A review by marystevens
A Simple Murder by Eleanor Kuhns

3.0

A cozy mystery, set in a Shaker community in Maine in 1795. Sister Chastity is found dead one morning just as Will Rees, a Revolutionary War hero, now an itinerant weaver, returns home to see his 14 year old son David. But David has fled Rees' farm and joined the Shakers. David volunteers his father to the leading Elder because he knows that Rees has several times successfully investigated other crimes. More bodies turn up, Rees falls for a lovely apiarian nearby and the plot thickens. It was an enjoyable read but the plot was a bit contrived.