Murder Under Blue Skies (Thorndike Press Large Print Senior Lifestyles Series) - Hardcover

Willard Scott; Bill Crider

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0786214155 ISBN 13: 9780786214150

Publisher: Thorndike Pr, 1998

Synopsis

Folksy appeal . . . like a story told from a front-porch rocker. Publishers WeeklyWillard Scott, Americas most beloved weatherman, and acclaimed mystery writer Bill Crider team up to bring readers an engaging new mystery series starring Stanley Waters. In his first outing, Stanley is hosting a gala opening of his bed-and-breakfast a lifelong dream fulfilled when one of his guests drops dead, apparently poisoned. In an effort to maintain his reputation, Stanley, an ex-weatherman and budding innkeeper goes after a cunning killer.Large Print Edition

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About the Author

Willard Scott is the author of four best-selling works of nonfiction. When not on the road for "Today," he lives in Virginia.

From Kirkus Reviews

Ever wondered what would happen if America's most beloved weathercaster retired to his Virginia hometown and opened a bed and breakfast? Glad you asked. You'd think it would be something of a problem for Stanley Waters when local Belinda Grimsby takes a header into the opening-night salsa that Stanley's peerless cook Caroline Caldwell serves to mark the festivities, and, sure, there are some awkward moments when the cameras covering the opening for Hello, World! capture Belinda's ex-beau Jim Nugent vainly administering CPR. But next day the local paper has a nice article on the Blue Skies Bed & Breakfast on the front page of the lifestyle section (all right, there's a sidebar on Belinda's death, and she does turn out to have been murdered), and Marilyn Tunney, the police chief who's sweet on Stanley--their decorous romance brings many a glow to the top of his balding dome--makes it clear that he's not a suspect to her. So he's free to hang around the beauty salon getting unnecessary haircuts and the antique shop listening for gossip, and to have at least one suspect try to kill him. Just the sort of mild, sunny whodunit you'd expect from celebrity weatherman Scott, who just happens to write exactly like his good-humored collaborator Crider (The Prairie Chicken Kill, 1996, etc.). (Mystery Guild selection) -- Copyright ©1997, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.

About this edition

• Publisher: Thorndike Pr
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0786214155
• ISBN 13: 9780786214150
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 359