It's no Halloween trick when mild-mannered Brad Hemphill, curator of the Texas Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum, materializes in a museum display in the dead of night. While local legend says the museum is haunted by the spirit of an old pioneer woman, only a human hand could have swung the blunt object that cracked the curator's skull. 4 cassettes.
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It's no Halloween trick when mild-mannered Brad Hemphill -- curator of the Texas Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum -- materializes in a museum display in the dead of night. The meek young man is as dead as the dinosaur skeleton he's perched upon.
While local legend says the museum is haunted by the spirit of a pioneer woman, only a human hand could have swung the blunt object that cracked the curator's skull. But as the police interrogate the eccentric museum staff in search of who?, peerless attorney John Lloyd Branson seeks to uncover the killer by asking why?
The only thing missing from the carefully planned, cold-blooded crime is a motive. No one had reason to want poor Brad Hemphill dead . . . . At least no visible reason. So, with the aid of Lydia Fairchild, his trusted legal assistant, the flamboyant Branson undertakes his own investigation -- scaring up ghosts from the past and rattling family skeletons as he zeroes in on a secret so shocking it's worth killing for . . . . --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
While local legend says the museum is haunted by the spirit of a pioneer woman, only a human hand could have swung the blunt object that cracked the curator's skull. But as the police interrogate the eccentric museum staff in search of who?, peerless attorney John Lloyd Branson seeks to uncover the killer by asking why?
The only thing missing from the carefully planned, cold-blooded crime is a motive. No one had reason to want poor Brad Hemphill dead . . . . At least no visible reason. So, with the aid of Lydia Fairchild, his trusted legal assistant, the flamboyant Branson undertakes his own investigation -- scaring up ghosts from the past and rattling family skeletons as he zeroes in on a secret so shocking it's worth killing for . . . . --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Jane Rice's narration makes this American equivalent of a Lord Peter Wimsey tale most enjoyable. How she keeps all the eccentrics' voices straight is a modern-day wonder. Texas lawyer John Lloyd Branson lives up to his double-barreled name and possesses the requisite drawl while his sidekick, Miss Fairchild, sounds every inch the modern woman. There is a murder in a Texas Historical Museum, and the potential culprits abound. The museum staff and local police are a hilarious network of good old boys who try to outdo each other giving advice to a young cop as he scales literal and figurative heights to get his wily man. Because this is a regional mystery, it's perfect for narration and is probably better to listen to--even for the die-hard reader. S.G.B. (c)AudioFile, Portland, Maine
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This review is from: Murder by Reference (Mass Market Paperback)
I have read nearly all of the books by this talented author. John Lloyd Branson has become one of my favorite main characters. I have searched the local bookstores for more of this series but have been unable to locate any other than the ones listed, and I have read these. I think that D. R. Meredith is a very talented woman and her characters reflect the essence of Texas. I have suggested her books to many people who are interested in reading material written by Texans.
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