Fit for Murder by Jessica Fletcher and Terrie Farley Moran

Item: Murder, She Wrote: Fit for Murder
Rating: 5
Author: karenbaron

Posted February 4, 2024 by karenbaron in Blog Tour, Contest - Giveaway, Mystery, Review, Series / 2 Comments

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Fit for Murder by Jessica Fletcher and Terrie Farley Moran

Murder, She Wrote: Fit for Murder

by Jessica Fletcher, Terrie Farley Moran

Series: Murder She Wrote Mystery #57
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Published by Berkley Books on January 23, 2024
Setting: Maine
Genres: Cozy Mystery
Pages: 288
Format: Audible Audiobook, Hardcover, Kindle
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Also in this series: Murder, She Wrote: Killing in a Koi Pond, Murder, She Wrote: Debonair in Death, Murder, She Wrote: Death on the Emerald Isle, Murder Backstage, A Killer Christmas

Jessica Fletcher learns that exercise can be murder in this new entry in the USA Today bestselling Murder, She Wrote series.

Former editor of the Cabot Cove Gazette, Evelyn Phillips is back in Cabot Cove. Evelyn tells Jessica and Seth that she got a couple of really weird notes from Bertha Mae Cormier so she’s come back to town to check on her old friend. She demands that Jessica come with her to see Bertha Mae, who is a bit dithery but no more so than Jessica remembers her being in recent years.

Jessica does become somewhat concerned when Bertha Mae starts to talk about her new neighbor, Martin Terranova. He is quite charming and very health conscious and he teaches yoga and meditation in his pool house. Maureen Metzger says that she and Bertha Mae became friends in Terranova’s class and mentions how solicitous he is to his older clients.

Jessica attends one of his classes and does notice that Terranova is flirtatious with several elderly clients, especially Bertha Mae. Evelyn is becoming convinced that Bertha Mae is being mesmerized by Terranova and that he is after Bertha Mae’s money. A short while late, Martin turns up dead in his weight room. What at first blush seems to be an accident, soon proves to be murder and Jessica must put her investigative skills to the test when Evelyn becomes the prime suspect.

Fit for Murder by Jessica Fletcher and Terrie Farley Moran sees Jessica letting Evelyn Phillips direct her to an interesting dilemma with Bertha Mae and a certain yoga teacher named Martin Terranova.

Will Jessica solve the mystery?

Jessica Fletcher

All Jessica Fletcher wants to do is work on her latest novel, but everyone keeps pulling her into doing something else. Especially Evelyn Phillips when she returns to help her friend Bertha Mae. Once they do, Evelyn has it in her head that there is a story, and Jessica doesn’t know what to think. Except that something does seem suspicious. Jessica is a great character, and I always feel like I’m curled up at home whenever I enter these stories. I love how she can solve this one and the other things that happen in Cabot Cove.

Martin Terranova, the Victim

Martin Terranova is the victim and someone that Evelyn Phillips isn’t happy with as he’s being overly friendly with Bertha Mae. Basically, he is flirting with her when he should be teaching her yoga and not feeling her up. Martin is flirty with many of his clients, who are all older, mature women. Could they be leaving him money to keep his business going? Jessica seems very suspicious of his intentions on some of his clients during a session she saw. To make matters worse, when Martin dies, Evelyn convinces Jessica to be on the case because Bertha Mae spirals even worse.

I honestly didn’t see who did it. I was so off-base on it, but it actually makes sense now that I’m thinking about it.

Five Stars

I am giving five stars to Fit for Murder by Jessica Fletcher and Terrie Farley Moran. If you like reading a book that plays out like a television episode, this series is perfect for you. At least from the few books that I have read, it seems to be. I love reading this series. It makes me try to solve the mystery with Jessica. Ms. Moran has done a perfect job writing with Jessica and portraying all of the characters like they are still on the show.

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About Terrie Farley Moran

Terrie Farley Moran is the author of Murder She Wrote: Killing in a Koi Pond, the latest in the long-running Jessica Fletcher series, to be followed in autumn 2021 by Murder She Wrote: Debonair in Death. She has also written the beachside Read ‘Em and Eat cozy mystery series and is co-author of Laura Childs’ New Orleans scrapbooking mysteries. Her short stories have been published in numerous magazines and anthologies. Terrie is a recipient of both the Agatha and the Derringer awards.

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