Murder, She Wrote: The Body in the Trees
by Jessica Fletcher & Terrie Farley Moran
About Murder, She Wrote: The Body in the Trees:
Murder, She Wrote: The Body in the Trees
Cozy Mystery
62nd in Series
Setting - Maine
Publisher : Berkley
Publication date : December 2, 2025
Hardcover Print length : 272 pages
ISBN-10 : 0593820215
ISBN-13 : 978-0593820216
Digital ISBN-13 : 978-0593820223
ASIN : B0DYYYSJLR
The newest entry in the USA Today bestselling Murder, She Wrote series. It's leaf-peeping season in Cabot Cove, but for someone, it's killing season! A quartet of friends from Florida have come to Maine to experience a New England autumn, complete with hiking in the woods and fishing. When one of them goes missing, the town rallies to find the presumably lost but otherwise safe tourist. But when newspaper editor Dan Andrews is biking on the trail along a ridge, he looks down and sees a leg caught in the branches of a tree. Count on Jessica Fletcher to uncover the secret reason the victim came to town . . . and how it led to her murder.
My Review:
The Body in the Trees is the 62nd book in the Murder, She Wrote series. It's only the second one I've had a chance to read. I own several of the books in the series and one of these days I'll remove them from my TBR list (because I read them, not because I got rid of them). I enjoyed the show growing up and I'm sure it's streaming somewhere. I loved channeling Angela Lansbury when I read this. I also channeled Terrie Farley Moran, too, as I read along. I love her Read 'Em and Eat series.
The mystery in The Body of the Trees was well-written. The fall leaves are changing, gorgeous colors are popping, and Halloween is on it's way. A group of college friends from Florida find their way up to Maine for leaf-peeping season. Jessica and friends encounter them during dinner one night and make fast friends with the group. When one of the young women disappears, Cabot Cove comes together to help search for her. Then she's found and murder is now on the menu. Jessica dons her sleuthing cap to investigate who this young woman really was, why she was in Cabot Cove, and how it may have lead to her demise.
I enjoyed the characters, how Jessica was able to ferret out clues, and ultimately solve the murder. The murder mystery isn't the only thing going on in the book. The authors did a terrific job weaving the main storyline and several smaller ones together. The characters are wonderfully crafted, realistically written, The entire book, plot, and characters kept me engaged in the story. The book was full of twists, turns, red herrings, and shifts in direction. I enjoyed Jessica's methodical sleuthing and how everything wrapped up.I was provided with a copy of this book. This does not
affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review. The opinions I have
expressed are my own.
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About the Authors:
Jessica Fletcher is a bestselling mystery writer who has a knack for stumbling upon real-life mysteries in her various travels.
Terrie Farley Moran is the bestselling author of the Read 'Em and Eat cozy mystery series, including the Agatha Award-winning Well Read, Then Dead. Along with Jessica Fletcher, she co-writes the Murder She Wrote mystery series. She also co-writes the Scrapbooking Mysteries with Laura Childs. Terrie's short mystery fiction has been published in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, Mystery Weekly, and numerous anthologies. "A Killing at the Beausoleil" was nominated for an Agatha Award for Best Short Story. "Inquiry and Assistance" received the Derringer Award for Best Novelette.
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