The World’s Greatest Detective and Her Just Okay Assistant.

A traditional mystery full of quirky characters and humorous situations, this feel-good narrative is told by Gen Z’s Olivia Blunt, who remains ticked off with her famous boss (low wages, no opportunities for growth, hostile environment), Boomer Aubrey Merritt. Olivia dreams of being more than an assistant, but in the meantime she’s soaking up everything she can about the job from Aubrey (she has to retire or die someday, right?) while evaluating possible cases. Which is how she and Aubrey end up on Vermont’s beautiful Lake Champlain, where they’ve been hired to investigate the murder—or is it suicide?—of Victoria Summersworth, the matriarch of a family that owns a sprawling resort on the lake. Readers will enjoy the cast of largely middle-aged family members, employees, and general hangers-on as Olivia and Aubrey grill each and every one of them. The ending may be totally surprising as Aubrey delivers quite the denouement in the tradition of Agatha Christie.