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I hope you have the chance to read one of my funny, Southern-flavored mysteries . . . |
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''The mystery and its plucky narrator will draw you in faster than a raccoon to a trash can.'' Miami ArtZine
''. . . a humorous, touching reflection on familial love and politics.'' Mystery Scene Magazine
''. . . characters crackle off the page.'' Cozy Library
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Meet Mama: a true Southern woman with impeccable manners, sherbet-hued pantsuits, and four prior husbands, able to serve sweet tea and sidestep alligator attacks with equal aplomb. Mama's antics - especially her penchant for finding trouble - drive her daughters Mace, Maddie and Marty to distraction.
One night, while settling in to look for ex-beaus on COPS, Mace gets a frantic call from her mother. This time, the trouble's for real: Mama found a body in the trunk of her vintage convertible, and the police think she's the killer. It doesn't help that the handsome detective assigned to the case seems determined to prove Mama's guilt, or that the cowboy who broke Mace's heart shows up at the local Booze 'n' Breeze in the midst of the investigation. Before their mama lands in prison - just like an embarrassing lyric from a country-western song - Mace and her sisters must find the real culprit.
MAMA DOES TIME is a traditional mystery with a comedic edge: Agatha Christie meets "My Name is Earl.''
Penned by a native Floridian, set in cattle-and-citrus country, the story reveals an authentic slice of the state. Everyone knows Disney World and sexy South Beach. But how many know Florida's ranches, rodeo, and Southern-fried flavor, just fifty miles from the coast?
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To be released:
July 2009
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Mama's fixin' to marry Husband No. 5. But before the does, she convinces daughter Mace to saddle up for some country-gal bonding on the Florida Cracker Trail. Mama tries to lasso every unmarried cowboy she sees for the still-single Mace. Even so, the six-day trek gets off to a good start. At least until the wealthy rancher hosting the riders keels over in his Cow Hunter Chili.
A one-time beau of Mama's (and, really, who isn't?) Lawton Bramble had a bad ticker and tons of enemies. Mace has her doubts about natural causes, along with a long list of suspects who might have "spiced" the cattleman's chili. Could it be his son Trey, as flawed as he is handsome? The young widow, whose grief seems well-rehearsed? Or maybe the childhood friend, wronged by Lawton in love and business?
Mace's worried sisters join the ride, and sexy Detective Carlos Martinez returns to complicate things. But a rocky affair pales as a problem for Mace next to a planted rattlesnake, a tent sliced to shreds, and a bee-stricken horse named Shotgun. Someone wants desperately to shake Mace off the trail; and those she loves most will suffer for it. |
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