Trouble on the Doorstep by Elaine Orr (Review)

Money is the root of all evil!

Aunt Madge and Harry get married and go on a cruise for their honeymoon, leaving Jolie in charge of both Aunt Madge's B&B and Harry's home appraisal office, which she works for. Two contracting companies want the same job and have to bid on it with estimates on the cost of repairs for a retirement community after the effects of Hurricane Sandy. Two individuals die, one from a hit and run and the other in the kitchen of the B&B. With everything that goes on and the secrets Jolie keeps from her boyfriend, George Winters, the local newspaper man, they decide to remain friends.

This is the fifth book in the Jolie Gentil series. The pacing and speed were moderate and kept you guessing what was going to happen next. Elaine Orr writes a good book but, like the fourth book, the end is just a tying together of everything. No gasping surprise ending. This book is written in the first person point of view from Jolie's perspective. It was nice to see many of the same characters from the last book and their consistent personality traits.

I will be reading the next book as well. Can't wait to see what Jolie will be up to next. Would recommend this book. Christian approved. My suggestion would be to read these books in order. You can read them as standalone novels but you get a more thorough picture of the characters when you read them all in order. 4 out of 5 stars.

From the back of the book:
From Hurricane Sandy to Cozy Corner B&B repairs to Aunt Madge's wedding in three weeks. If Jolie can handle that surely she can deal with a sobbing woman who shows up at midnight playing a scary message on a cell phone. Pooki is frantic about her husband's whereabouts and more than a little 'ditzy,' according to Jolie's best friend, Scoobie. After taking Pooki to the police station the next morning, Jolie figures she is problem-free. Not really. 

A shady deal for storm repairs at the Ocean Alley Senior Complex seems to be at the root of Steve Oliver's hit-and-run death and missing business partner (Pooki's husband, Eric). When Eric ends up dead at the B&B, Jolie is digging for clues in between burning muffins and appraising houses. But when she doesn't share all that she learns with her sometimes-boyfriend, reporter George Winters, he's grouchy. 

Jolie is convinced she needs to find the murderer (or is it murderers?) and expose fraudulent repair bids. Not everyone shares her views--not the police, her friend Scoobie, and certainly not the murderer.