Rose Hill: Rose Hill Mystery Series

By Pamela Grandstaff

Nestled at the foot of Pine Mountain, Rose Hill has one traffic light, one patrol car, and one cold-blooded killer. When rich and rotten Theo Eldridge is found bludgeoned to death in the local veterinary clinic, Rose Hill police chief Scott Gordon is forced to work with ambitious county investigator Sarah Albright. Unfortunately, Sarah seems more interested in seducing Scott than in solving the crime.

Scott's crazy about Maggie Fitzpatrick, but she's still grieving over the mysterious disappearance of the love of her life. Although determined to resist the powerful chemistry between them, Maggie finds herself deeply involved with Scott's investigation, and battling emotions she can no longer deny.

It's a bitterly cold January in Rose Hill. As Scott and Maggie untangle the sticky web of Theo's shady business dealings, they uncover dark secrets that may connect Theo's murder to another committed twenty years before.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1419657089
• ISBN13: 9781419657085
• Release Date: September 2008
• Publisher: Booksurge Publishing
• Length: 322 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Rose Hill

Rose Hill is the scene of the crime. It's your average, small town gossip haven. Theo, the town bully and the town drunk, has been found dead. None of this small town's population are saddened. Actually it's quite the opposite. It seems everyone has had words with Theo at one point or another. Most people in the town believe that they are better off without Theo around. This makes police chief, Scott Gordon's, job very difficult. Maggie Fitzpatrick, a fiery redhead with attitude, owns the local bookstore and Scott's heart. Maggie and her best friend Hannah, go looking for clues on their own and uncover a secret so big that it incriminates almost the entire town. I really enjoyed this book. Pamela is so good with her descriptions that I feel like I was actually a part of Rose Hill. I'm a sucker for a good mystery and I'd rate Pamela up there with Mary Higgins Clark.

Lovely

Theo Eldridge was a bully and very much hated in Rose Hill, so it isn't a surprise when someone finally murders him. The only real question is who the killer is and police chief Scott Gordon has plenty of suspects who all have reasons to want Theo dead, including his own family. A potential eyewitness to the murder is missing and Scott would love to find him. Scott works reluctantly with Sarah Albright from the county sheriff's office while trying to avoid her passes and trying to convince Maggie Fitzpatrick to enter into a relationship with him. Rose Hill may be a small town, but life there is complicated. Often when reading a book, it will take me to a place that's fun to visit, but I don't miss it when I'm done. Other times, I'll visit a place that I miss long after I've finished reading the book. "Rose Hill", I'm happy to say, is the latter. I loved my visit to Rose Hill and was sorry to see it end. The book is full of interesting characters - Maggie, Scott, Sarah, Sam, Hannah, and many more - all of whom are multi-layered characters with secrets all keep buried, sometimes even from themselves. Rose Hill is a small town and author Pamela Grandstaff does a great job of making Rose Hill come alive and capturing small town life. Scott is one of the best developed characters I've come across in a mystery novel. He doesn't gossip and consequently misses a lot of what goes on around town. He is weak and easily manipulated, especially by his mother, and he knows it. He and Maggie are an interesting couple and I want to know what happens to them next and more abut what happened to Maggie in the past that makes her so reluctant to commit to a relationship. The mystery elements are well done and readers will enjoy trying to figure out who killed Theo, but it is the characters that drive this novel and make it work so well. I loved my visit to "Rose Hill" and hope to visit it again. Well done.

Waiting for the second book

This is a very good book. The writing is clean and easy to read. Grandstaff's characterization is wonderful, with her characters coming to life and developing into people that I would love to know. The romantic tension between the two main characters, Maggie and Scott, is sustained throughout the book and leaves the reader begging for the second book in the series. Grandstaff created an entire town of ecentric characters that I can't wait to visit again and again.

A great read!!!!

I absolutely loved this book. I did not want to put it down. I found myself laughing, sometimes a little louder than normal, as I moved through the chapters. Humor in a mystery series???? OH yes! Rose Hill gives you a "home town" feel that makes you want to know more about the people in this community. Pamela has a way of making you feel like you are there, or at least grew up there, and you can't wait to see how everyone and everything turned out. I am looking forward to this series continuing as the journey through the Rose Hill community develops. It is a book that leaves you with a "feel good" feeling and wondering what will happen next. Who did what???? Really??? If you've ever lived in a small town, you can definitely relate to this setting. But don't despair if you didn't grow up in a small community, this is applicable to all close knit environments. It is a great blend of mystery and 'small town' comedy. Enjoy!

Pamela IS an author to watch!

It all begins in the small town of Rose Hill. This is your average small town, where everybody knows everybody else, as well as everybody else's business. When the town's rich bully is murdered, however, everyone's dirty little secrets are revealed. In a town where everyone is not what they seem, Rose Hill's chief of police Scott Gordon must wade through all the gossip to get to the truth and solve the murder. Huge praise for Pamela Grandstaff! This book reminded me so much of Jan Karon's Mitford series. We have this small town, where all the characters are so realistic and the town is so alive, that you feel like you actually live there and know these people. The major difference between Rose Hill and Mitford is that here we have a murder mystery to solve. It's so much fun getting to meet everybody and then getting to read all about the skeletons in their closets! The women are mouthy and the men are well-trained. Bravo! In the background we have a budding romance between Maggie, the town bookstore owner, and Scott, the chief of police. Too bad Scott's a mama's boy and Maggie has commitment issues. In the midst of this great mystery and all the wonderful small-town closeness, we get to feel this wonderfully tense energy coming from these two characters. Every once in awhile I read a book that I just have to share with everyone I know. This is that book! I love the descriptions, the town, the characters, the intrigue, the romance, and the tension! The only problem I have is that I don't want to way until 2009 for Morning Glory Circle , the second book in the Rose Hill mystery series, to come out. Pamela is currently working on the third book, Iris Avenue. Go to the Rose Hill mystery website for valuable information about self-publishing. Armchair Interviews says: What a good deal-being compared to Jan Karon's Mitford series.