Morgue Mama: The Cross Kisses Back - Hardcover

Corwin, C. R.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1590580745 ISBN 13: 9781590580745

Publisher: Poisoned Pen Pr, 2003

Synopsis

Ambitious young reporter Aubrey McGinty enlists the assistance of Dolly Madison "Morgue Mama" Sprowls, who has been charge of the Hannawa Herald-Union's morgue for more than forty years, to help her prove that Sissy James, the convicted killer of TV evangelist Buddy Wing, is not guilty of the crime.

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In Corwin's witty and engaging caper, the start of a new series, newspaper archivist Dolly Madison Sprowls (called Morgue Mama "behind her back") and a determined cub reporter, Aubrey McGinty, team up to investigate the poisoning of TV evangelist Buddy Wing at the Heaven Bound Cathedral in "the Hallelujah city" of Hannawa, Ohio. Part satire and part social commentary, the story is far from a standard whodunit, since Aubrey, rather than finding the culprit, seems bent only on clearing the name of convict Sissy James, the badly abused ex-girlfriend of a rival preacher. The irrepressible, 67-year-old Maddy (as she prefers to be called), a lonely divorcee clinging to her post as manager of the Hannawa Herald-Union's morgue, helps Aubrey search the newspaper's records, which yield a multitude of suspects, some amusing and some tragic, but each adding an intriguing dimension to the ever more complex case. Small town politics and office love affairs entangle almost everyone except poor Maddy, whose existence before now has revolved around filing news articles in steel cabinets for brash reporters to paw through. Her matchup with Aubrey brings her and the reader genuine excitement right through the stunning conclusion to this lively adventure.
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Edition details

• Publisher: Poisoned Pen Pr
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1590580745
• ISBN 13: 9781590580745
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 327