"Sheila Travis ruefully agrees when dispatched by her colorful Aunt Mary to Charleston to investigate several mysterious accidents at the historic home of Mary's childhood friends. However, Sheila can't help remembering what her dad always said about his sister: "Trouble follows that woman like fleas follow a dog."Sheila's hostesses are such gracious purveyors of Southern hospitality that Sheila has to keep reminding herself this is not ..."
Murder at Markham (Paperback Or Softback) by PatriciaSprinkle Paperback, Published 2018 by Bella Rosa Books ISBN-13: 978-1-62268-129-7, ISBN: 1-62268-129-0
"Farrell gestured toward a glass case that held a tiny fawn peering down at its
reflection in a mirror pond. The deer looked alive enough to start nibbling the silk
grass around its hooves. “You gonna enter this in competition, Trevor?” It was an
obvious attempt to distract Wylie. Trevor didn't respond. “Trevor!” Farrell said
sharply. “I asked if you're still going to the trade show and if you plan on entering
Starr's fawn.” He expl ..."
"When they saw a dented black mailbox next to a sandy track leading into the
woods, Katharine slowed. “Could this be ... Dalton's hair was still thick, but it had
faded from yellow to white and hung in greasy strings over his face. He had eyes
of ..."
"Prominent television personality Dean Anderson was as popular as he was respected, but he had incurred a good deal of animosity among family, friends and co-workers. Though the police are willing to rule his shooting death a suicide, his old friend Sheila Travis is not. As usual, it's irrepressible Aunt Mary, a perpetual busybody, who manages to get Sheila involved in finding Dean's killer. The list of suspects is long as it is remarkab ..."
"Phyllis was almost finished rolling me when somebody came in and demanded, “
Is it true Meriwether's painting her house red, white, and blue?” “Sounds real
tacky, if ... He's head contractor on the project, you know.” Phyllis—who was ...
plain old wood?” Phyllis set that one straight “They aren't plain old wood. They're
solid oak, Buck says, with oak and white ceramic handles. She's taking the
kitchen floor down to wood, too.” “Does ..."
"I thought maybe Dexter's house would stand out as clean and well kept, but no
house looked better than the others. Spying two ... Down behind it I saw Dexter's
Ford under a carport made from rusty pipes and a corrugated green fiberglass
roof ..."
"I had your car.” “I remembered that about the time Hubert started getting too
drunk to drive, so I confiscated his keys. By the time we left, ... Burlin did real well
until Hubert swayed up the walk, then he passed out like a light. Three of us had
to ..."
"The aunt whose name I didn't catch the first time around, looked at the elegant
rooms full of Cindy's grandmothers' furniture, rugs, and silver, and demanded, “
Who did Ronnie say you put out on our account?' “It's my uncle Walker's,” Cricket
bragged. “He's gone to Howareye, so we can sleep at his house and play with
the LEGO if we feed Tad's guinea pig and newts, Jessica's fish, and Aunt Cindy's
dog and her cats.” My face grew hot ..."
"She also boasted about what none of us suspected—that during Edie's final
Sunday afternoon bridge party, while playing winning bridge, she left the game,
took the keys from the pantry, and stole Henry's machete from the shed. She
called finding the coveralls “a real bonus” and claimed that she'd kept the
machete and coveralls in her trunk until she could get them to Adney. “How did
you know the key was there?” the prosecutor asked. ..."
A Thoroughly Southern Mystery Who Killed the Queen of Clubs by PatriciaSprinkle Paperback, Published 2017 by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform, United States ISBN-13: 978-1-5425-4992-9, ISBN: 1-5425-4992-2
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