"Outspoken, smart, witty, and caring, Donna makes a perfect sleuth. A small-town venue, deft characterization, and pleasant narration complete the cozy picture."
--Library Journal (August 2004) (Library Journal )
"I was favorably impressed with many of the characters in this book. The author writes about both their good sides and their more dysfunctional traits, producing portrayals of people you feel you know.
The solid plotting and the characterizations combine to make a very appealing story, with a fairly outlined, but still surprising, solution. This is the author?s debut mystery; I hope it becomes a series, as I would truly enjoy reading more about Donna."
--Mystery Scene (October 2004) (Mystery Scene )
Product Description
Donna Rose and the Slug War is a rich quilt of small-town Americana, a tale of backyard competition and long-lost secrets - some important enough to kill over. Retired schoolteacher Donna Galbreath isn't as patient with ignorant people as she once was, but she loves her community of Cedar Harbor, WA. Cedar Harbor is changing, though, and this is brought home when she finds the body of Lyle Corrigan, the water board chairman, while on an early morning clam-digging foray. After attacks are made on Lyle's widow and then on Donna, herself, she begins to investigate - along with her neighbor Cyrus, who rescues her and feels that henceforth, protecting Donna has become his duty. The solution requires sorting out the people who had reason to dislike Lyle. In the end, long-held secrets are brought to light and justice is served, along with a peace, of sorts.
Norma Tadlock Johnson lives in Burlington, Washington. (20041001)
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