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Title: Bears with Us

Author: Marilyn Meredith

Narrator: Cynthia Wallace

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs and 16 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-24-13

Publisher: Celeritas Unlimited LLC

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

Tempe Crabtree is the resident deputy of Bear Creek, a small mountain community in the southern Sierra. Her continuing interest in the spiritual side of her heritage often causes unrest in her marriage to her minister husband. In Bears with Us, Tempe has her hands full when bears turn up in and around her town, becoming a threat to kids and adults when an elderly woman is horrifically killed. But are bears really responsible, or is there something else afoot?

Members Reviews:

This mystery "bears" reading!

A Tempe Crabtree Mystery

Tempe Crabtree would have an idyllic life living in a pine tree studded and mountainous small village of the very aptly named Bear Creek, California--if it weren't for bears plaguing this small community. And they seem to be everywhere; in people's homes, the local school yard and plundering garbage cans behind the local café. They look cute, but bears, as the author teaches the locals both new and old, aren't always cuddly, and in a couple of instances they can maim if not kill humans.

Tempe, as deputy sheriff of Bear Creek is frequently called for all sorts the reasons, not the least of which would be to rid a family's home of another bear raiding their fridge. She's called to rid the Hampton family of a bear and meets the harried relatives of the once vibrant Vivian Hampton, a woman who is now suffering with dementia. Then there's Mrs. Onstett, who insists that Tempe do something about her daughter's relationship with an unsuitable boy and the unhappy, if oddly detached, parents of a fifteen-year-old boy who has committed suicide.

Untangling all of these people's problems, along with dealing with bears, will try Tempe's patience, but ultimately, it's her no-nonsense approach to people that allows her to discover who would cover up a death by pretending it was caused by a bear.

I can see why readers come back time after time to read the next Tempe Crabtree mystery. I want to live in Bear Creek, do rounds with Tempe, eat at Two-John's wonderful café and taste his latest culinary creation, sit in a pew at Hutch's church while he gives his parishioners kindly advice.

All in all, this was very cleverly done mystery and I thoroughly enjoyed it.

Beauty and the Bears

The small town mountain setting for "Bears With Us" is surprisingly similar to the place I live. The quaint ,scenic setting is captivating and the characters immediately become familiar folk. Due to the fact she is a local resident, Tempe Crabtree, of Native American descent, is the most demanded Bear Creek sheriff's deputy and rushes from one hot call to another. Such a hectic schedule leaves scant time to rest or enjoy her personal life with her husband, the pastor of the community church. Marilyn Meredith lets you ride along beside Tempe as she tends to her law enforcement job.

The book covers many serious subjects, one of which is Lewy Body Disease, and provides credible insight into black bears and how to

handle living safely in towns that have sprung up on their personal turf. The pace is fast moving and is an easy read. I thoroughly enjoyed it

and know you will, too.

Jackie Taylor Zortman

Like Slipping Into a Comfy Pair of Slippers

Reading Marilyn Meredith is like slipping on a comfortable pair of slippers and settling into your favorite chair.