Murder in the Stacks: A DAFFODILS* Mystery (Daffodils Mysteries) - Softcover

Clay, Mary

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0971042942 ISBN 13: 9780971042940

Publisher: An IF Mystery, 2010

Synopsis

New Smyrna Beach Is About To Be Hit By An Unnatural Disaster. The DAFFODILS Are Back! Penny Sue, Ruthie and Leigh-the DAFFODILS* (*Divorced And Finally Free Of Deceitful, Insensitive, Licentious Scum)-are Southern belles with attitudes and a knack for getting into trouble. Whenever these three middle-aged sorority sisters get together chaos is sure to descend on the quaint seaside town of New Smyrna Beach. And it's no different for the Founder's Day celebration where the featured event is a debate on which Florida city was discovered first-New Smyrna or St. Augustine. The New Smyrna advocate is Penny Sue's cousin Kevin, a renowned historian, and the opponent is his former lover, Abby, an award-winning Central Florida expert. With real estate/tourism money at stake and bets flying, you have the frenzy of a horse race and the ingredients for murder. How could a debate turn into a brawl? How does one of the scholars end up dead in the library stacks? Make no mistake, these fine Southern ladies are not the cause of all the trouble, bedlam just seems to follow them. But this debate is no game and the DAFFODILS must find the murderer before someone else is pushing up daisies.

About this title

About the Author

An economist by training, and a novelist by choice, Linda Tuck-Jenkins, a.k.a Mary Clay, returned to her childhood love--writing--in her mid-40s. Her first book, Starpeople: The Sirian Redemption was First Runner-Up for Best New Age Fiction of 2001 and a Finalist for the 2002 IPPY Prize for Visionary Fiction. Convinced the ocean would enhance her creativity, Tuck-Jenkins twisted her husband's arm into moving to New Smyrna Beach, which is the setting for the wildly successful DAFFODILS* Mystery Series. (*Divorced And Finally Free of Deceitful, Insensitive, Licentious Scum) Called "Witty and hilarious" by Midwest Book Review, and "A fun read" by Southern Halifax Magazine, The Turtle Mound Murder-first book in the series-is already in its fifth printing. According to Harriet Klausner, Amazon's #1 Reviewer, Bike Week Blues (second book is the series), "...is one of the funniest capers this reviewer has had the privilege of reading." The third book in the trilogy has been hailed as "a triumph." The beginning of a new trilogy, Murder in the Stacks, was released in 2010. 
TV/Movie rights for the series are optioned.

Edition details

• Publisher: An IF Mystery
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0971042942
• ISBN 13: 9780971042940
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 230