‘No Bells’, by F M Meredith

Published by Oak Tree Press, 2012. ISBN: 978-1-61009-086-5

Gordon Butler of the Rocky Bluff Police Department has found love with Benay Weiss.  So when Benay telephones him hysterical with the news that her best friend Geri Rowe has disappeared Gordon swings into action.

But nothing is as it seems, and when a body is found, soon Gordon is struggling with the evidence pointing to his beloved Benay as the prime suspect.

Cleverly plotted, as the story twists and turns I kept having to revise my own assessment as to whodunit.  For Gordon, as he learns that there are things about Benay he didn’t know, he tries desperately to hang on to his belief in her innocence.

With some great characters and a tightly woven story that keeps you guessing to the end, this is not to be missed.

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Reviewer: Lizzie Hayes

Marilyn Meredith, aka F. M. Meredith, is the author of over 30 published books. Writing has been a part of her life since she was 10 years old. She married the cute sailor she met on a blind date and they raised five children and now have 18 grandchildren and 12 great-grands. Doing things with family is one of her favorite pasttimes.  She's had many jobs through the years: telephone operator, day care and nursery school teacher, teacher in a pre-school for developmentally disabled children, owner-operator of a licensed care home for developmentally disabled adults, and administrator and teacher for CEU classes for Administrators of licensed facilities. She's also taught many writing classes, been an instructor at writers' conferences, appeared at mystery conventions, libraries and service and social groups. She's the Program Chair for the Public Safety Writers Association's annual conference, the editor of the PSWA newsletter and also the newsletter editor for the California Residential Services Association.
She's a member of three chapters of Sisters in Crime, Mystery Writers of American, PSWA and Epicauthors. Reading mysteries, going to movies and playing wild games with my great and grandkids are what she likes to do for fun.