MOTHER-DAUGHTER MURDER NIGHT BY NINA SIMON

MOTHER-DAUGHTER MURDER NIGHT BY NINA SIMON

There's buzz about this right now: it's a Reese's book club pick and the TV rights just sold. This is the book where I learned 'slough' is pronounced 'slew' and it's like a tidal marsh. Or something. To be honest, I got kind of lost in the geography and the difference between development rights and land rights, but that’s just me. And it didn't matter, I came for the characters.

This is the one about a mother-daughter-granddaughter trio. Lana Rubicon is a high flying LA real estate developer who's forced by cancer to bunk in with her semi-estranged daughter on the edge of a Monterrey slough (slew). She's never even visited before let alone come for an extended stay, so that takes some getting used to. As well, trouble's afoot and Lana delves in for two reasons. One, to make sure her granddaughter isn't blamed and two, to give herself some much needed purpose.

I'm looking forward to the movie, because the setting is like a character in this book. And one I'd like to see on screen.