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5.0 out of 5 stars A juicy,tasty and totally satisfying mystery, August 5, 1998

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This review is from: Blue Corn Murders (Hardcover)

When Eugenia Potter finds pottery remains and carved shells on her ranch just outside Tucson, she decides it is time to learn about the Native Americans who once occupied the land. She packs her favorite snacks and heads to Cortez, Colorado. There, Eugenia joins an archeological camp, hoping that she can fulfill her dream of learning about the previous residents and perhaps even seeing a ruin or two.

However, this is not an idyll trip back to nature. A busload of Texas teenagers suddenly vanish and two attendees are murdered. Eugenia decides it is time to investigate what is going on before someone else, perhaps even herself, is hurt.

THE BLUE CORN MURDERS is an interesting Genia Potter mystery that adds much richness to the main character, originally developed by the late, great Virginia Rich. The story line is fulfilling and the secondary characters provide great depth to this combination archeological-culinary who-done-it, starring one of the top female ama! teur sleuths to ever grace a novel. This reviewer strongly recommends both the Rich and Pickard novels that make up this wonderful series because both writers provide fabulous reading entertainment.

Harriet Klausner

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars GREAT BOOK, September 15, 1998

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This review is from: Blue Corn Murders (Hardcover)

Nancy Pickard is continuing a series started by Virginia Rich. Ms. Rich has since died. Ms. Pickard has done a great job with this series and I look forward to others in this series by her. Genia is an older woman who lives on a ranch in Arizona. She finds old pottery on her land and joins a woman's hike with an archaeologist to try to learn more about the pottery and where it came from. Many things happen and of course, Genia ends up helping solve murders.

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Archeological "Rich" mystery, June 26, 1998

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Susan Rose (Snooper@prodigy.net) (Belleair, Florida) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Blue Corn Murders (Hardcover)

When Eugenia Potter picks up some pot shards and carved shells on her ranch near Tucson, Arizona, she decides that she is meant to discover the people who lived there years ago. Remembering a brochure advertising a "Hike Into History" at the Medicine Wheel Archaeological Camp in Cortez, Colorado, she calls and reserves a space on the next class starting in two days. Quickly packing and grabbing a supply of Sweet Dream cookies, she climbs into her car and heads it towards Colorado. When she arrives, she discovers that her hiking class is made up of eight women, all but two of which are definitely on the mature side. Also at the Camp are a group of 16 gifted high school students from a prep school in Texas. When one of the hikers is found dead, then a young archeologist killed in a fall, and the whole 16 students disappear, Genia decides it is time to put her detecting skills to work. In the second of the Eugenia Potter mysteries written by Nancy Pickard and based on the late Virginia Rich's character and notes, the souls of mature women are captured in an archeological rich story.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Mesa Verde
What happened to the people who built the Cliff Houses in Arizona? Is a question for the ages and Eugenia Potter has questions of her own when she discovers pot shards and an... Read more

Published 20 months ago by Nash Black

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Book
Excellent story and if familiar with the area described in the book it's right on. Good buy!

Published on May 24, 2009 by Old Judge

4.0 out of 5 stars Good Eugenia Potter Mystery
When Eugenia Potter found shards of pottery and carved shells on her Tucson area ranch, she decided to join the Women's Hike into History at Medicine Wheel Archaeological Camp... Read more

Published on April 8, 2009 by Edie Dykeman

3.0 out of 5 stars Archaeology and murder
Eugenia Potter, a 60-something widow with a nose for mystery, was created by Virginia Rich, who wrote three books featuring her before her death in 1985. Read more

Published on March 30, 2009 by Chrijeff

5.0 out of 5 stars Blue Corn Murders
I was pleased with the order. The book is used and old but in good shape. I wanted to read the three novels by Virginia Rich, which I believe are out of print. Read more

Published on September 19, 2007 by L. Depreste

5.0 out of 5 stars Warm and Full of Flavor
This warm and enjoyable book is a tad more adventure than mystery, but has much to recommend it. This was the first solo outing of Nancy Pickard's continuation of Virginia Rich's... Read more

Published on January 10, 2006 by Bobby Underwood

5.0 out of 5 stars Ear-of-Corn Chessboard Trails Through Time
Exuding an Ancient Indian Mystique, the cover art on BLUE CORN MURDERS glows in Southwestern pastels of aqua and gold. Read more

Published on April 8, 2005 by Linda G. Shelnutt

2.0 out of 5 stars Too much gab, not enough action
The mystery here takes quite a bit of the book to set up, that is, unless you count the 'mysterious' pottery as the gist of the book. Read more

Published on December 30, 2002 by Matt

3.0 out of 5 stars Good but not her best
I just finished reading this book & it had a good ending but the whole store line was a little slow. Both ms. Pickard & ms. Rich are wonderful authors. Read more

Published on December 23, 2002

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At the edge of a pasture, where the grass was golden and where it stood high enough to stroke the tips of her fingers, Eugenia Potter heard and felt something crunch under her boots. Read the first page

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sixteen teenagers, hogan one, main lodge, other trustees

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Jon Warren, Madeline Rose, Susan Van Sant, Medicine Wheel, Martina Alvarez, Naomi O'Neal, Talking Circle, Lillian Kleberg, Mesa Verde, Teri Fox, Ancient People, Ancient Ones, Judith Belove, Gabriella Russell, New Mexico, Red Palace Ruins, Bingo Chakmakjian, Gabbling Brook, Holiday Inn, Eugenia Potter, Frank Lloyd Wright, Gabby Russell, Women's Hike, Colorado Springs, Harvard Moon

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