Lawn Order

by Molly MacRae

Overview

Too bad dead pigeons are only the beginning . . .

Margaret Welch is in her idea of heaven. She has what many people only dream of - a successful bookstore in a charming old house. Even better, she and her bookstore are located in Stonewall, a town nestled in the foothills of Tennessee's Blue Ridge Mountains. Unfortunately, Margaret also has a sister - Bitsy. The morning Bitsy flings a dead pigeon on her sales counter Margaret redefines her mission in life. "Never assume anything as far as Bitsy is concerned" sound like sane words to her, and that's good, because Margaret's going to need them. Next on the scene is a mysterious stranger, quickly followed by the Dumpster incident, the renegade goats, and the exploding goldfish pond. When events take a murderous turn, Margaret realizes, for her own safety and sanity, she'll have to pull her nose out of her bookstore and solve the crimes herself.

Margaret and Bitsy have entertained readers through seven short stories in Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine. Lawn Order is a small town mystery that will keep you laughing and guessing from start to finish.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780990842835
Publisher:	Darkhouse Books
Publication date:	12/15/2014
Pages:	320
Sales rank:	856,026
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.72(d)

Editorial Reviews

MacRae's witty first of a new cozy series introduces bookstore owner Margaret Welch, who looks into the disturbing events--starting with poisoned pigeons and escalating to arson and murder--plaguing peaceful Stonewall, Tenn. When Margaret's elderly cousin and next-door neighbor, Leona, takes a shine to Gene Mashburn, the handsome new stranger in the Appalachian town, Margaret finds herself agreeing with Leona's good taste, in spite of her own reservations. On the other hand, Margaret's hangdog former beau, police sergeant George Buckles, and her proper sister, Bitsy, find Mashburn's arrival and the local calamities too closely related. That Mashburn was one of the partners of the murder victim, developer Doug "Duckie" Everett, in the plan to transform an old school into condos further fuels Bitsy and George's suspicions. MacRae (Wilder Rumors) keeps the reader guessing right up to Margaret's life-or-death struggle with the culprit. (Dec.)

Publishers Weekly