A Willing Murder/Jude Deveraux/333 pages

  Kate Medlar is moving away from her controlling mother  and moves in with a distant aunt in the hope of learning more about her father who died when Kate was very young.  Also staying with Aunt Sara is Jack, a talented, funny and a little disturbed young man.  No sooner does Kate arrive when a tree on Jack's property falls over revealing two skeletons.  A twenty year old mystery of what happened to Cheryl and her mother slowly unfolds with the help of Sara, Kate and Jack.  From the start, they have a relaxed, humorous relationship that really works.  They care about each other and make the perfect team.  The conclusion to this who-done-it was a surprise I did not figure out ahead of time.  Good read!