In book three of this suspenseful Advice Column Mystery series, psychologist Rebecca Buttermanââa sleuth whose advice you can trustââlearns that when it comes to murder, everyone can use a little help.
When Dr. Rebecca Buttermanâs friend and fellow therapist Annabelle Hart is found beaten and left for dead, Rebecca is determined to find the truth. Although sheâs a psychologist and an advice columnist, no one seems to want her help. Not Detective Meigs, who thinks the crime was either a relationship gone sour or a botched robbery. And not Annabelleâs sister, who makes it clear Rebecca isnât welcome in family matters. While tending to Annabelleâs patients as well as her own, sorting out cryptic messages left in a sand tray, and pushing back on the moody detective who doesnât want an amateur sleuth trying to solve his mystery, Dr. Butterman must use all her psychological skills before the killer strikes again.
Rebecca Butterman is an appealing character who sleuths, cooks, and psychoanalyzes. Fans of bestselling female sleuth series such as Diane Mott Davidsonâs Goldy Schultz Culinary Mysteries, Cleo Coyleâs Coffee Shop mysteries, Stephen Whiteâs psychology mysteries, Judith Guestâs Ordinary People, and Susan Wittig Alpertâs China Bayles mysteries will also love Rebecca Butterman.