When the body of a local vagrant is found dead and all signs point to MacLaren Yarbrough's old college boyfriend, Mac is caught in a murder investigation that puts her right in the spotlight.
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down home regional mystery,
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
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lots to enjoy, except the title,
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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.
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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.
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The Hopemore water tank murder was news all over the world. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Joe Riddley, Chief Muggins, Annie Dale, Burlin Bullock, Uncle Ridd, Little Bit, Patricia Sprinkle, Lance Bullock, Judge Yarbrough, New York, Charlie Muggins, Aunt Martha, Georgia Bullock, Miss Gusta, Hector Blaine, Hope County, Hubert Spence, Miss Georgia, Spence's Appliances, Sperra Bullock New!
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The Hopemore water tank murder was news all over the world. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Joe Riddley, Chief Muggins, Annie Dale, Burlin Bullock, Uncle Ridd, Little Bit, Patricia Sprinkle, Lance Bullock, Judge Yarbrough, New York, Charlie Muggins, Aunt Martha, Georgia Bullock, Miss Gusta, Hector Blaine, Hope County, Hubert Spence, Miss Georgia, Spence's Appliances, Sperra Bullock New!
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- Who Left that Body in the Rain? (Thoroughly Southern Mysteries, No. 4) by Patricia Sprinkle in Front Matter (1), Front Matter (2), and Back Matter
- Who Invited the Dead Man? (Thoroughly Southern Mysteries, No. 3) by Patricia Sprinkle in Front Matter (1), Front Matter (2), and Back Matter
- Who Let that Killer in the House? (Thoroughly Southern Mysteries, No. 5) by Patricia Sprinkle in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- The Chocolate Frog Frame-Up (Chocoholic Mysteries, No. 3) by JoAnna Carl in Front Matter
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