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Trouble Looking For A Place To Happen

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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.

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.

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.

This is the first novel I've read by Toni Kelner and so this was my intruduction to Laura Fleming. This book was very fast and puts me in mind of Rita Mae Brown's Mrs. Murphy series.

Being a southerner myself and having a larger family than the main character there are times in the book when I completely laughed out loud because of the the "been there, done that" factor. But then you get to Laura's inability to say "no" to anyone in her family and completely insert herself into every dysfunctional element that exists therein - I have to draw the line. That was probably the one element of the entire book which absolutely frustrated me and will make me not read any of the other Laura Fleming books.

I really enjoyed the relationship between Laura and her husband & I thought more than once while reading it that he must be the most patient husband ever - especially when it comes to in-laws!