A Grid For Murder is the third book in the A Mystery By The Numbers series by Casey Mayes.

Savannah Stone needs to go to Asheville to do some shopping and afterwards decides to stop be Cafe Noir for some refreshment before heading back to her home in Parson's Valley, that she shares with her retired police chief husband, Zach. Just as she finds a table, Joanna Clayton, waves and invites Savannah to share her table. Then Laura and Sandra, also from Parson's Valley are invited to the table. None of the ladies really want to be there, but don't want to be the next bit of gossip out of Joanne's mouth, either. Just as Susannah is getting ready to leave, Joanne thrusts a piece of paper at Susannah with a puzzle similar to those that Susannah does. Joanna proudly announces that she will be also making puzzles for a paper that Susannah had been trying to get to take hers. Upon returning home, a little later, Zach tells her that Joanna has died and it it later learned the she was poisoned.

Knowing that once the information gets out about the puzzle Joanna was going to start, that Susannah will certainly be a "person of interest" to provide police with her information and an offer to help discover the murderer. A lot of residents of Parson's Valley would have liked to see Joanna dead.

Parson's Valley being a small town, of course means there is a chance that you will alienate some of your friends, so Susannah has to proceed with caution. A few do get upset, but she is is able to get through the mystery without loosing any friendships.

A very fun read and I will be definitely looking for the next book in the series. ( )