A Robyn Cavanagh Mystery: Book 2
Publication Date: February 11, 2025
It’s October and Mother Nature has painted photographer Robyn Cavanagh’s suburban New York hometown in rich colors of red, orange, and gold. Autumn has provided many scenic locales to shoot, but Robyn is happily preoccupied with one particular landscape. She’s landed the biggest job of her flourishing career: a contract to photograph the lush Linden Acres farm.
Her work begins with sunshine-filled days of apple and pumpkin picking and starry nights featuring a spectacular display of glowing jack-o’-lanterns. The merry mood darkens after Robyn discovers the body of Doug Paxton, the estranged husband of a member of the Linden clan.
Robyn can’t look through her camera’s viewfinder without picturing Doug’s body in the Linden pumpkin patch. Along with her friend Will Vonderlin, she plays detective to solve Doug’s murder. Will the killer be caught before the apples and pumpkins are turned into Thanksgiving pies, or will Robyn lose her best client and watch her career fade along with the autumn colors?
Jeanne Quigley’s The Golden Hour Murder is based near my hometown in suburban New York.
Poughkeepsie is a long name that most people don’t know how to say, let alone spell. When Poughkeepsie was mentioned in this book, as well as other suburban New York cities, it truly made me happy as I could easily visualize the surroundings.
The lead protagonist, Robyn, is a photographer. I don’t know much about photography or phrases associated with photography. I didn’t know that “The golden hour” is the time at sunrise and sunset when the light is at its best.
Robyn was likable and relatable and had a close relationship with her siblings and parents. The book was a fast read. The dialogue was well-written and realistic, and it wasn’t hokey, weird, or stilted.
The Golden Hour Murder features a photographer who gets caught up in solving a murder mystery. With a unique twist, I thoroughly enjoyed this read.
Jeanne Quigley is the author of the Veronica Walsh Mysteries and the Robyn Cavanagh Mysteries. Unlike her fictional sleuths, she has never been a soap opera star, accountant, or professional photographer, but she has worked in the music industry, for an educational publisher, and in a county agency. She lives in New York’s historic Hudson Valley.
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