audiobook, cozy-mystery, contemporary, amateur-sleuth, small-business, small-town, cultural-differences, cultural-assimilation, local-law-enforcement, local-gossip, poisons, poison-pen-letters, multiple-murder, murder-investigation, France, thriller, suspense, family-dynamics, family-drama, family-history, friendship, friends, hospitality-industry, closeted-skeletons, verbal-humor*****

Molly finds the body of a particularly nasty old woman in the bathroom of the restaurant where the few were holding a birthday party. But it seems that it was poison rather than illness that took her out. It becomes the center of gossip, but the skeletons don't stop coming out of closets until more septuagenarians are dead. The game is afoot and Molly's brash friend from the states is there to make things quite silly at times. Good read!
Background: Molly took her money from the divorce and went from Massachusetts to a place she thought of as ideal. A village in France where she bought a cottage with a smaller one on the property that she could let out to keep costs in order.
I enjoyed the narration by voice artist Becket Royce!

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I received a copy of this book in exchange for an

honest review. I have to say that I enjoyed this

book more than the first one. Ms. Goddin is

developing her writing skills and fleshing out the

main characters as she goes along. I really love the

setting and it makes me want to chuck it all and

move to a small French town too. The constant

visits to the pastry shop really make me want to

move to France! LOL!! Looking forward to seeing

what happens with Molly and all of the other

characters in Castillac in the next book. ( )

THE LUCKIEST WOMAN EVER by Nell Goddin is a Molly Sutton Mystery, Book 2.
I like ‘cozy mysteries’ from time to time. This series caught my eye because of its location - a small village, Castillac, in the Dordogne region of France.
Molly Sutton is a new resident and becomes involved in the mysterious death of Josephine Desrosiers - a very rich, elderly, vain woman who is disliked by all who knew her.
The characters are likable; the location is very appealing; the plot is readable but not very suspenseful. There are some odd situations and Molly’s personality is very nosy and scatter-brained. I have a few questions - Where did the dog come from? I would like more information about the village and the Dordogne. Will Molly and Ben get together? How does Molly make any money so as to afford her pastry habit? Just wondering.
A ‘cozy’ read for a snowy New England afternoon. ( )

American Molly Sutton has earned her credentials as an amateur sleuth by the time this second book in the Molly Sutton mystery series begins. After all, she found a dead body in book 1. And now she’s stumbling over another one!

The story switches points of view very pleasingly, inviting readers into the lives of a wiser-than-he-realizes detective, sweet suspects who surely can’t be guilty, the one who should be guilty but is actually dead, and Molly (of course), weaving an enthralling tapestry around the events of a birthday party gone wrong. The cultural divide between big-city America and small-town France remains as broad as ever, well-rounded by the presence of Molly’s American friend. Meanwhile divides between young and old, male and female, sweet and nasty all arise, influencing suspicions and provoking argument. It’s all well-told, pleasantly good-natured, and centered on a fascinating mystery with Miss Marple overtones. An enjoyable read.

Disclosure: I only have an ebook, but maybe I should buy some print ones and continue reading the series. I’m enjoying it. ( )