Julia Fairchild is a physician in a small southern Washington State town. She has long-term family roots in Parkview, a town of 38,000 built around the local pulp and paper mill. An internist at the local hospital, Julia has a hobby: solving mysteries.

“One Will Too Many: A Julia Fairchild Mystery,” by PJ Peterson is this series’s fourth book. In the first three, a peripatetic Fairchild (generally accompanied by her sister Carly) are vacationing in exotic locations. This one takes place in Parkview.

It begins with Pam, a childhood friend of Julia getting called out of town abruptly. Pam has to skip an important fundraising event to restore a landmark historic theater building in Fairview. She twists Julia’s arm into replacing her at the tux and formal dress event. This ends up involving Julia in a bizarre death. When banker Jay Morrison gets drunk, Julia gives his girlfriend Sophia a ride home. The next morning, Julia drives Sophia to Jay’s house so Sophia can recover her car. They find Jay unconscious in the dining room.

Julia does her best to save Jay, but he dies soon after reaching the hospital. The coroner rules the death homicide. Jay died of methanol poisoning. The local police soon reach a dead end.

Feeling involved (she did discover him), Julia starts working to find the killer. The local police are short-handed. Julia has a nephew in the sheriff’s department who is working on the crime. Through him, she gets permission to investigate.

It proves a tangled web. Morrison had many secrets – some serious enough to kill him over. Even Julia’s boyfriend Alex seems involved somehow. The killer is willing to use violence to remain undetected.

“One Will Too Many” is a book written for those who watch the Hallmark Channel. It is easy to see this book adapted into a Hallmark movie. The main characters are college-educated upwardly-mobile professionals: doctors, lawyers, and bankers. Parkview is a town of sturdy Americana in a bucolic setting. The poverty seen in many small towns is absent.

This is not bad. Not every murder mystery has to be a gritty noir passage through urban mean streets. Agatha Christie’s mysteries and Dorothy Sayer’s Peter Wimsey tales were had backgrounds corresponding to Peterson’s tale, albeit set in England. “One Will Too Many” offers pleasant entertainment; a brief escape to a world where restoring a nineteenth-century theater is a town’s biggest problem.

This was my first book by the author and in the series. The premise sounded really interesting and that’s what made me request it in the first place.
I enjoyed the mystery and suspenseful moments along the turns that some were a bit unexpected but also very predictable in parts.
I would’ve loved it more maybe if there weren’t so many characters in here. I liked Julia and some of her friends and family members but it kinda felt too overwhelming to keep up with all of them.

Very grateful to the publisher for my review copy

DNF

I want to start by saying thank you NetGalley, for this opportunity.

One will too many tells the story of Jay, a famous banker that was found dead in his dining room. At first, no one knows what the cause of death was, but the coroner soon confirms that it was a homicide. Julia Fairchild knows how to catch a killer and agrees to help the understaffed police to solve the case.

Thoughts: I really tried to get into this book and like it. But the more I forced myself, the more I disliked it. When I first read the summary, I was excited. A murder mystery, what not to like? But this one was not it for me. I felt like it was all over the place and was missing suspense and I found myself bored.

I can’t say more because I did not reach the end but who knows maybe one of you might and if u do tell me how it is!

This ARC was provided to me via Kindle by Finngirl, LLC and #NetGalley for my honest opinion. Opinions expressed are completely my own.

A fun mystery with surprises around everyone turn.

One Will Too Many is an entertaining and fun mystery with a likable lead character. Julia Fairchild takes on a case of a suspicious death via methanol poisoning. Dr. Fairchild, along with her friends and family, try to piece together the clues to get to the bottom of a complicated and thrilling mystery. Good read that keeps your gears turning!

Well this book had suspense, intrigue, action and a great storyline! And a bunch of who done it! I was moving along great , the book was awesome then BAM! It freaking ends?! I had no idea this book was a cliffhanger! Ugh I really really don't like them! Although this book was a good read, it definitely bummed me out that it just ends?! So if you like cliffys this ones for you! Thank you Netgalley and the publisher for sharing this book with me!

This was my first experience with a Julia Fairchild mystery. A pleasant and intriguing story. Some surprises along the way. It kept me guessing. Thanks to the publisher for providing a copy via NetGalley.

One Will Too Many byP.J. Peterson is the fourth book in theJulia Fairchild Series, published by Bookbuzz/Finngirl LLC.
This book can easily be read as a stand-alone.
Dr. Julia Fairchild gets again roped to help the police in a difficult case. And masterfully and beautifully the internist solves the puzzle. An intriguing mystery. A well written story full of twists and turns that have you guessing til the last page.