Butterflies Don't Sting: A Murder Mystery [Paperback]

Linda Reynolds (Author), Joy Goodale (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 13, 2007

In the small town of Tyra, Sheriff Nail's life is usually pretty simple: enjoying conversation, home-cooked food at the diner, and training his new deputy, Bobby Joe. But when a local woman phones him frantically one day with shocking and unimaginable news of a grisly murder, his small town world is about to be turned upside down.

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About the Author

Linda Reynolds considers herself a late bloomer.  At the age of sixty-one, she graduated summa cum laude from Saint Edwards University.  Ms. Reynolds traveled extensively in Europe during ten years she spent in London.  She has two married sons and two grandchildren.

Joy Goodale is a graduate of the University of Houston.  she has lived and worked in Houston all her life, starting her career in banking and ending as a contract administrator for developers in construction.  Ms. Goodale has one married son.

Product Details

• Paperback: 108 pages
• Publisher: Vantage Press (November 13, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 053315698X
• ISBN-13: 978-0533156986
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 6.6 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,610,947 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Rowena and Dolly Do Know How to Have Fun, December 28, 2007

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Story Circle Book Reviews - See all my reviews

This review is from: Butterflies Don't Sting: A Murder Mystery (Paperback)

Who says that sixtyish women can't have fun? Or adventure? Certainly cousins Rowena and Dolly manage to when they are not busy keeping the Hadley Bed and Breakfast, Rowena's former family home in the small central Texas town of Hadley.

In this fun first mystery written by real-life sisters Linda Reynolds and Joy Goodale, Rowena has decided that a week at the nearby Butterfly Spa is the very ticket to prepare her for the State Seniors Ladies Golf Tournament. When she heads for a massage, she finds a murdered masseuse instead.

It's no surprise that when Sheriff Nail hauls her in as the main suspect she makes her one call to Dolly. ("Come now!")

The romp is on. Women of all ages, from young ingénue to aging diva, all in purple leotards, might very well be the culprit(s). The cousins are determined to help (or hinder) the sheriff. It's not long until there's a certain something else going on between the sheriff and Dolly.

The mystery is solved and all is so well with the world that the good sheriff moves into the Hadley Bread and Breakfast. My suspicion is that the sheriff and the cousins will be sharing more adventures and affections.

I hope so. Rowena and Dolly do know how to have fun.

by Patricia Nordyke Pando
for Story Circle Book Reviews
www.storycirclebookreviewsorg
reviewing books by, for, and about women

5.0 out of 5 stars Butterflies Don't Sting, January 6, 2008

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C. A. Ogren "Weekly Reader" (Houston, TX USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Butterflies Don't Sting: A Murder Mystery (Paperback)

There's plenty of drama going on at The Butterfly Spa in the small town of Tyra. A Swedish masseuse, Hilda Almgren has been murdered and the two women owners of the Hadley Bed and Breakfast an hour away volunteer to help Sheriff Nail solve the crime. Incidentally,Sheriff Nail took up his current post in Tyra to get away from the fast pace of city life and the detective squad back in Houston. The suspects are fascinatingly different in this suspenseful, witty and humorous tale filled with delectable surprises. You'll be kept guessing who committed the crime right up until the last moment.