Tip a Hat to Murder: First Logland Mystery

by Elaine L. Orr

Overview

When the owner of the Bully Pulpit Diner decided to stop letting servers accept tips, he figured the raise he gave them would keep them happy.

Apparently not, because waiters Marti and Nick found his body on the diner floor. Or were some of his other hobbies what got poor Ben Addison killed?

Police Chief Elizabeth Friedman tries to figure out why cash changed hands for items besides food and Medical Examiner Skelly would like to help the chief with more than crime-solving. But it's the local fraternity that gives Elizabeth the most trouble. On top of the Sweathog Agricultural College frat, she deals with customers who seem to know nothing, wacky town residents, and a thief who must have really wanted something from Ben.

One of them keeps a good secret.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781948070270
Publisher:	Lifelong Dreams
Publication date:	03/22/2019
Series:	Logland Mystery Series , #1
Edition description:	Barnes and Noble Edition
Pages:	198
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.45(d)

About the Author

Elaine L. Orr writes four mystery series: the Jolie Gentil series at the Jersey shore, the River’s Edge series along Iowa’s Des Moines River, the Family History Mysteries (set in Western Maryland), and the Logland series, which features a small-town Illinois police chief – and a cozy feel. Behind the Walls was a 2014 Chanticleer Mystery and Mayhem Award finalist, and Demise of a Devious Neighbor a 2017 finalist. The Unscheduled Murder Trip received an Indie B.R.A.G. Medallion in 2021. Elaine also writes plays and what she calls reflective fiction, including novellas Falling Into Place and In the Shadow of Light. Elaine is a member of Sisters in Crime and the International Book Publishers Association.

Editorial Reviews

I'm glad that the author has decided to turn this into a series because I loved the characters and the setting. The book reads like a really good cozy mystery, but it's unique in the sense that the investigator is actually the Police Chief and I found myself enjoying the added realism of not having forced situations for her to be able to interrogate people or track down clues.

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