When Will the Dead Lady Sing?: A Thoroughly Southern Mystery [Paperback]

Patricia Houck Sprinkle (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Signet; paperback / softback edition (2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0451212223
• ISBN-13: 978-0451212221
• ASIN: B002CNKWHY
• Shipping Weight: 0.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,958,524 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars down home regional mystery, June 1, 2004

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Harriet Klausner - See all my reviews
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This review is from: When Will the Dead Lady Sing? (Thoroughly Southern Mysteries, No. 6) (Mass Market Paperback)

In the town of Hopemore, Georgia, MacLaren's day gets off to an unusual start when she sees a buffalo munching on the grass in the yard of her new house. By the time she finds the courage to go outside and get the animal away from her rose bushes, she has the second shock of the morning. Her college boyfriend Burlin Bullock, the one her husband Joe Ridley doesn't know about, is explaining to her that the buffalo is a symbol of his son's run for governor.

MacLaren would like to leave Hopemore for the week that the Bullocks are in town but business prevents her from doing so. She gets to see Burlin more than she would like. A homeless person who is following the Bullocks on the campaign trail is found murdered and circumstantial evidence points to a person that MacLaren knows is innocent and plans to prove it. The real killer, whom fears that MacLaren will figure out the truth, decides to kill her.

This down home regional mystery gives readers a sprinkle of small town deep south living, customs and mannerisms. The protagonist is a judge who does more to solve crimes than to render judgments on them. Patricia Sprinkle knows how to write a charming and quaint mystery without resorting to blood, gore or on stage violence of any kind. WHEN WILL THE DEAD LADY SING? is a great installment in a winning series.

Harriet Klausner

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars lots to enjoy, except the title, October 1, 2005

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E Rice (western ny state) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: When Will the Dead Lady Sing? (Thoroughly Southern Mysteries, No. 6) (Mass Market Paperback)

any story that opens with a buffalo in a suburban front yard has a lot going for it. sprinkle has a great way with a phrase, her characters are well drawn, there's good dialogue, but this otherwise decent mystery got three stars because the title gives away a major piece of the puzzle. and also because an important clue is actually waved in the reader's face.

i enjoyed the author's first series (_murder at buckhead_, and others) so i know the author has done better and will read at least one other title in this series in the hopes that it will be up to her previous standard.

4.0 out of 5 stars Thoroughly Southern Mysteries, November 13, 2010

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This review is from: When Will the Dead Lady Sing? (Thoroughly Southern Mysteries, No. 6) (Mass Market Paperback)

This mystery series by Patricia Sprinkle is great! The book keeps ones interest from the first page. I think cozy mystery readers should definitely try this series. The book "When Will the Dead Lady Sing?" is number six in the series.