Mile High Murder: A Hannah Ives Mystery

In Talley’s witty, well-constructed 16th Hannah Ives mystery (after 2016’s Footprints to Murder), Hannah, a breast cancer survivor and facilitator of a cancer support group in Annapolis, Md., is contacted by Claire Thompson, a Maryland state senator who’s been using marijuana for medical purposes. Claire offers Hannah a role in a small fact-finding task force studying the feasibility of legalizing the sale and farming of marijuana in the state. As a first step, the two women travel to Denver, Colo., the mecca of marijuana tourism in America. Safely ensconced in Bell House, their elegant B&B, they are ready for a full immersion into the recreational, medical, culinary, and economic benefits cannabis brings to the community, but when an unpopular guest is smothered in the B&B’s solarium, Hannah turns sleuth and discovers that many of her fellow guests have disturbing secrets and private agendas. Fair-play clues lead to a surprising motive behind the murder. Talley takes the reader on a timely and illuminating trip into the often befuddling world of marijuana legislation. [em]Agent: Vicky Bijur, Vicky Bijur Literary Agency. (Apr.) [/em]