And like Father Brown and Jessica Fletcher and Jane Marple, Belinda goes after the murderer like a dog with a bone. Stone Carrington V quickly dissolved the image his name conjures-wealthy and arrogant and self-absorbed-turning instead, to Belinda as a friend and cohort in his pursuit of a murderer.Ī la Father Brown, Murder She Wrote, and Miss Marple, Belinda Blake stumbles into the middle of a murder mystery.

Her quirkiness, her dedication to be independent and pursue her own path quickly endeared her to me. This reviewer quickly fell in love with Belinda. Publisher’s Weekly gave Heather’s Viking historical Forest Child a starred review, saying it is “an engaging story depicting timeless human struggles with faith, love, loyalty, and leadership.”įind Heather on Pinterest (heatherdgilbert), Instagram Twitter and Facebook (heatherdaygilbert). Her novels feature small towns, family relationships, and women who aren’t afraid to protect those they love. Heather Day Gilbert, an ECPA Christy award finalist and Grace award winner, writes contemporary mysteries and Viking historicals. And soon, daily contact with a deadly reptile might be the least dangerous part of her life. But though she’s falling for Stone’s numerous charms, Belinda wonders if she’s cozying up to a killer. Between client trips to Manhattan and visits to her family in upstate New York, Belinda begins to put the pieces together. The victim, Margo Fenton, was a Carrington family friend, and no one in their circle seems above suspicion. With the constrictor back in its cage, she heads out to the garden, only to discover a designer shoe poking out of the boxwood hedge-attached to a woman’s dead body. The python in her care tried to slither to freedom-just as she met Stone Carrington V, her landlords’ disarmingly handsome son. Pet-sitter Belinda Blake doesn’t rattle easily, but move-in day has been eventful, to say the least.

Instead she discovers a corpse in the garden-and a knack for solving murders. When exotic pet-sitter Belinda Blake moves into a carriage house in tony Greenwich, Connecticut, she’s hoping to find some new clients. BLOGWORDS – Tuesday – TUESDAY REVIEWS-DAY – BOOK REVIEW – BELINDA BLAKE AND THE SNAKE IN THE GRASS by HEATHER DAY GILBERT TUESDAY REVIEWS-DAY – BOOK REVIEW – BELINDA BLAKE AND THE SNAKE IN THE GRASS by HEATHER DAY GILBERT

Forest Child by Heather Day Gilbert