Mrs. Julia Springer Murdoch, aka Miss Julia, is a proper small town activist who is trying to comfort various friends when their husbands leave: one husband wanted a break, another disappeared (apparently with investment money from his neighbors) and another was missing after his car was found smashed up (and empty) over the side of a mountain road. Meanwhile, Miss Julia is also trying to figure out how to stop a big city developer from tearing down the town's old courthouse and replacing it with an eight story condo complex.Ross's books aren't amazing fast-pace reads, but could be described more aptly as works that immerse one in a modern time that feels like olden days, with characters full of foibles as well as admirable traits ― books that one might read for a change of pace.
