When my mama receives an angry visit from Nat Mixon, she learns some startling news. Nat's mother and Mama's neighbor, spiteful recluse Hannah Mixon, has just died--and left a large parcel of land to Mama! Nat is convinced Mama stole his inheritance, and to save her reputation, Mama's determined to find out why Hannah named her in her will. And when it turns out Hannah was murdered, Mama needs to find more answers. With the help of three notorious local gossips--and me--Mama uncovers a long, bloody history of greed and family betrayal connected to the land Mama's inherited. And unless she discovers the truth about this plot of land, it may become her burial plot....
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When Simone Covington's job as a paralegal in Atlanta gets too hectic, she can always retreat to Mama's house in quiet Otis, South Carolina, where the pace is slower, everybody knows everything about everybody else, and the only thing that keeps on coming at you soul food by the platter. Better watch it with the current crop of same, though, since the coroner marks Simone's arrival by announcing that crabby next-door neighbor Hannah Mixon was helped to the grave by a hearty dose of arsenic. When he finds out that Hannah's left the lion's share of her piddling estate--250 acres' worth--to Candi Covington (though she's never exchanged a word with Mama), Hannah's son Nat storms over to accuse Mama of stealing his inheritance. You'd think the police would get suspicious of Mama, especially after Nat also gets himself a bellyful of arsenic. But they don't; instead, Mama gets poisoned, too. There'll be still more carnage in this low- pressure whodunit--every new suspect who acts suspicious, it seems, gets vindicated by death--before Mama, whose detective work consists of debriefing her gossipy old friends in greater and greater detail about the Mixon family tree, finally unmasks the killer. (Don't blink or you'll miss this nefarious culprit.) Guileless Mama, a veteran of two paperback mysteries, doesn't seem quite ready for hardcover--or prime time. -- Copyright ©1997, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.
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"Nora DeLoach captures the essence of small town life, turning her delightful mystery novel into an atmospheric mood piece that will leave the audience feeling warm after finishing it--just like a Jessica Fletcher story."
--Midwest Book Review
"Recommended reading!"
--Emerge
"You can almost taste the grits and sweet-potato pie when paging through this brisk and entertaining whodunit."
--Chicago Tribune
"Grace Covington--dubbed the African-American Miss Marple--puts her cooking and her sleuthing skills together with good results."
--The San Diego Union-Tribune
--Midwest Book Review
"Recommended reading!"
--Emerge
"You can almost taste the grits and sweet-potato pie when paging through this brisk and entertaining whodunit."
--Chicago Tribune
"Grace Covington--dubbed the African-American Miss Marple--puts her cooking and her sleuthing skills together with good results."
--The San Diego Union-Tribune
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
BORING,
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This review is from: Mama Stalks the Past (Mass Market Paperback)
The book was too simple. After a while I didn't care who killed the Mixons. This was my first Mama book and will probably be my last. I'm glad that I borrowed this book from the library because I could take it back!
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
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In the best tradition of a down home southern cozy,
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This review is from: Mama Stalks the Past (Hardcover)
Everyone in Otis, South Carolina loves Grace "Candi" Covington, affectionately known as Mama to her daughter Simone, a paralegal in Atlanta and her spouse James. At least everyone adored her until she inherited her next door neighbor's two hundred and fifty acres of prime farm and timber land. The inheritance comes as quite a shock to the townsfolk, including Mama, who never spoke to the mean-spirited individual. The most angry person is the neighbor's son, Nat, who needs the profits from the land to pay off his debts. Nat threatens Mama, especially when an autopsy reveals that the vitriolic individual died from arsenic poisoning. Matters turn even stranger when Nat dies from arsenic poisoning also. Mama, with Simone's help, tries to ferret out the identity of the real killer before the whole town starts to believe that she committed the dastardly deeds. However, before the intrepid duo can get very deep into their investigation, Mama becomes very ill from arsenic poisoning, making it imperative that the murderer be named and nailedd quickly. MAMA STALKS THE PAST is a delightful southern small town amateur sleuth tale. The protagonist is a respected African-American who has returned home after traveling the world with her military spouse. Mama is an adorable detective, whom readers will love for her southern grace, kindness, and charity. Nora Deloach captures the essence of small town life, turning her delightful mystery novel into an atmospheric mood piece that will leave the audience feeling warm after finishing it- just like a Jessica Fletcher story. Harriet Klausner
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
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Love Mama's down-home style,
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I love the sense of home and family in the Mama mysteries. They take place in a small town in South Carolina where Mama, a social worker and excellent cook of down-home food, is a newcomer. Papa was born and raised there and the couple made it their home after Papa retired from the military. Daughter Simone works in Atlanta as a paralegal for one of the city's top lawyers, and can always be counted on to help Mama solve a mystery. This one begins when Mama's next door neighbor, who doesn't like Mama or anybody else, dies and leaves Mama a large parcel of land. The neighbor's only son isn't happy about the will and lets Mama know it. But when Mama tries to find out why the land was left to her, she discovers a long history of domestic abuse and murder connected to it, and it begins to look like it may have been left to Mama to serve as her burial plot. Beware of one thing. Don't read this series on an empty stomach -- all that talk about Mama's big dinners will make you hungry.
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