Death in a Difficult Position by Diana Killian is the fourth book in the “Mantra for Murder” mystery series. Publisher: Berkley Prime Crime (Penguin), September 2011
At Sacred Balance yoga studio, owner A.J. Alexander tries to help her clients feel heavenly. But a seriously inflexible preacher claims she’s sending them straight to Hell.
Though he’s new in Stillbrook, the charismatic Reverend David Goode has wasted no time in pointing a righteous finger at the town’s center of sin: A.J. and her studio. A.J. tries to have a civil word with him, but the fire and brimstone only gets worse. In fact, her former partner turned ruthless yoga rival, Lily, approaches her suggesting they present a united front against Goode before he drives them both out of business.
But when Goode is found murdered and the hot-tempered Lily is accused, A.J. discovers that the good reverend was actually a bad, bad boy, with a flock full of motives for murder. And if she wants to clear Lily’s name, A.J. is going to have to stretch her sleuthing skills to the limit.
Yoga, a sin? That is what the newly arrived Reverend is telling his congregation. While A.J. and the other yoga owners tried to talk some sense into him, Lily lets her temper get the best of her and when he is murdered, Lily becomes the prime suspect. Knowing that A.J. like sleuthing, Lily asks A.J. to find the killer before she is doing a 7-year stretch. I enjoyed this lighthearted and fast-paced story. The mystery was good, as I didn’t pinpoint the killer until later in the story and it was fun watching A.J. and her mother “work” the case. New characters were introduced in this tale and I hope we get to see more of them in the next installment of this likeable series.
** I have one copy of DEATH IN A DIFFICULT POSITION to give away, thanks to Berkley! To enter, leave a comment with a valid e-mail address. Please break it up using (at) and (dot), like domain(at)host(dot)com. This is only open to US addresses (at the publisher’s request). Contest ends on September 26 at 6pm EST. Winner will be notified by e-mail and has 2 days to respond. **
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Sounds like a fun read.
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Risa
Oh, another awesome hook! I LOVE yoga. Wish I had more time for it, but love it. Sounds like a great read 🙂
misa [at] misaramirez [dot] com
You tell us about many good mysteries. I can see why he was killed if he preached that yoga was a sin. : )
tonya(at)urbatsch(dot)com
You just know when someone new comes to town and starts pointing fingers that something is’nt right. Now I’m going to have to read this book because you definitely have got my curiousity up. I now want to know what A.J. finds out about the good Reverend!
Yoga is bad for you???
This is a have to read book.
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I would love to read this book 🙂
Thank you for all the wonderful books you preview. Enjoying hearing about all of them. My to read book list keeps growing.
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Oh WOW this book sounds like a hoot. thank you so much for sharing with us and for the awesome giveaway opportunity.
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Just rec’d. Death in a Difficult Position today’ I know what I will be doing this weekend(at least part of it because I really have problems putting your books down once I start reading them.) Thanks for the enjoyable reads!
I guess I should have read the rest of the posting before replying…the book just sounds so fun.
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A minister that thinks yoga is a sin—this book should be just over the top fun! I just love cozy mysteries.
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One of the local Orthodox Jewish Woman’s groups offers Yoga every week. And since my partner goes, I’m going to try and win a copy of this book for her. 😉
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Congratulations to the winner: Nora-Adrienne!