Miranda and the D-Caper Book Review

I haven’t read any of this author’s books but I am glad that I read this book. This is my review of Miranda and the D-Day Caper by Shelly Frome. This 334-page novel was published by BQB Publishing (Boutique of Quality Books) on March 1, 2020. The genre is amateur sleuths and cozy mysteries.

The Author

Shelly Frome is a former professional actor who writes for the monthly profiles for the Gannett Media and is a film columnist for the Southern Writers Magazine. He is a member of the Mystery Writers of America and a professor of dramatic arts at the University of Connecticut. Shelly is a writer of crime novels and books on theatre and film. He has written many books besides this one.

Plot

When a cousin from New York asks small-town real estate broker and amateur sleuth, Miranda to meet him at a small marketplace, she is baffled. Miranda’s cousin Skip, tells her that he had intercepted coded messages by accident thinking it wasn’t real and relaying it on his radio show. Now he is on the run and his beloved cat, Duffy was kidnapped to keep him quiet. Miranda doesn’t believe him until the mention of his cat. She starts out trying to help him find his cat. He comes to her for help because she has solved a case before. He isn’t behaving the way he has before so she thinks it’s because of his missing cat…