A Meditation on Murder by Susan Juby
CBC Books | Posted: March 27, 2024 7:43 PM | Last Updated: March 27
Helen Thorpe returns to help a wannabe influencer get her life in order — and solve murdersers
Butler-detective Helen Thorpe returns to help a wannabe influencer get her life in order — and solve the murders of her fellow content creators — in this hilarious sequel to Mindful of Murder by bestselling author Susan Juby.
When Buddhist butler Helen Thorpe is loaned out to help Cartier Hightower get her life in order, Helen finds herself working for a young woman entirely unbound by the fetters of good taste or sound judgment. One of Cartier's fellow content creators has recently died in a strange accident. Soon after Helen arrives, another is killed in an equally bizarre way. Cartier begins to drag Helen around on the influencer circuit, where neither of them is particularly welcome. Then comes the terrible incident at the EDM nightclub that turns Cartier into a global pariah, at least according to social media.
Helen hopes a period of simplicity and reflection and an internet detox will help Cartier find her true nature and maybe acquire some social graces. But Helen's job gets much harder when Cartier's friends show up at the lavish ranch where Cartier and Helen have retreated. Soon, Helen finds herself trying to avoid becoming Instafamous while bringing some peace to a girl who very much needs it. This task turns out to be even more impossible when it becomes clear that they have been followed to Weeping Creek Ranch by a murderer. (From HarperCollins)
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Susan Juby is the award-winning, bestselling author from Vancouver Island whose book Mindful of Murder was nominated for the Leacock Medal for Humour. Her previous books include Getting the Girl, Another Kind of Cowboy and the Alice MacLeod series. Her novel Republic of Dirt won the 2016 Leacock Medal in 2016. She lives on the island with her husband and two dogs.