Hornswoggled (Alafair Tucker Mysteries, 2) - Hardcover

Casey, Donis

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1590583094 ISBN 13: 9781590583098

Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press, 2006

Synopsis

"Donis Casey's voice flows like tea syrup, transporting you effortlessly to the Oklahoma frontier....A welcome invite to your great-grandmother's front porch swing." ―JULIA SPENCER-FLEMING, New York Times bestselling author

It's spring 1913, and love is in bloom for Alice Tucker. Walter Kelley is handsome, popular, and wealthy. But Alice's mother, Alafair, sees that Walter has a weakness for the ladies―and they for him. Only a few months earlier, Walter's late wife Louise had been stabbed in the heart and her body disposed of in Cane Creek. The murderer was never caught.

The sheriff cleared Walter of the deed―he had an alibi―but Alafair is not so sure that he wasn't involved in some way. Something literally doesn't smell right.

With the help of her feisty mother-in-law, Sally McBride, Alafair sets out to prove to the headstrong Alice that Walter is not the paragon she thinks he is. Alafair soon uncovers such a tangle of lies, misdirection, and deceit that she begins to think that the whole town has been downright hornswoggled!

About this title

From the Inside Flap:

It's the spring of 1913, and love isin bloom for Alice Tucker. Alice's new beau, Walter Kelley, is handsom, popular, and wealthy. Everyone in Boynton, Oklahoma, likes him. Everyone but Alice's mother, Alafair. She sees that Walter has a weakness for the ladies - and they for him. Moreover, Walter's late wife Louise had been stabbed in the heart and her body disposed of in Cane Creek only a few months earlier The nurderer has not been caught.As she searches for the truth behind the death of Louise Kelley, Alafair uncovers such a tangle of lies, misdirection, and deceit that she begins to think that the whole town has been downright hornswogled!

About the Author:

Donis Casey is the author of ten Alafair Tucker Mysteries. Donis has twice won the Arizona Book Award for her series, and been a finalist for the Willa Award and a seven-time finalist for the Oklahoma Book Award. Her first novel, The Old Buzzard Had It Coming, was named an Oklahoma Centennial Book in 2008. Donis is a former teacher, academic librarian, and entrepreneur. She lives in Tempe, Arizona.

About this edition

• Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 1590583094
• ISBN 13: 9781590583098
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 232