Trouble Looking For A Place To Happen [Paperback]

Toni L. P. Kelner (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 1, 1996

Laura Fleming, the savvy sleuth of Dead Ringer and Down Home Murder, returns to her North Carolina hometown to attend her aunt's second wedding to her third husband, but murder and mayhem soon disrupt the plans. Reprint. PW.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Down-home mores and country humor inform this ebullient debut. Boston computer programmer Laura and her husband, Richard, visit Byerly, N.C., to see Laura's Aunt Ruby Lee remarry Roger, a country musician. The young people arrive in the midst of a family brouhaha centering around Ruby Lee and Roger's teenage daughter, Ilene, who has announced her plan to enter the novice-performer contest at the Rocky Shoals Memorial Country Music Jamboree, much against Roger's wishes. Ilene is also keeping company with Tom Honeywell, the local behavior problem. Later, after Roger makes a scene during her performance, Ilene argues with Tom and runs away. When Tom's body is discovered on the bus belonging to Roger and his band, Ilene is arrested for the murder, and the family prevails upon levelheaded Laura to prove the girl's innocence. With stalwart, Shakespeare-quoting Richard in tow, Laura delves into Tom's past to come up with the killer. A lively, lighthearted cozy.
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Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Kensington (March 1, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1575660075
• ISBN-13: 978-1575660073
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.2 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,045,406 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars No murder until after page 100, September 30, 2000

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D. P. Birkett (Suffern, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Trouble Looking For A Place To Happen (Paperback)

This is such a warm and cosy book I feel bad saying anythingnegative about it. I have to warn the squeamish that somebody says "rats", that one character might like men instead of girls, and someone appears on stage in a mini-skirt with a bare midriff (but her father drags her off). A married couple unplug the phone for a hour to do something. There's a lot of nailbiting tension about the plans for Aunt Ruby Lee's wedding. If you can stand all that sex and suspense the mystery is quite well plotted with fairly placed clues. It's set in North Carolina with thick local atmosphere but no mention of race problems (everybody seems to be white if their physical appearance is described). A good-humored blend of "Divine Secrets of the YaYa Sisterhood" and Agatha Christie. A neat joke in the acknowledgements.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I did it!, September 14, 2006

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Coppertop (Ohio) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Trouble Looking For A Place To Happen (Paperback)

I figured this one out way before the end! I'm so proud of myself!! Good luck to you!

This is another installment of Kelner's Southern series. There is a lot of humor in this book. The Burnette family themselves could make a book! I tend to get involved with the characters as much as the mystery, so this matters to me. Laurie Anne and Richard even have really cute quote contest going on throughout this one. I think this is a series for you if you really like good characters with lots of little quirks.

So what's the story this time? Well, Laurie Anne and Richard are in town for her Aunt Ruby Lee's marriage (the fifth) when Tom Honeywell gets murdered at the big country music Jamboree. Laurie Anne's cousin, Illene, is accused of the murder and so in come Laurie Anne and Richard to try to get Illene off. Lots of twists and turns to get the final conclusion. Definitely one to get your mind working.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Laura and Richard Return to Byerly for a Wedding, December 30, 2001

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Moe811 (New York USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Trouble Looking For A Place To Happen (Paperback)

Aunt Ruby Lee is getting married for the fifth time. Second time around to Roger of Rogers Ramblers. Their daughter Ilene is rebelling big time. She wants a career in music, but her father thinks it is no place for his daughter. She enters the local Music Jamboree with the assistance of her sleazeball boyfriend. The boyfriend ends up dead on the Rambler's bus and Ilene is accused of murder.

This is a good addition to the series. Laura and Richard have to use their wits and Laura's pack of relatives to solve the crime and the reader has alot of fun in the meantime. A mystery from the past is solved also, which adds some dimension to the plot.