Mama Does Time (Mace Bauer Mystery Series #1) [NOOK Book]

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Overview

Meet Mama: a true Southern woman with impeccable manners, sherbet-colored 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 is real: Mama found a body in the trunk of her turquoise 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 ...

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Overview

Meet Mama: a true Southern woman with impeccable manners, sherbet-colored 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 is real: Mama found a body in the trunk of her turquoise 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.

TV APPEARANCES

◊ NBC's Today Show from November 4, 2008

◊ "Mayor's Book Talk" from January 14, 2009

◊ NBC6 "South Florida Today." from July 17, 2009

◊ NBC's Today Show from August 4, 2009

Editorial Reviews

Children's Literature
There is nothing about this book that says "Young adult" literature. Rather, it is clear that the book was written with an adult audience in mind and that an agent or a publisher has made the decision to cross-market it to youth. That is not a bad decision. After all, main character Mace Bauer is strongly connected to her family and, as revealed by the title of this book and its sequel (Mama Rides Shotgun), her mother features prominently in Mace's fictional life. Mace's exchanges with her two sisters may seem eerily familiar to readers with siblings of their own. Mace's appeal is enhanced by her role as an accidental sleuth. This first mystery begins when a dead body is found in the trunk of her mother's turquoise convertible. A big city detective seems eager to accept Mama's guilt and put the case to bed, but Mace knows her mother did not do it. She begins to ask questions, and soon she is on the track of the real murderer … and up to her neck in danger. Deborah Sharp's heroine is a genuine Floridian, a determined scrapper, a real tough cookie. When they turn the last page, readers will be clamoring for the second mystery, then a third, and so on. It is hard to put Mace Bauer and her kin down. Reviewer: Heidi Hauser Green

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780738720234
  • Publisher: Llewellyn Worldwide, LTD.
  • Publication date: 9/1/2010
  • Sold by: Barnes & Noble
  • Format: eBook
  • Sales rank: 1,442
  • Series: Mace Bauer Mystery Series, #1
  • File size: 1 MB
  • Items ship to U.S, APO/FPO and U.S. Protectorate addresses.

Meet the Author

Like the main character in her “Mace Bauer Mysteries,’’ her family roots were set in Florida long before Disney or Miami Vice. As a native and former reporter for USA Today, she knows the spots not found on maps: Molasses Junction. Muse, and now, Himmarshee, her own tiny slice of “Authentic Florida.’’

To create Himmarshee, Deborah borrowed from the present-day ranching town of Okeechobee, and from the south Florida of her family’s past.

Not far from Ft. Lauderdale, her dad used to walk to town, leading the family cow. A generation later, Deborah rode her horse over the same citrus- and ranch-dotted terrain. Now, it’s all interstates and strip malls.

The difference between Mace’s hometown and hers: Deborah will never let Himmarshee be spoiled by sprawl.

The News-Press in Fort Myers gave Deborah her first job, in 1982. Her favorite assignment: getting cast as a zombie when Day of the Dead filmed on Sanibel Island. Her fellow extras raved about her lurching.

A News-Press bonus: she met TV reporter Kerry Sanders in Immokalee, both of them shivering at dawn to see whether a winter freeze would ruin the green pepper crop. They’ve been married since 1989. No kids; no pets, but had goldfish once. Turned out badly—not a good omen for higher life forms.

When they moved back to Deborah’s hometown in 1991, the occasional stories she’d been writing for USA Today became a flood. Miami’s loony nature gives it a lock on headlines.

And then, 9/11, and everything changed. One of her last assignments before she left the paper was profiling soldiers killed in war. Grieving parents; spouses; kids. She couldn’t absorb all that sadness anymore.

So, at age fifty, fiction-writing beckoned. She’d get to determine the endings. Punish the bad and reward the good. And, she’d throw in some romance, too.

She likes writing about Mama because the character makes her laugh. And doesn’t everyone need a smile now and then?

