Foul Play at the PTA (PTA Mystery Series #2)

by Laura Alden

Overview

PTA meetings at Tarver Elementary School can get pretty heated. But after parent Sam Helmstetter is strangled in his car following a meeting, mom and PTA secretary Beth Kennedy and her best friend Marina fear there may be a cold-blooded killer in the group...

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781101516492
Publisher:	Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date:	07/05/2011
Series:	PTA Mystery Series , #2
Sold by:	Penguin Group
Format:	eBook
Pages:	320
Sales rank:	785,885
File size:	297 KB
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Laura Alden's debut novel, Murder at the PTA, was an Agatha Award finalist for best first novel. She continued the series with Foul Play at the PTA, Plotting at the PTA, and Poison at the PTA.

Editorial Reviews

In Agatha-finalist Alden's well-crafted second PTA whodunit (after 2010's Murder at the PTA), PTA secretary Beth Kennedy, a 41-year-old divorced mother of two and owner of a children's bookstore, and PTA president Erica Hale are disconcerted to find fellow PTA member Sam Helmstetter strangled in his car in the Tarver Elementary parking lot after a PTA meeting. Who would want to murder the nicest guy in Rynwood, Wis.? Aided by lovably flaky BFF Marina Neff, Beth again turns amateur sleuth. When she's nearly run down by a vehicle used in an attempt on the life of Sam's business partner, Beth knows she's on the right track. Meanwhile, Beth hiring a new bookstore employee, who happens to be a convicted murderer, albeit innocent and exonerated, creates problems. Only Beth's allowing a poisoning victim to go without medical attention while assisting in the final chase strikes a wrong note in this clean cozy. (July)

Publishers Weekly