Mad as the Dickens
A Laura Fleming Mystery
Reeks: A Laura Fleming Mystery
Toni L. P. Kelner
- Murder
- takes
- center
- stage
- in
- a
- Southern
- small
- town’s
- Christmas
- play
- in
- this
- cozy
- mystery
- by
- the
- New
- York
- Times–bestselling
- author
- of
- Down
- Home
- Murder.Laura
- Fleming’s
- theater-loving
- husband,
- Richard,
- is
- getting
- an
- early
- Christmas
- present—he’s
- been
- asked
- to
- direct
- a
- production
- of
- A
- Christmas
- Carol
- in
- Laura’s
- hometown
- of
- Byerly,
- North
- Carolina.
- To
- Richard’s
- annoyance,
- the
- play
- is
- beset
- by
- practical
- jokes
- and
- glitches,
- and
- Seth
- Murdstone
- makes
- an
- unconvincing
- Scrooge.
- Unfortunately,
- he
- makes
- an
- all-too-convincing
- corpse.
- When
- Seth
- is
- found
- murdered
- backstage,
- Laura
- agrees
- to
- investigate.This
- time,
- she
- has
- an
- unexpected
- sidekick:
- Byerly’s
- police
- chief
- Junior
- Norton,
- who’s
- determined
- to
- solve
- the
- case
- before
- her
- ambitious
- deputy
- does.
- Junior’s
- inside
- information
- is
- a
- definite
- boon—for
- one
- thing,
- she
- knows
- that
- Seth
- was
- a
- longtime
- moonshiner.
- The
- man
- had
- a
- veritable
- stockingful
- of
- secrets,
- and
- between
- grudge-filled
- rivals
- and
- feuding
- family
- members,
- there
- are
- plenty
- of
- likely
- suspects.
- But
- which
- one
- decided
- to
- bring
- the
- curtain
- down
- on
- Seth,
- and
- can
- Laura
- and
- Junior
- stop
- the
- culprit
- from
- staging
- an
- unwanted
- encore
- performance?Praise
- for
- Mad
- as
- the
- Dickens“Lots
- of
- small-town
- bickering,
- family
- gossip,
- and
- not
- a
- few
- private
- agendas
- make
- for
- an
- entertaining
- Southern
- mystery.”
- —Library Journal
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