elvis Presley. The concert was wonderful (and what a difference from the music her parents enjoyed) until the closing curtain when a body falls from the catwalks above the stage. It is a photographer for one of the local newspapers. It is deemed a suicide by the local police, but a family member is not so sure and hires Rosa to investigate. Could it be something from his past (think WWII)? Look for the mention of other musicians new to the scene: the Everly Brothers. Murder and Rock 'n' Roll, by Lee Strauss and Norm Strauss is another fun read in the Rosa Reed Mystery series.

Here it is (drum roll, please), the newest Iona Whishaw Lane Winslow Mystery: Lethal Lesson! It's winter, there is snow on the ground (except for Christmas, of course). There is a change over at the school with one teacher leaving, and another taking over ... except that one is found dead and the other missing. Lane steps in as the substitute during the investigation. Someone was searching for one of the teachers, but why? Is the missing teacher part of that search? Warning here ... clear your schedule, have food on hand, this book is hard to put down!

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