A fun second book in this Palms Springs cozy mystery series

Poppy Harmon and the Hung Jury (A Desert Flowers Mystery Book 2)

By: Lee Hollis

Rating: 5 of 5

In this second book in the Desert Flowers Mystery series, Poppy Harmon is settling in, along with her two best friends, to being a real private detective.

Her daughter has returned to live with her, having served her time. That brings her boyfriend, Matt, ever more into her life.

If that weren’t enough, Poppy is serving on a jury in a trial which involves a famous singer who has been accused of assaulting a famous chef.

Poppy also runs into an old co-star of her ill-fated television mystery series. The co-star was also an old flame, of sorts. He wants Poppy to find his adult, though young daughter, who has recently disappeared. He also wants to take up where they left things in the past.

Poppy isn’t quite sure what she wants but she does want to make money, so taking a case is not something she can walk away from.

She also comes across the dead body of an individual who was also a former jury on her trial. She and the crew get busy trying to find the daughter (for pay) and solving the murder (no pay but someone needs to investigate it!)

There is a lot of plot twists and hi-jinks. Old flames and new ones. I had fun visiting with the ladies and Matt, not to mention Wayne (the precocious grandson of one of the ladies who is constantly hacking into places he should not be.) I’ll be looking forward to reading the next book in this series.

I was provided a digital advance reader copy of this book by the publisher via Netgalley.