A Good Year for a Corpse — Valerie Wolzien

A CIVIC-MINDED MURDER

All the local organizations were courting Mr. Horace Harvey--and his mounds of wealth. But one angry suitor stuffed a wad of bills into Horace's mouth, wrapped a money belt around his neck, and left his strangled body in the wine cellar of the Hancock Inn.

Between worrying about her teenage daughter's new boyfriend and trying to housebreak a new puppy. Susan Henshaw has time to conclude that the prime murder suspect--the head of FO.P.P. (Friends of Potted Plants)--is innocent.

Where had Horace Harvey and his money come from? Why was he so anxious to give his money to a group in Hancock All sorts of sordid activities are going on in the private lives of Hancock's most civic-minded citizens. And at least one of them had reason to kill....