Belle’s other concern is that Isaiah Hubble’s wife Joan has disappeared and she is certain that hermit-like Isaiah, who has been a tad bit off since Vietnam, has offed her. Again, Peaches stays firm in her resolve not to get involved -- too much. Curiosity takes Peaches up the mountain road toward the Hubble’s secluded home. Along the road she finds Belle unconscious with a large bump on her head. Again, try as she might, Peaches is drawn deeper and deeper into the mystery.

As Peaches begins asking a few innocent questions and people bring her details about the Hubbles’ extended family, she realizes that Isaiah’s family tree is wide-spread with deep roots in Monroe County. Almost every other person she encounters is somehow connected to the Hubbles, including a college professor looking to publish a scientific work that parallels Peaches’s recently published book “How to Survive without a Memory.” Each person seems to be worse off than the last and Peaches’s begins to grow more concerned that Belle’s involvement may be deeper than she originally thought.

Without the body of Joan Hubble, there is a lot of doubt as to whether or not she is actually dead; despite her husband’s eccentric behavior, he doesn’t come across as the type of man capable of killing his wife, even in an off moment.

For the most part, Peaches is a delightful main character, although her habit of using mnemonics to remember people’s names, clever at first, became cluttering and tiresome as the story wore on. The gift of a Polaroid camera from her father (so she can snap and label everyone’s picture when she meets them to help her memory) becomes an important tool in leading her to solve the murder.

Forget About Murder does have a enjoyable set of characters in a well-drawn, detailed environment -- albeit without much of a mystery. There are several spots where the dialogue is witty and the description of the backwoods and oldest, deeply rooted residents make for a rich setting, but the obvious ending may make you loose interest quickly.

Forget About Murder will be appreciated by fans of Elizabeth Daniels Squire who want to keep current with Peaches and her attempts to kick her murder solving habits.

--Jennifer Monahan Winberry