When Garney Wilcox, a universally despised land developer, is poisoned, electrocuted, and hit over the head, and his mother confesses to the murder, it is up to Kate Mulcay, a columnist for an Atlanta newspaper, to sort out the facts. Reprint. PW.
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The feisty heroine of this charming, neatly crafted mystery, Kate Mulcay is a self-reliant widow, an Atlanta news hound who lives alone in a backwoods cabin and occasionally covers the police beat. Then a neighbor, Garney Wilcox, is murdered. A local businessman disliked by nearly everyone, Wilcox is the victim of extreme overkill--poisoned, bludgeoned and electrocuted, he is mourned by few save his sweet, octogenarian stepmother, Miss Willie, who stuns everyone by promptly confessing to the crime. Sibley ( Turned Funny ), herself an Atlanta journalist, gives Kate free rein in protecting Miss Willie from her own intentions while uncovering dark deeds ranging from rape to incest to drug-running. Old Nelson Eddy-Jeanette MacDonald songs, a raging pit bull, Girl Scout cookies, a "beeper" that vibrates instead of emitting sounds, and a fruit jar full of moonshine--these seemingly disparate elements add up to a beguiling mosaic as intrepid Kate fits them together.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Library Journal
Journalist/author Sibley (she writes for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution) initi ates her own series here, starring delight ful, sensible, and down-home reporter Kate Mulcay, resident of northern Fulton County, where new mansions supplant the old settlers. When someone murders the local developer and police blame a dear old lady/neighbor, Kate takes steps to "save" the feisty woman. Kate's friends on the police force actually do most of the work behind the scenes, while she covers the human angles. The charm of this book lies in deftly handled details of place and character, which compensate for the rather abrupt ending.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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