Mrs. Peabody's Party Line — Marianna Heusler

Never know what you might overhear...

It's 1957 and a killer is roaming about quiet little Honeyspoon, Massachusetts. Mrs. Nancy Peabody can scarcely believe it--except for the body count. Her own neighbor Kate Tringali discovers the first victim, a cleaning lady strangled to death in the library. Until now, the only intrigue in Mrs. Peabody's life has been listening in on phone calls, thanks to sharing a phone line with two neighbors. As the murder investigation heats up, the party line makes minding her own business much harder.

When Mrs. Peabody stumbles, literally, upon the second victim, she's determined to figure out what's going on. Finally, a chance to prove she isn't simply a nosy old widow. But she's running out of time. With all the secrets Mrs. Peabody has accumulated, she may be next on the killer's list...