Murder in the Family: A Hannah Kline Mystery

Written by Paula Bernstein

Narrated by Cassandra Campbell

Hannah Kline is a successful Los Angeles obstetrician, and the recently widowed mother of a young daughter. She is barely managing to hold it all together, when her life is shattered by the murder of her beautiful, bright, zany and recently divorced sister-in-law, Beth.

Detective Daniel Ross of the LAPD thinks the killer had a very personal motive. Hannah is determined to do whatever she can to assist the police in finding the murderer. She finds herself obsessed with the details of Beth’s life, and as she encounters her sister-in-law’s eclectic collection of friends and former lovers, she discovers that all was not as it seemed. Not only was Beth a woman with a secret life, but her secrets may have led her inexorably to a rendezvous with her killer.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Big Happy Family
• Release date: May 18, 2021
• ISBN: 9780990690283

Reviews for Murder in the Family

[smik_3 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

The Introduction to this novel makes interesting reading: it gives the background to the story, and tells why the novel is the third published, although in fact it is the first in the series.The author has done what many others have done: created a fictional sleuthing duo from complementary occupations, but this particular story was based on a true story, the brutal murder of a beloved friend and cousin. The first version of story as a psychological novel remained unpublished, and then came a short story written from another point of view, until the novel in its present form was accepted for publication.Remembering all that as I read gave me a stronger appreciation of where this novel had its roots, and I think I enjoyed it all the more. I will certainly try to read the next in the series LETHAL INJECTION. I found Hannah Kline and Daniel Ross likeable characters that I would certainly like to see in action together again.Reading MURDER IN THE FAMILY was prompted by the author offering me a review copy of the fourth in the series THE GOLDILOCKS PLANET.