Take the Monkeys and Run by Karen Cantwell is a humorous and quite quirky cozy mystery set in fictional Rustic Woods, Virginia. Main character Barbara Marr, a serious film buff and soon-to-be movie reviewer & blogger, is a likeable and realistic 45-year-old stay-at-home mother of three daughters:...
I didn't realize until I'd finished the book that this is the same author who wrote 'Take the Monkeys and Run'. Sophie is desperate for work after quitting her last job when she quit her boyfriend. She lands the job as a receptionist for an optometrist quickly, and it doesn't take long to find ...
"Really Funny Short Stories to Make You Laugh"Well, you'll laugh at all these stories except the last two which have deep meanings and revelations. Most of the stories feature Barbara Marr as the protagonist who is in previous novels of the author. As I read these funny stories, I could not help ...
Grump to the front desk for billing. Suddenly the note from the referring office made sense. I thought they’d just misspelled his name as Joseph Grump. After dealing with him and his sour mood, I realized it probably wasn’t a mistake. Mr. Grumpy took up thirty minutes of m...