Importance of Being Urnest
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3.7 • 3 Ratings
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- $2.99
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- $2.99
Publisher Description
“Witty…There are loads of eccentric suspects and juicy motives, and the clues are wrapped in lively conversation.”—Publishers Weekly
The choice of an antique silver coffee urn as the final resting place for elderly Celeste Bouchard's ashes might seem a cruel joke. After all, the wealthy boutique owner was taken ill and died while daughter Hannah was off having lattes at Uncommon Grounds. But Maggy Thorsen, the coffeehouse’s owner, has more pressing things on her mind: a jailbreak and subsequent shoot-out has forced her main squeeze, Sheriff Jake Pavlik, to take refuge with her.
Maggy is pondering her decision about marriage—but it’s hard to think about when there’s still an escaped convict on the loose…
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In Balzo's witty 10th mystery featuring fast-talking Maggy Thorsen (after 2016's To the Last Drop), wryly observant Maggy, the owner of the Uncommon Grounds coffee shop in Brookhills, Wis., holds forth on books, popular songs, Botox, and other more unlikely topics, but the main focus is on the Goddard Group, whose members are all "mature" java lovers. Many of them reside at the local assisted living facility, Brookhills Manor. A shoot-out at the facility, which ends with one deputy dead and Sheriff Jake Pavlik, Maggy's fianc , in the hospital, leaves the residents chattering. Soon afterward, two of the Goddard Group's members die within days of each other. Speculation grows: was one or both of the deaths murder? There are loads of eccentric suspects and juicy motives, and the clues are wrapped in lively conversation. Don't expect much detective work; the real pleasure is to be found in spending time with these outspoken people.
