Fifty-Seven Traveling (Five Star Mystery Series) (Five Star First Edition Mystery) [Hardcover]

Lonnie Cruse (Author)

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At the start of Cruse's appealing second '57 Chevy mystery (after 2007's Fifty-Seven Heaven), Kitty and Jack Bloodworth, who are en route from their home in Metropolis, Ill., to Pigeon Forge, Tenn., for an antique auto show, are stranded at the side of a busy highway with a leaky water hose. Fortunately, Copper Penny, "country singer/songwriter extraordinaire," who's to give a concert at the show, stops her limo and offers the couple a ride to the nearest auto parts store. Once in Pigeon Forge, Kitty and Jack discover Kitty's dream car for sale in an old barn--a 1937 Chrysler sedan complete with running boards and suicide doors (which open backwards)--but Jack, to Kitty's dismay, is unwilling to meet the owner's high but reasonable price. Meanwhile, a purse snatching, a break-in at the cabin where they're staying, and the murder of the Chrysler owner's adult son provide a criminal backdrop for the good fellowship and good food that are a major part of this car cozy.
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Product Details

• Hardcover: 242 pages
• Publisher: Five Star; 1 edition (August 11, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1594148805
• ISBN-13: 978-1594148804
• Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 5.7 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,813,000 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Lonnie Cruse is the author of the Metropolis Murder Mystery Series, the '57 Chevy Mystery Series, and she writes non-fiction self-help books for women. Cruse lives in Metropolis, Illinois, home of the famous Superman statue. Check out her website at: www.lonniecruse.com for more information and pictures of the statue!

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5.0 out of 5 stars fun regional amateur sleuth, August 20, 2010

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This review is from: Fifty-Seven Traveling (Five Star Mystery Series) (Five Star First Edition Mystery) (Hardcover)

In Tennessee, the Metropolis Cruisers Car Club crew drives their respective vehicles to the Pigeon Forge show. Attending the antiques car event is members Jack and Kitty Bloodworth who drive his 57 Chevy Sadie. However, as they arrive at the small town, they discuss the chances of finding Kitty's dream car, a thirties Chrysler.

On their first night in town, the Bloodworth pair stops to eat at a diner where Moses and Medina Beadle play the fiddle. The two couples chat about mutual interests when the Beadles proclaim they have a '37 Chrysler on their farm. Their son Charles sets an exorbitant price, but a stunned Jack cannot say no to his Kitty so he agrees. Soon after he gives Charlie his check, their cabin they share with Leo and Deb Evans is vandalized and Charlie is murdered. Police Chief Wilburn brings Jack in for questioning; while Kitty's digital camera vanishes. When Charles' grandma Sassy Bentley insists they attend his funeral, Kitty wonders if moonshine has fried everyone's brain.

The sequel to Fifty-Seven Heaven is a fun regional amateur sleuth mystery as finding the car of her dreams seems to mean finding his nightmare. Except for the antique vehicle nothing goes right for the Bloodworth duet. Readers will enjoy this comical car Crusing cozy.

Harriet Klausner