Zoe has a lot going on in her life. She is a newlywed learning how to juggle afterschool activities of the 3 children now living with them as well as keeping up with her responsibilities on the town events committee as chairperson for the Haunted Hamlet, working at Zoe’s Zoo, having any alone time with Zak, and of course solving a murder.
As Zoe is leaving school after talking the principal into giving Scooter a new chance, she discovers a body. Was the school cook killed because of the grayish glob of lumpy gravy she served, or was is something else? What was she even doing at the school cooking before school even started?
I like the development of Sherriff Salinger’s character. He now assumes (for good reason) that Zoe will be investigating the murder and relies on her shared information.
Zoe becomes quickly involved with school activities. It wasn’t that she actually volunteered for anything, but somehow she ends up as a soccer mom helping with transportation and snacks, room mother for Scooter’s class, and head of the fundraising committee on the PTA, but she realizes that she isn’t upset about her added activities. She did learn a lesson at the PTA meeting – never take a bathroom break or you will probably come back and discover you are now head of a committee. I had to laugh because pretty much the same thing happened to me at my first PTA meeting some years ago.
The new format of Hopscotch Homicide having a story within a story was great. The reader has the option of reading the chapters about Zimmerman Academy chronologically or as a short story at the end. I chose to read them chronologically and by clicking on the hyperlinks, it worked perfectly switching back and forth.
I am really enjoying getting to know Phyllis, a lady who has only shared her home with a cat and never dated in her 62 years. She is nervous about housing 3 girls who will be attending the new Academy. The girls are interesting new characters and I look forward to seeing what will develop. I like the way they all are so different, but all blend together as a new family. There is romance in the air, and it isn’t necessarily the teenagers.
I really enjoyed this book (the 16th in the Zoe Donovan series). It is always fun finding out what Zoe, her family, and friends are up to and it is exciting getting to know the new characters.
I like the direction the series is going in with the added stories of Zimmerman Academy and can hardly wait to see what happens next.
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