School of Hard Knocks
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- $8.99
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- $8.99
Publisher Description
A daylight burglary turns to murder when Ginger Barnes's neighborhood friend returns home at the worst possible time. Thefts and threats and wild accusations swiftly follow, tightening tensions on previously peaceful Beech Tree Lane. When elderly eccentric Letty MacNair is mugged on her doorstep, the message is clear—anyone could be next. Gin's discreet inquiries sped investigations along in the past, but this time crime is targeting the amateur sleuth's safe haven. Does she have something more daring in mind?
Writer's Digest Award Winning Author
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Ginger Barnes, last seen in The Main Line Is Murder, resumes her role as typical wife, mother, homemaker and unassuming sleuth as she investigates the criminal activity running rampant in her cul-de-sac in Philadelphia's Main Line. Items are stolen from garages and cars, houses are broken into and her good friend is bludgeoned to death during a robbery. Gin's grief is overshadowed by the uneasy sensation that something about the whole thing doesn't feel right. Snooping brings her to the gate of her next-door neighbor, Letty, an elderly eccentric living in squalor within the walls of her once grand mansion. When Letty becomes the next victim, Gin learns that someone has been slowly siphoning off the woman's trust fund and sets out to trap the crook. This is an easygoing cozy that is probably strictly for female readers, who will surely appreciate Murray's smart, often insightful first-person narrative and her coherent characters.
