Nosy in Nebraska: Of Mice...and Murder/Pride and Pestilence/The Miceman Cometh (Maxie Mouse Mystery Series Omnibus) (America Loves a Mystery: Nebraska) [Paperback]

Mary Connealy (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1, 2009

Maxie, the World's Largest (Stuffed) Field Mouse, must come through time and again to thwart the criminals in his peaceful-albeit mouse-obsessed-hometown of Melnik, Nebraska. Carrie Evans, hates mice and loves the big city, do why has she returned to her dinky hometown and taken up residence in an infested house? Museum curator Bonnie Simpson is attacked while at work in the proud home of Maxie. Can she believe the guy's claim to have never before seen-let alone murdered-the person in Bonnie's storeroom? Attorney Tyler Simpson thinks he's found a home in Melnik, but will he be run out of town when he's forced to defend the town's nemesis as her court-appointed attorney?

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Book Description

Maxie, the World's Largest (Stuffed) Field Mouse, must come through time and again to thwart criminals in his peaceful-albeit mouse-obsessed-hometown of Melnik, Nebraska. As a former citizen returns to face her fears, a local business woman escapes attack, and a new-in-town attorney faces ridicule, will the community pull together to solve mysteries or fall into deeper chaos?

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Murder is No Cat-and-Mouse Game in rural Melnik, Nebraska

 

Maxie, the World's Largest (Stuffed) Field Mouse, must come through time and again to thwart the criminals in his peaceful--albeit mouse-obsessed--hometown.

 

Carrie Evans hates mice and loves the big city. So why is she living in her dinky hometown in a mouse-infested house where a dead body lurk in the pantry? Is it a matter Of Mice. . .and Murder--or the allure of a certain carpenter who's helping her trap her rodents and solve the murder mystery?

 

Bonnie Simpson is attacked while at work in the Melnik Historical Society Museum. Her assailant also tops her suspect list in the murder of Sven Gunderson. . .if only the stranger weren't so charming. Besides, lots of people had a motive to kill Gunderson--including Bonnie. It's a matter of Pride and Pestilence when the true owner of Maxie, the World's Largest Field Mouse, decides he wants his mouse back. In Melnik, that means war!

 

Tyler Simpson is opening a new law office, and he thinks he's home to stay in Melnik-until a body falls out of a cupboard and Tyler is forced to defend the town's nemesis as her court-appointed attorney. The Miceman Cometh again as Maxie

Mouse

saves the day one more time.

 

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Product Details

• Paperback: 480 pages
• Publisher: Barbour Publishing, Inc (June 1, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1602604185
• ISBN-13: 978-1602604186
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.2 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #454,334 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #11 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Mystery & Thrillers > Mystery > Anthologies

More About the Author

Mary Connealy's Published Work
Petticoat Ranch'February 2007release from Barbour Publishing
Golden Days'February 2007 release from Heartsong Presents
Of Mice'and Murder'December 2007 release from Spyglass Lane Mysteries
Changed: True Stories of Finding God Through Christian Music ' Standard Publishing 3/05
Christmas Treasures co-author June 2003 release CSS Publishing ' 4 Christmas Plays

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars cute silly mysteries, June 20, 2010

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S. smith (Texas) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Nosy in Nebraska: Of Mice...and Murder/Pride and Pestilence/The Miceman Cometh (Maxie Mouse Mystery Series Omnibus) (America Loves a Mystery: Nebraska) (Paperback)

This was my first experience with one of these 3 in 1 reprints but someone recommended these 3 mysteries and said to look for them in this one volume. First these are fairly short and there's really no character or romance development. The couples know they're made for each other pretty much instantly and that fact just has to sorta be taken as, well, fact! The entire 3 books cover a few years at least and the whole premise is totally silly. This small town's claim to fame is from having the largest field mouse, Maxie, who's now stuffed. Some in the town practically worship this stupid mouse..well not worship exactly but they're so attached to it...kids in 4th grade have to recite the entire genus,species, etc to go on to 5th grade..parades in Maxie's honor..an entire museum built for this mouse..you get the picture. the humor is totally silly..almost stupid I'd say but hey it works! I was happy reading this and laughed..just suspend all belief and enjoy and these will be cute quick reads :-) also characters show up in the next books (the main ones that is)I'm glad this author started writing full length novels with her humor.

1.0 out of 5 stars NOT GOOD, August 15, 2011

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Jo Hall (SAND SPRINGS, OK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Nosy in Nebraska: Of Mice...and Murder/Pride and Pestilence/The Miceman Cometh (Maxie Mouse Mystery Series Omnibus) (America Loves a Mystery: Nebraska) (Paperback)

MARY CONNEALY WRITES BEAUTIFUL BOOKS BUT THIS WAS NOT ONE OF THEM. I FINISHED THE FIRST BOOK AND GAVE IT AWAY WITHOUT READING THE OTHER TWO,

4.0 out of 5 stars Good light read, February 27, 2011

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Margaret A. Diedrichsen "Readin' Gramma" (Springview, NE) - See all my reviews
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I enjoyed Nosy in Nebraska. I live in Ne and it was cool to see towns I recognized.
It was funny , and silly and romantic.