Followed

 

I loved Helen Macie Osterman's Emma Winberry mystery series so when I found her book Followed, I knew that I had to read it. It is a cozy mystery and is a stand alone novel.

Meg Lewis feels that she is being followed. Soon she sees a blue car every night driving past her grandmother's home where Meg lives with her daughter and grandmother. Meg recognizes the driver as a man who visited a patient at the hospital where she works at as a nurse.  Taking precautions, Meg doesn't let her daughter Becky out of her sight. Meg's grandmother, Lillian Sparks, decides to get a dog and install an electric fence for added security. However, the first time they become lax in watching Becky, Becky and her dog disappear from the back yard. 

While the book follows a mystery formula, there is also some romance. Meg has begun dating a young doctor who she met at work. Curt Williams is the perfect boyfriend who also loves Meg's daughter. Grandmother Lil also has a boyfriend. Together this fivesome would make a great family, that is, if they ever get hitched. 

Followed is a traditional cozy with no sex or violence. I assumed all would end well in the plot since this is a cozy, but there was still a mystery concerning how it would happen. I devoured the book in one sitting. It was the perfect respite for a snowy afternoon.

5 out of 5 stars.