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Synopsis:
Romaine Wilder, big-city medical examiner with a small-town past, has been downsized and evicted. With few other options, she’s forced to return to her hometown of Roble in East Texas, leaving behind the man she’s dating and the life she’s worked hard to build. Suzanne Babet Derbinay, Romaine’s Auntie Zanne and proprietor of the Ball Funeral Home, has long since traded her French Creole upbringing for Big Texas attitude. She’s a member in a number of ladies’ auxiliaries and clubs, including being in charge of the Tri-County Annual Crawfish Boil and Music Festival. Hanging on to the magic of her Louisiana roots, she’s cooked up a love potion or two—if she could only get Romaine to drink it. But her plans are derailed when the Ball Funeral Home, bursting at the seams with dead bodies, has a squatter stiff. Dead Guy is a problem. Auntie Zanne can’t abide by a murderer using her funeral home as the dumping grounds for their crimes, and Romaine doesn’t want her newly elected cousin, Sheriff Pogue Folsom, to fail on his first murder case. Together, Romaine and Auntie Zanne set off to solve it. With a dash of humor, a dollop of Southern charm, and a peek at current social issues in the mix, it’s a fun romp around East Texas to solve a murder mystery of the cozy kind.
Review:
Crawfish season may be about to end for us (sigh), but we can read about the little buggers, LOL! Even though this chick lit mystery place in East Texas, the characters are from Louisiana, and still have all the Louisiana small town charm! You'll find yourself laughing, nodding as you recognize characters in your own Southern family, and rapidly turning the pages to see what will happen to Romaine and if Auntie Zanne will get her way! While you do have to suspend some disbelief (law enforcement would never send a civilian to make a death notification for example), it IS chick lit, and that's to be expected. But it's a fun story and perfect for reading while the kids are in the pool. But be warned, it WILL make you hungry with all the talk of food, and there's no included recipes, so you may find yourself on a recipe trawl when you finish it!
About the Author:
Wall Street Journal Bestselling Author, Abby L. Vandiver loves a good mystery. Born and raised in Cleveland, it's even a mystery to her why she has yet to move to a warmer place. Abby loves to travel, and curl up with a good book or movie. A former lawyer and college professor, she has a bachelor's degree in Economics, a master's in Public Administration, and a Juris Doctor. Writer-in-Residence at her local library, Abby spends all of her time writing and enjoying her grandchildren.
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