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Playing Bunco may be fun...but murder proves a game-changer. Octogenarian sleuth Myrtle Clover has never heard of the dice game Bunco. Regardless, she steps in as her daughter-in-law's sub and reluctantly puts her game face on. Bunco turns out to be child's play. But when a body is discovered, Myrtle realizes another game is afoot. Before long, she's playing cat and mouse with the killer. Can she track down the murderer before the game is up? Or,...
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ForeWord: "The treat here is Myrtle's eccentricity, brought to life with rich humor and executed ...with breezy skill."This Myrtle Clover sampler, which has several full-length early cozy mysteries in the series, contains "Progressive Dinner Deadly," "A Dyeing Shame," and "A Body in the Backyard." These books collectively have over 650 five-star reviews.The sleepy town of Bradley, North Carolina, might not be as quiet as it seems. Murders happen at...
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When Beauty Box beautician Tammy Smith is discovered with a pair of hair shears in her back, there are suspects and secrets aplenty in her small Southern town. Octogenarian Myrtle Clover, bored by bingo and bridge, is intrigued by the crime...and her neighbors' secrets. But discovering, and blabbing, secrets got Tammy killed and Myrtle soon learns her sleuthing isn't just dangerous...it's deadly.
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Readers praise Myrtle Clover Mysteries: Foreword: "The treat here is Myrtle's eccentricity, brought to life with rich humor and executed ...with breezy skill." This Myrtle Clover sampler, which has books 1-3 in the series, contains "Pretty is as Pretty Dies," "Progressive Dinner Deadly," and "A Dyeing Shame." These books collectively have over 750 four and five-star reviews.
The sleepy town of Bradley, North Carolina, might not be as quiet as it...
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When psychic (and hubcap retailer) Wanda Alewine pays a late-night visit to Myrtle Clover, she urges the octogenarian sleuth to head straight to Greener Pastures Retirement Home. But Wanda doesn't want Myrtle to consider the Home's dubious amenities-she wants Myrtle to prevent a murder seen in a vision. Reluctant Myrtle investigates with sidekick Miles, who seems a lot more interested in Greener Pastures than she is. As the duo digs, they uncover...
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Extreme gardening often involves gnomes and planted bodies...It's just an ordinary day for octogenarian sleuth Myrtle Clover-until her yardman discovers a dead body planted in her backyard. This death isn't cut and dried-the victim was bashed in the head with one of Myrtle's garden gnomes. Myrtle's friend Miles recognizes the body and identifies him as Charles Clayborne... reluctantly admitting he's a cousin. Charles wasn't the sort of relative you...
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When a quilting event falls to pieces, Beatrice works to patch things up. Dappled Hills quilters are eagerly anticipating new events at the Patchwork Cottage quilt shop. The shop's owner, Posy, has announced 'Sew and Tell' socials and a mystery quilt group project. But one day, instead of emailed quilt instructions, the quilters receive a disturbing message about a fellow quilter. When that quilter mysteriously meets her maker, Beatrice decides to...
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Cosette Whitlow is a society matron...if tiny Bradley, North Carolina, has one. She kindly volunteers for all the town's charities, but isn't nearly as kind to her own family, neighbors, and friends. In fact, Cosette is emphatically disliked by much of the town-including octogenarian Myrtle Clover. And Myrtle knows that dislike in Bradley can quickly turn deadly. No one seems surprised when Cosette's body is discovered during a party she's hosting-she...
9) Checked Out
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There are no renewals when you're permanently checked out. When librarian Ann Beckett finally reluctantly agrees to being set-up on a blind date by one of her over-eager patrons, she figures that the worst that could happen would be that the two of them wouldn't hit it off. Little did she know that she'd be stood up...because her date was murdered. With the help from her patrons, Ann tries to find out who might be responsible in the small town of...
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Loose lips sink ships...and result in murder. When Myrtle and her friend Miles set out for adventure on the high sea, they assume most of the trip's excitement will result from shore excursions to charming Alaskan villages. They feel as if their ship has come in. But when a fellow passenger disappears, Myrtle realizes she must seize the helm and find the killer... before more souls are lost.
