There Was a Little Girl: An E. J. Pugh Mystery - Softcover

Cooper, Susan Rogers

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9780380794683: There Was a Little Girl: An E. J. Pugh Mystery

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ISBN 10: 0380794683 ISBN 13: 9780380794683

Publisher: Avon Books, 1998

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While balancing motherhood and writing romance novels, E. J. Pugh's investigative instincts kick in when she saves the life of a suicidal teen named Brenna whose family gives new meaning to the word "disfunctional" and then Brenna is framed for her mother's murder, plunging E. J. into a world of deadly secrets. Original.

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About the Author:

Susan Rogers Cooper is the Edgar Award-nominated author of fourteen books in three mystery series. She's half-fifth generation Texan and half-Yankee, although the Texas half seems to be winning. She lives in Austin, Texas, with her husband, daughter, and assorted animals.

From Publishers Weekly:

E.J. Pugh is the first one to admit she's no Martha Stewart. What she is, is a sometime romance writer and an emotionally over-extended wife and mother. She's also a woman who can't walk away from trouble. In this fourth installment of her series (after Home Again, Home Again), E.J. jumps into a freezing Texas river to rescue a suicidal teen named Brenna. As young lives go, Brenna's is lousy and getting worse fast. Her mother, free after a nine-year term for the death of Brenna's baby brother, is hell-bent on hauling her daughter off to live with her abusive stepfather. But E.J.'s not about to let that happen. With the help of family counselor, Josh Morgan, a Herman Munster-type with a mega-watt smile and a troubled past, E.J. gives Brenna a fresh start. For the first time, things are looking up for Brenna...until her mother and stepfather are murdered and she becomes the prime suspect. Cooper, who spikes her first-person narrative with humor, witty wordplay and the occasional philosophical insight, produces not just a smart, fast-paced mystery, but a thoughtful, touching tale as well.
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