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Chandler's Daughter: A Lexy Connor Mystery [Hardcover]

Truly Donovan (Author)
4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)


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January 1, 2000
Lexy Connor is perfectly content with her uneventful life: her Boulder, Colorado suburban home; her bookcases full of mystery novels; her love of good food (the source of her magnificent girth); and her faithful Westie companion, Molly. But then a phone call in the middle of the night sends her peaceful world into turmoil.

Tally Richard, a long-time family friend, is looking for a place to hide out. Having received a cryptic message warning that she's in terrible danger, she seeks refuge with Lexy, and pleads for help to decipher the mystery of her true parentage, which appears to be the root of the danger she's in.

Lexy is reluctantly drawn into the middle of a mystery straight out of one of those novels she loves so much. Only now she finds herself playing the unlikely role of amateur sleuth. From California and the untimely death of their only solid lead to Tally's parents all the way across the country to Westchester County, New York, Lexy tracks down clues to the identities of Tally's birth parents, and of the determined strangers trying to get to Tally first. Are they one and the same?

With the help of a friendship ring, old yearbooks, newspaper articles involving a thirty-year-old car accident that occurred under suspicious circumstances, and a bevy of canines from dachshunds to rottweilers and their owners, Lexy puts her own life, and the lives of those closest to her, on the line to uncover the truth about Tally's past.


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"...an absolute delight." -- Mystery News, Volume 18, Issue 2, April/May 2000

"Lots of laughs and accurate observations on modern life from Lexy who has been around in her time ..." -- Dorris Ann Norris, Librarian, on DorothyL newsgroup, June 13, 2000

About the Author

Truly Donovan lives in Boulder, Colorado. Ms. Donovan has spent over 30 years in the software development community, writing, editing, publishing, consulting and designing software applications. This is her first novel.

Product Details

  • Hardcover: 232 pages
  • Publisher: Write Way Publishing; 1st edition (January 1, 2000)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1885173628
  • ISBN-13: 978-1885173621
  • Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.8 x 0.8 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,392,255 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars An exciting new cozy!, July 19, 2000
This review is from: Chandler's Daughter: A Lexy Connor Mystery (Hardcover)
Truly Donovan's debut mystery CHANDLER'S DAUGHTER is the beginning of a wonderful cozy mystery series.

As I read, I found myself taken with Ms. Donovan's single, plus-size, middle-aged, amateur sleuth Lexy Connor. She is witty, intelligent and delightful!

Lexy lives in Gunbarrel, Colorado, where she runs her own software consulting company. She loves to eat out with friends and owns a lovable, well-mannered Westie named Molly. Those of us who can't live without our mysteries, Internet or email, will find a comrade in Lexy as she is blessed with the same passions.

In her debut mystery, Lexy finds her quiet Colorado world shaken when her friend Tally calls for help. Tally offers to pay Lexy her usual software consultation fee, if she will solve the mystery of a dead stranger Tally was supposed to meet. This mystery has Lexy traveling the country (a trip you don't want to miss) in an attempt to find the murderer who is also hunting for her friend.

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful mystery with a difference, February 15, 2000
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This review is from: Chandler's Daughter: A Lexy Connor Mystery (Hardcover)
Meet Lexy Connor, a plump, middle aged, single woman whose life revolves around her business, her dog Molly and her friends. Lexy's a likable sort - a little eccentric and unquestioningly loyal to those she cares about. A late night call from the daughter of an old friend provokes her protective instincts and has Lexy serving up advice alongside scrambled eggs. Tally is in trouble and needs her help.

Never one to disappoint a friend, Lexy is ready to go to work when she learns that someone is stalking Tally with the apparent intent to kill. All clues lead back to Tally's birth, so the two develop a plan to discover her birth parents' identities in hopes of solving the mystery. With just a high school friendship ring found in the secret compartment of a jewelry box that belonged to Tally's late adopted mother, Lexy hops on a plane with Molly in tow and starts turning over a few rocks. Unfortunately, potential informants start turning up dead. All too soon, someone's after Lexy too.

Chandler's Daughter is one of the most delightful books I've read in a while. The cover and blurb led me to expect a grandmotherly-type cozy. What I found instead was non-stop action with a little reality thrown in and a highly satisfying conclusion. The violence and sex were minimal, taking place mostly off-scene. Not all situations were entirely believable, but they were entertaining and worked well within the frame of the plot. I won't hesitate to pick up the next book by Truly Donovan.

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Donovan's Daughter is a must-have book., July 24, 2000
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This review is from: Chandler's Daughter: A Lexy Connor Mystery (Hardcover)
I read a library copy of "Donovan's Daughter" and so thoroughly enjoyed it, that I now have a copy on order. I want to own this series from the very beginning.

Lexy Connor is a great heroine. She is well past the first blush of youth, but is smart, vital and ready to do anything for a friend.

She searches for the true parentage of Tally, a young woman who is being threatened even though she knows nothing of her true background. Her parents have been dead for years. She comes to Lexy because Lexy knew her adoptive parents.

With few clues to go on, Lexy (along with her delightful dog) goes across country to solve a mystery that puts her and some of her friends in grave danger.

Don't miss this exciting and humorous first mystery with an unforgettable heroine.

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