Murder at the PTA (PTA Mystery Series #1)

by Laura Alden

Overview

A brand-new series in which murder is anything but elementary

After Tarver Elementary School's unpopular principal is murdered, PTA secretary and mother of two Beth Kennedy puts aside bake sales and class trip fund-raisers to catch a killer. And when members of the PTA become suspects, she realizes solving this murder will not be as easy as ABC...

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780451231093
Publisher:	Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date:	10/05/2010
Series:	A PTA Mystery , #1
Pages:	320
Sales rank:	749,420
Product dimensions:	7.42(w) x 11.80(h) x 0.89(d)
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

Alden's leisurely debut introduces bookstore owner and amateur sleuth Beth Kennedy. The divorced mother of two is plagued by chronic anxiety, but when Agnes, the principal of her children's elementary school, is murdered, Beth digs up some courage and goes hunting for the killer. Given the task of cleaning perishables out of Agnes's home, Beth snoops around and learns of the seemingly staid woman's secret life, and Beth's list of possible suspects lengthens. Alden slips in asides on the difficult lives of Hmong immigrants in Beth's small Wisconsin town, the inanity of gossipy blogs, the hardships of being a single parent and business owner, and the importance of friendship. Readers will like the quirky characters and pop culture references but may chafe a bit at a pace so slow that three chapters go by before Agnes gets around to dying. (Oct.)

Publishers Weekly