African-American, 38, and a crime historian, Lizzie Stuart has spent most of her life in Drucilla, Kentucky. When her grandmother dies, Lizzie decides it is time for a vacation. She joins her friend Tess for a week in Cornwall, England, in the resort town of St. Regis. Lizzie finds her vacation anything but restful when she becomes an eyewitness to a murder and the probable next victim.
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I was born and raised in Danville, Virginia. I still have family there and go home whenever I can.
As a Southerner, I have always been interested in matters such as history and legend and family and tradition. By some strange coincidence, my detective, Lizzie Stuart, shares my interests. Of course, she has some interests of her own (e.g., baseball and magic) that I am just beginning to learn about.
Like Lizzie, I'm an academic, a criminologist specializing in crime history and crime and popular culture. I teach at a state university. Death's Favorite Child is my first mystery. I'm at work on the second book in the series, set in Virginia. I'm also hard at work (with Donna Hale) on a non-fiction book, Blood on Her Hands, about women, death, and murder.
I'm a member of Mystery Writers of America and Sisters in Crime.
As for family -- relatives in Virginia and elsewhere. No husband and no dog. My mother still hopes I'll acquire the former. Since I once intended to be a veterinarian (when I enrolled at VA Tech), I'm looking forward to having a house with pets again.
Interests -- travel whenever I have the chance, old movies (High Noon is a favorite), cooking, working out to videos, collapsing on the sofa after working out. Books and more books.
I've managed to incorporate my love of crime fiction and films into my work as a criminologist. I'm the author of Edgar-nominated Out of the Woodpile: Black Characters in Crime and Detective Fiction., editor (with Donna Hale) of Popular Culture, Crime, and Justice. My most recent book (with Alice Green) is "Law Never Here": A Social History of African American Responses to Issues of Crime and Justice.
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Frankie Y. Bailey is the author of the Edgar-nominated Out of the Woodpile.
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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
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WOW!!,
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This review is from: Death's Favorite Child (Silver Dagger Mysteries) (Hardcover)
What a wonderful mystery. This one had me guessing to the very end. Not only does Frankie Bailey keep you guessing in "Death's Favorite Child," she also makes you beg for more at the end of the novel with three of her main characters at pivotal points in their lives.African-American crime professor, Lisabeth (Lizzie)Stuart is beginning a week-long vacation at a small bed and breakfast hotel in St. Regis on the Cornish Coast of England with her former college roommate, Tess, now a travel writer. Of course, our Lizzie, the ceribral spinster doesn't expect to witness the murder of a young woman and then put herself in danger or become attracted to a white Philadelphia homicide detective, John Quinn. Nevertheless,
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
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This review is from: Death's Favorite Child (A Lizzie Stuart Mystery series) (Paperback)
Lizzie Stuart goes to Cornwall on a vacation with her best friend and ends up the witness to a murder. A young woman is cleverly murdered, obviously by someone who is staying at the charming little inn run by her aunts. Since Lizzie is also a guest at the inn, she is somewhat disturbed by the fact that she not only witnessed a murder but is sharing living space with the possible murderer. Meanwhile her best friend's ne'er do well ex-husband has also arrived and is trying to patch things up. Lizzie dislikes him and wonders if it is wishful thinking that he may be involved. And then there is the attractive American detective that Lizzie keeps running into. John Quinn is determined that Lizzie keep her nose out of a bona fide murder mystery before she gets herself killed.
This was a lovely story. It had the true feel of one of those nice cozy little mysteries. The book is excellently written and I like the idea of the budding romance between Lizzie and John. I do wish that the author was a bit more descriptive of Lizzie. I can't get a picture of her in my head. And I thought the connections between all the people were a little too neat. Also I found the way the murder was solved somewhat implausible, but I give that a pass. Overall, this was a good story. I can't wait to read the next ones.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
fast-paced and well-done,
By Julie (Houston, Texas) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Death's Favorite Child (A Lizzie Stuart Mystery series) (Paperback)
Bailey has provided us with a unique and likable heroine in Lizzie. I particularly liked the setting (wonderfully drawn) and the complications provided by Lizzie's best friend -- and the friend's ex-husband. The relationship between Lizzie and the American policeman will surely be of interest in future books. This is a well woven and suspenseful story which had me eagerly turning pages, guessing up until the end who had done it.
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