TV APPEARANCES

◊ NBC's Today Show from November 4, 2008

◊ "Mayor's Book Talk" from January 14, 2009

◊ NBC6 "South Florida Today." from July 17, 2009

◊ NBC's Today Show from August 4, 2009

◊ WJXT-TV from November 17, 2009

◊ NBC's Today Show from August 24, 2010

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  • Posted February 23, 2010

    Mama did what?

    Deborah Sharp's latest book Mama Does Time is a thrilling book about a local murder. A mom of three kids is caught with a body in the trunk of her car. Her car was parked at dairy queen when a by passer saw a hand sticking out of the trunk. This story takes you on a wild ride as you try to figure this crime out. Is she guilty or was she framed? If you read this I guarantee you will enjoy this suspenseful novel as the truth unfolds.

    6 out of 6 people found this review helpful.

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  • Posted September 9, 2011

    Delightful read!

    This book is a Hoot! I loved it!

    2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

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  • Posted October 1, 2009

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    Mama Does Time

    "Mama Does Time" by Deborah Sharp is faced paced novel has quite a few colorful and quirky characters. Set in Florida, Mama gets arrested because a dead body is found in the trunk of her car and her three daughters including Mace Bauer come to her rescue. It is a mystery so there are a few twists; but it is also an entertaining look at small town Florida. It is a quick read to snuggle up on your couch and finish in one weekend.

    2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

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  • Posted February 27, 2009

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    Loved it!!

    I loved this book! The characters were original and the storyline fun...made me laugh out loud! I can't wait for the next one...

    2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted February 7, 2012

    Funny!!!

    Mama is hilarious!! Such a fun book!!

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  • Posted January 27, 2012

    Recommend

    It is as good as the Stephanie Plum Series by Janet Evanovich. Keeps you laughing and in a good mood.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted January 4, 2012

    Cute read.


    Interesting characters and decent plot.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted January 2, 2012

    OMG! Mama keopt me in stitches!

    I laughed so hard at all the characters and enjoyed the storyline. I enjoyed the dynamics of the three sisters. Thanks for a great read!

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  • Anonymous

    Posted December 30, 2011

    Great fun!

    Loved the characters!

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  • Anonymous

    Posted December 18, 2011

    Highly recommended

    I thoroughly enjoyed this book - it kept the reader engaged in the mystery while also developing the characters nicely. It was hard to put down!

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  • Anonymous

    Posted December 17, 2011

    Great Book

    Really enjoyed the book. Kept me guessing most of the time, and when I thought I had it Fiqured out "Bam" I was wrong. Really well done. Looking forward to more of Deborah Sharps Books.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted December 13, 2011

    Super cute

    Loved this book, very cute, very funny ... kept me reading

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  • Anonymous

    Posted December 5, 2011

    Funny southern mystery

    Some of the peices seemed missplaced in the book. Details about Mace's sisters were slapped in with out thought. I did like the plot and dialog between characters.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted December 3, 2011

    Loved it!

    A great easy read; I didn't expect a free book to be this good!

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  • Anonymous

    Posted December 3, 2011

    Good one

    One of the better free reads I have come across!

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  • Anonymous

    Posted November 12, 2011

    Funny characters ...A fun read.

    This was a fun book to read. I couldn't stop reading this. The Writer did a great job. I can picture the mom like she is standing right in front of me. It is a good mystery book. I have sent this to my friends. Looking forward to the next book.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted November 8, 2011

    Hilarious

    Hilarious and fun. You will enjoy the ride of "mama does time".

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  • Anonymous

    Posted November 8, 2011

    surprising good book

    Good who done it? Mixed in with a humorous family.

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  • Posted November 1, 2011

    Great, easy read.

    Great, quick read. Had stereotypical characters but that was OK. Would continue the series. Story told in the first person which I enjoyed. Slightly reminiscent of "Spellman" books with offbeat characters.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted October 31, 2011

    Good read

    It was good

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