MYSTERY

Pomona Afton Can So Solve a Murder

Atria/Emily Bestler. Mar. 2025. 256p. ISBN 9781668075654. $27.99. ROMANTIC MYSTERY
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At 28, spoiled hotel heiress Pomona Afton spends her evenings at galas and her nights drinking and dancing. She even ignores phone calls from the family matriarch. When she finds her grandmother stabbed to death in her bed, Pomona’s life changes overnight. Thinking she might be murdered by someone close to her, Pom’s paranoid grandma stipulated in her will that in case of an unnatural death, all the family assets were to be frozen and remain so until her killer is found. Pomona, her parents, and brother are locked out of the hotels. Pom is forced to live with Gabe, the son of her former nanny, in a cramped apartment. Gabe manages a coffee shop, and he reluctantly gets Pom a job there. After one day of real work, Pomona decides to solve the murder to get her old life back. She and Gabe team up, but if the case is solved, will her attraction to her new sleuthing partner remain?
VERDICT Fans of Only Murders in the Building will enjoy this fun mystery rom-com by Rose (a.k.a. Amanda Elliot, with a protagonist who grows from superficial and unlikable into a caring adult.
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