When her yardman finds a body in her backyard, octogenarian Myrtle is ready to investigate, but her neighbor, police chief Red, who is also her son, is less happy about her involvement. Former English teacher Myrtle has lots of local connections, and the aid of her sidekick, also retired enginee...
Well I picked this up from a bookcrossing shelf and although the look of the book should have alerted me to its content. I thought it would be worth a read as it was billed as a detective novel set in Carolina and based around a quilting group.It is a Mills & Boon style of book without the roman...
A wonderful story with Myrtle Clover, her friends, family, and even those she doesn't like and how Myrtle strives to solve the murder mystery of her small, southern town. Myrtle who is in her early 80's, a retired literature teacher and mother of the police chief is a character you can't help but...
He was laughing with Fred Lee as his checker piece got crowned. Myrtle cleared her throat and looked hard at Miles. He flushed and put his piece down on the board. Fred Lee, who had looked more relaxed than Myrtle had seen him, now appeared cantankerous again. “Wait your turn if you want to play ...
She could feel the underlying resentment in her words. But Myrtle also got the impression that Poppy was proud of her friendship with Mimsy and grateful for it, too. Could Poppy possibly have both resentment and gratitude for Mimsy? Might her jealousy prompt her to do something that she regrets? ...
There was a book featuring a beach and a middle-aged woman staring thoughtfully off into the sunset. Myrtle made a face. That accurately depicted eighty-percent of the books that the book club had chosen over the past eighteen months. She shouldn’t take this one over to Sybil’s because it migh...
She persuaded Miles to go to Bo’s Diner with her before they headed over to see Wanda and Crazy Dan. “One needs a full stomach to deal sensitively with the mystical,” explained Myrtle to Miles as a waitress handed her a plate with a pimento cheese-covered hotdog alongside a generous helping of ch...
on what would become a blistering summer day. Sensible, elderly citizens of Bradley, North Carolina, were contentedly puttering about before the heat took a turn into truly oppressive territory. They plucked tomatoes off their backyard vines for lunch, refilled feeders for cardinals and bluebirds...
Actually, Elaine said it was a little on the chilly side, but Myrtle didn’t notice. She was still trying to figure out who Bootsie was sneaking around with. As soon as Elaine left, Myrtle picked up the phone. “Miles? Could you come over for a minute? No, to my house…the air is fixed.”Miles had ba...