Today's case follows the murder of Jane Grover, a woman in her fifties who visited Yorkville, VA for the wedding of her late sister's husband. Or at least, that's why she told everyone she was there.

But really, Jane Grover came out to her sister's old house to do some investigating of her own. Because her sister's sudden illness and death have never sat right with her. And all the family jewelry that was supposed to go to Jane to keep it in the family, seems to have disappeared. While Jane may have her suspicions, she's determined to find some hard evidence before her former brother-in-law gets remarried.

When Jane Grover is found murdered just days after her arrival it raises some questions, but a struggling small town sheriff's department doesn't seem to have the resources or the experience to handle the case and Jane's murder is left with no evidence, no leads, and no strong suspects.

Luckily amateur sleuth Meg Langslow adds the case to her many pre-wedding, maid-of-honor duties. And what she finds will end up solving not one, but two unsolved homicides.

Today's episode is based on Murder with Peacocks by Donna Andrews.

Reader, I Murdered Him is a true crime podcast for people with too much anxiety to enjoy podcasts about actual crimes. Every week we’ll do a deep dive into a murder, cult, serial killer, or other noteworthy crime, but with a twist. The crimes on Reader, I Murdered Him aren’t ripped from the headlines. They’re ripped from the pages of newly released, noteworthy backlist, or timeless classic mystery, thriller, and horror novels.

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