Corpse Pose

March 17, 2008
A crime solver armed with a yoga mat, Anna Jolie “A.J.” Alexander, 35, is a Manhattan marketing consultant by day. She’s recovering from a messy divorce when Det. Jake Oberlin of the Stillbrook, N.J., Police Department calls with terrible news—A.J.’s beloved aunt, Diantha Mason, has been murdered: she was found in “corpse pose” at her posh New Jersey yoga compound, Sacred Balance. A.J.’s actress mum, Elysia Alexander (aka Easy Mason) arrives from Britain, hoping to help sort out who’d want to kill Aunt Di. As the primary inheritor of the immense estate, A.J. is on the suspect list, along with an angry heir-apparent yoga teacher; an Olympic hopeful with a bad habit; an unstable teen; and a farmer whose dairy products were vilified by Aunt Di. Killian’s light yoga twist enhances a simplistic but nicely executed cozy.