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When Myrtle's housekeeper is a murder suspect, she swears to Myrtle that she's squeaky clean. It's easy for fellow citizens to get on your nerves in sleepy Southern towns like Bradley, North Carolina. Particularly when one of the citizens is something of a cheapskate. Amos Subers isn't one to tip waiters, pay back a loan, or behave generously with family. When it's discovered that penny-pinching Amos was actually quite wealthy, it hardly engenders...
12) Edit to Death
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This book goes from 'tell-all' to 'dead men tell no tales.' Retired English teacher Myrtle Clover is frequently asked to proofread for friends. So she wasn't totally surprised when her friend Pearl asked her to take a look at her memoir and polish it up. But before Myrtle could pull out her red pen, Pearl was found ... murdered. Now Myrtle and her senior sidekick Miles must track down the memoir and the murderer before the killer makes any more final...
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Who wants chips and dip when they can have Dickens and Twain? To the residents of the sleepy town of Bradley, North Carolina, hardworking Jill Caulfield seemed beyond reproach. She volunteered at the women's shelter, worked at the church preschool, cleaned houses for extra money, and actually enjoyed yard work. And she was nothing less than a saint to cheerfully put up with her unemployed, skirt-chasing, boozer of a husband. When intrepid octogenarian...
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Los secretos y el alcohol no hacen buenas migas... El amanecer de un cadáver en pleno Salón de Belleza con unas tijeras clavadas en la espalda desatará una peculiar mezcla de misterio, sospechosos y, por supuesto, el chismorreo del agitado vecindario de un pueblecito sureño de Carolina de Norte. Myrtle Clover, octogenaria detectivesca aburrida de ganarle a todo el mundo al Bridge, se valdrá de su astucia, descaro y veteranía para intentar esclarecer,...
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Sometimes taking a spin makes you crash and burn. When a neighbor disappears, Myrtle and Miles shift gears and hit the road to search for him. They discover their neighbor slightly off the beaten track-murdered with a tire iron. Myrtle has no intention of letting the killer give them the slip. She and Miles buckle up for a race against time to find the murderer...before someone else hits a dead end.
16) Pressed for Time
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As Beatrice's wedding day approaches, murder finds a way to make her pressed for time. Beatrice and Wyatt's days are spent planning their cozy, chapel wedding. Both widowed, they mean to keep their wedding an intimate, family affair. But everyone in Dappled Hills still wants to celebrate the happy couple. Beatrice and Wyatt find themselves at dinners, picnics, and barbeques in their honor. When one of the festivities goes deadly wrong, Beatrice must...
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Parke Stockard tenía todo a su favor. Favorecida con una buena apariencia y encima, sentido para los negocios. ha debido estar satisfecha. En vez, Parke crea problemas en su pequeño pueblo. Cuando la jubilada maestra octogenaria, Myrtle Clover descubre su cuerpo, en el pueblo Bradley nadie parece particularmente alterado. Myrtle decide ganarle a su hijo, el jefe de policía, e investigar el crimen ella misma. Y justo cuando decide jugar al detective,...
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Era otra calurosa tarde de verano y Myrtle Clover se mantenía fresca en el interior de su hogar al permanecer pegada a la "Promesa del Mañana", su telenovela favorita. Su ávida visión del audaz rescate de Kayla de un extraño culto fue repentina y bruscamente interrumpida por el grito de un gato y el sonido de los perros chasqueando y gruñendo afuera.
"¡Pasha!" Jadeó, luchando por levantarse de la suavidad acolchada de su sillón reclinable...
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Por la boca muere el pez... y acaba en asesinato.
Cuando Myrtle y su amigo Miles se lanzan a la aventura en alta mar, suponen que la mayor parte de la emoción del viaje será fruto de las excursiones en tierra a los encantadores pueblos de Alaska.
Sienten que su barco ha llegado a buen puerto. Pero cuando un compañero de viaje desaparece, Myrtle se da cuenta de que debe tomar el timón y encontrar al asesino... antes de que se pierdan más almas....
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Small towns + gossip = friction
No one in the town of Whitby, North Carolina was excited when Jonas Merchant returned to town. Jonas was an effective muckraker, an expert at uncovering secrets, rumors, and undercurrents. Even worse, he'd fallen on hard times and was desperate for easy cash. It was a decidedly dangerous combination.
It was perhaps not the biggest surprise when Jonas was discovered dead one day. More shocking, at least to local librarian...
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