Virtual Book Tour & Giveaway: Murder Plays Second Fiddle (Pearly Girls Mystery, #2) by Heather Weidner

 

Murder Plays Second Fiddle

The Pearly Girls Mysteries, Book Two

by

Heather Weidner

About Murder Plays Second Fiddle

 

Murder Plays Second Fiddle (The Pearly Girls Mysteries)

Cozy Mystery
2nd in Series
Setting - Ivy Springs, Virginia in the Blue Ridge Mountains
Publisher: Keylight Books
Publication date: January 13, 2026
Print length: 256 pages
Hardcover ISBN-13: 979-8887981161
Paperback ISBN-13: 979-8887981154
Digital ISBN-13: 979-8887981178
ASIN: B0D8SG9JFZ

The Pearly Girls return to solve a high school reunion murder in this sequel to Murder Strikes a Chord.

Event planner Cassidy Jamison and her not-so-helpful sexagenarian staff of Roxie, Kate, Aileen, and Ruthanne are up to their elbows with a high school reunion committee’s constantly changing requirements for an event that must be the most elaborate and memorable at all costs.

When well-known reporter, Darcy Branch, and former cheerleader, Brittany Mahoney, are found dead on her property, Cassidy and the gang have to find the killer before the party’s over. And the more Cassidy and her Chihuahua mix, Elvis, dig for clues, the more deadly secrets they uncover—including one that changes everything she knows about her family’s history.

The Pearly Girls need to solve the case before the Class of 2009 goes down in Ivy Springs history as the deadliest reunion.

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About Heather Weidner

Through the years, Heather Weidner has been a cop’s kid, technical writer, editor, college professor, software tester, and IT manager. She writes the Pearly Girls Mysteries, the Delanie Fitzgerald Mysteries, The Jules Keene Glamping Mysteries, and The Mermaid Bay Christmas Shoppe Mysteries.

Her short stories appear in the Virginia is for Mysteries series, 50 Shades of Cabernet, Deadly Southern Charm, Murder by the Glass, First Comes Love, Then Comes Murder, and Crime in the Old Dominion, and she has non-fiction pieces in Promophobia and The Secret Ingredient: A Mystery Writers’ Cookbook.

She is a member of Sisters in Crime: National, Central Virginia, Chessie, Guppies, and Grand Canyon Writers, International Thriller Writers, and James River Writers, and she blogs regularly with the Writers Who Kill.

Originally from Virginia Beach, Heather has been a mystery fan since Scooby-Doo and Nancy Drew. She lives in Central Virginia with her husband and a crazy Mini Aussie Shepherd named Cooper.

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Book Review: Murder Strikes a Chord (Pearly Girls Mystery, #1) by Heather Weidner

Murder Strikes a Chord by Heather Weidner
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

A new cozy mystery to enjoy!

Murder Strikes a Chord is the first book in author Heather Weidner’s great new cozy series, the Pearly Girls Mysteries. Its fun and comfortable-with-each-other main characters and lovely Blue Ridge Mountain setting provide a fresh combination for solving an intriguing murder. Cassidy Jamison and her staff of four 60-something women, the Pearly Girls, all friends of her deceased grandmother, have worked hard planning a multi-weekend music festival at her lovely outdoor events venue and are ecstatic that the first band to headline the event is The Weathermen, a popular band straight out of their youth. When Cassidy and Elvis, her chihuahua mix, find the body of The Weathermen’s lead singer dead on the grounds the morning after their successful opening night, she realizes that his murder could have devastating repercussions, and not just for the reputation of her business. Roxie Matthews, one of the Pearly Girls, was the last known person seen with Johnny Storm the night before, putting her in the crosshairs of the local sheriff who’s under pressure to solve the high-profile case.

Cassidy Jamison is a sweet young woman who returned home to Ivy Springs after the death of her beloved grandmother to take over her family’s outdoor events venue, Celebration. With the help of her grandmother’s close circle of women friends, she’s managed to keep the business afloat and is continually brainstorming new sources of revenue that will make things a little easier on everyone. She readily jumps into amateur sleuthing to safeguard Roxie from the sheriff with a grudge and protect the reputation of her newly flourishing business. She’s not alone in her endeavors as all the Pearly Girls lend their support, and there is an attractive deputy sheriff in the picture to watch for in the future.

The murder occurs fairly early in the story while the author is still building Cassidy’s and the Pearly Girls’ backstories and the fictional community of Ivy Springs, so readers learn about the place and people as the story progresses. As Cassidy witnesses a couple of altercations involving the lead singer leading up to his demise, there are a number of suspects to be crossed off the list before the killer is revealed.

I recommend MURDER STRIKES A CHORD to cozy mystery readers, especially those who enjoy stories featuring rock music and musicians or settings in the Blue Ridge Mountains or Virginia.

I voluntarily reviewed this after receiving an Advanced Review Copy from the author through Great Escapes Virtual Book Tours.

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