Murder Strikes a Chord

A Pearly Girls Mystery

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Pub Date Mar 18 2025 | Archive Date Feb 28 2025

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Description

Veronica Mars meets The Golden Girls as event planner Cassidy Jamison and her four sixty-year-old employees race to solve a rocker’s murder before the curtains close on their show and their business.

When Cassidy Jamison inherited her late grandmother’s event planning business, she also inherited her grandmother’s friends—four sixty-year-old women known around town as the Pearly Girls—as part-time employees. Now Cassidy barely has time to breathe between spending every waking hour trying to keep her business afloat and the Pearly Girls out of trouble and focused on event planning.

So when she lands a three-weekend event complete with a chart-topping band, she’s thrilled. Until she and her chihuahua mix Elvis find the body of the Weathermen’s lead singer in her venue’s koi pond. With the help of the not-so-helpful Pearly Girls, Cassidy must stave off the bad publicity, navigate the prying questions of the local police department, and solve the murder before the media frenzy shutters her business for good, and takes one of the Pearly Girls with it.

Veronica Mars meets The Golden Girls as event planner Cassidy Jamison and her four sixty-year-old employees race to solve a rocker’s murder before the curtains close on their show and their business.

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Advance Praise

“Determined to save her catering business and prove her sexagenarian friend is innocent of committing murder, Cassidy Jamison gets her groove on and takes charge of investigating Johnny Storm’s murder. Murder Strikes a Chord hits all the right notes in this new cozy mystery by Heather Weidner.” —Jackie Layton, Author of the Texas Flower Farmer Cozy Mysteries and the Low Country Dog Walker Mysteries

“Ivy Springs is a fabulous setting for a cozy, full of quaint little shops and unique characters. Former social media manager Cassidy is the perfect modern-day Miss Marple, using her computer skills to hunt down the rock star's killer. Between Cassidy’s smarts and the Pearly Girls fun, Murder Strikes a Chord is a winner all around.” —Sue Minix, Author of the Bookstore Mystery Series

“Cassidy Jamison's Groovin' Through the Decades concert series is heading for success when the popular if aging rock band, the Weathermen, give their first performance. That is, until the lead singer ends up face down in the koi pond. With the help of the four sixty-something Pearly Girls and her spunky chihuahua Elvis, Cassidy sets out to find the murderer and put things right. A fun, fast-paced, and heartwarming start to Heather Weidner's latest series.” —Marilyn Levinson a.k.a. Allison Brook, author of the Haunted Library Series

“Heather Weidner’s newest release, Murder Strikes a Chord, is a fun read with curves and twists. Add to that the hilarious antics of the Pearly Girls and you’ve got a great book you won’t want to put down!” —Ruth J. Hartman, Bestselling Author of The Kitty Beret Café Mysteries

“The Pearly Girls rock! With an appealing amateur sleuth surrounded by a quartet of feisty sixtysomething friends, a unique setting, and a zippy plot, Murder Strikes a Chord hits all the high notes for a fun cozy mystery read. The Girls’ rock-and-roll dreams come true when a classic band comes to the event space they run with young Cassidy Jamison, the granddaughter of their late friend. It’s all fun until Cassidy finds the frontman dead in the koi pond…just hours after he was making time with Pearly Girl Roxie. Now they’ll have to clear Roxie’s name, fend off a media onslaught, keep the concert series going—and hopefully not fall prey to the real killer. Oh, and maybe fix Cassidy up with that cute sheriff’s deputy… A great first installment in this delightful series. More Pearly Girls, please!” —Nikki Knight, author of the Grace "the Hit Mom" and Vermont Radio Mysteries

“Determined to save her catering business and prove her sexagenarian friend is innocent of committing murder, Cassidy Jamison gets her groove on and takes charge of investigating Johnny Storm’s...


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