Maris Soule

Something to Crow About Maris Soule

P. J. Benson is at it again. She has clients' taxes to finish and her baby is due in two weeks. This definitely is not the right time to get involved in solving a murder. But it seems she has no choice, and now her own life and the life of her unborn child are in danger.



Prior to her scheduled Mothers-to-Be meeting, P. J. Benson enters a church bathroom and overhears Brenda Cox, a friend and former co-worker, tell someone on the phone that she was caught getting the information they wanted and barely got away. P. J. tells Brenda to call 9-1-1, but Brenda says she'll be fine and will see P. J. soon. When P. J. and the other women attending the Mothers-to-Be session hear police cars and an ambulance out front, they know it's a serious accident, but it isn't until the next day that P. J. discovers the victim was Brenda. The police consider the hit-and-run an accident, but P. J. is certain Brenda was murdered. P. J.'s husband, Sheriff's Deputy Wade Kingsley, warns her not to get involved, and P. J. knows he's right, but someone seems intent on involving her. Over the next few days, her house is broken into, a Federal agent wants to know if Brenda gave her anything, and someone runs P. J. off the road. Friends and family help and complicate her life as she tries to understand what Brenda took and why she was killed. Curiosity, however, can put a person's life in danger. Not a good thing when a baby is ready to arrive on the scene.