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Stand By Your Man: A Novel [Mass Market Paperback]

Nancy Bartholomew (Author)
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May 1, 2001

Beautician-turned-country singer Maggie Reid is getting too famous for her own good. Since her endearing if good-for-nothing former husband. "Satellite Dish and Mobile Home King" Vernell Spivey, vanished along with millions, everybodyseems to be interested in the ex-wife he left in the lurch...including some very bad people called "The Redneck Mafia." Drop-dead gorgeous Detective Marshall Weathers and his police cronies want to know what Maggie knows as well, since they have a murder on their hands that has Vernell's name all over it.

Maggie knows this much: there are many negative appellations you could pin on old liquor-loving, skirt-chasing Vernell, but "killer" isn't one of them.

And though it means courting a mob hit and the extreme attentions of a sturdy bike p.i., the determined d-i-v-o-r-c-e-e is going to find her missing ex and prove him innocent...or die trying!



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"Bartholomew Has A Special Gift." -- -- Tulsa World

About the Author

Nancy Bartholomew lives in Greensboro, North Carolina, with her husband and two children. She is currently a psychotherapist in private practice. She enjoys spending time with her children, gourmet cooking, and reading. In a former life, she was an aspiring country-western music star.


Product Details

  • Mass Market Paperback: 240 pages
  • Publisher: HarperTorch (May 1, 2001)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0061014109
  • ISBN-13: 978-0061014109
  • Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.2 x 0.7 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 4.3 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,466,038 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

 

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5.0 out of 5 stars Creative plot and storyline, May 1, 2001
This review is from: Stand By Your Man: A Novel (Mass Market Paperback)
He cheated on her, lied to her, and destroyed her trust. Still even a divorce cannot fully sever the ties that bind country singer Maggie Reid with to her scoundrel of an ex-husband. When he is reported missing, Maggie swallows her pride and askks police detective Marshall J. Weathers, a man who once promised to call her but never did, for help. While there a perky rookie makes it clear she and Marshall are dating.

Feeling like leftover hash, Maggie goes to Vernell's home where she encounters a stranger carrying a gun. He wants her ex-husband too and threatens her before kissing and leaving her. Maggie's life plunges even lower when Vernell's car is found with a body inside. The victim is a moneyman for the Redneck Mafia and the millions he carried is gone with Vernell rumored to be the last person to see him alive. Maggie knows that Vernell is a rat but not a killer so she begins making her own inquiries without understanding the danger she is now in from unsavory characters.

STAND BY YOUR MAN stars a protagonist who refuses to be anyone's doormat. Her romantic life, which is at ground zero by choice, should prove interesting as three hunks are dying (pun intended) to go out with her. The murderer is hidden in plain sight so that readers never guess the perpetrator's identity. This down home regional mystery really rocks (to a country tune that is).

Harriet Klausner

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Fun, fun, fun!, July 25, 2002
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Connie Mulloy (Laytonsville, MD United States) - See all my reviews
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Nancy Bartholomew has created a wonderful character in Maggie Reid. I loved Your Cheating Heart and was thrilled to find Stand by Your Man. The characters are realistic and the situations Maggie reid finds herself in are enjoyable and funny. The only people I can imagine not liking these books are people who don't like to have a good time.
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Four Stars, August 30, 2002
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girlysogroovy (Flower Mound, TX USA) - See all my reviews
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STAND BY YOUR MAN is the second book in the Maggie Reid series. Maggie, a country singer, who attracts violent crime, murders and men like spilt Kool-Aid attracts ants. This book had me smiling from beginning to end. Although, at the end of the book I found myself HAVING to know if Maggie went with Marshall, the coffee-regular detective or Tony, the latte with the works private investigator...but I'll have to wait for the next book. I am sure it will be good, too.
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The first time I laid eyes on Detective Marshall J. Weathers of the Greensboro Police Department's Homicide Unit, I heard Mama's voice echoing in my head. Read the first page
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mobile home lot, psychology teacher
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Marshall Weathers, Nosmo King, Vernell Spivey, Tony Carlucci, Bess King, Maggie Reid, Redneck Mafia, Veur Man, Pauline Conrad, Golden Stallion, Elm Street, Twilight Motel, Yeur Man, Detective Marshall, Harmonica Jack, Mobile Home Kingdom, Satellite Kingdom, Sugar Bear, Summit Avenue, Eugenia Price, High Point Road, Vour Man, Detective Weathers, Battleground Avenue, Greene Street
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