All the Pretty Hearses: A Bed-and-Breakfast Mystery (Bed-and-Breakfast Mysteries) - Softcover

Daheim, Mary

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0061351598 ISBN 13: 9780061351594

Publisher: Avon, 2012

Synopsis

There's no fun in fund-raiser for Judith McMonigle Flynn when she donates an overnight at Hillside Manor for the parish school's annual auction. Judith feels like she's already losing it when the pricey winning bid goes to a family of Paines. Dinner is included, if Judith can sort through the endless allergies and aversions of the painfully picky Paines. The last thing she needs is another bed and breakfast guest who checks out permanently. Thankfully, she's not alone. Joe Flynn is back home, his latest surveillance job ending abruptly when a supposedly paralyzed guy suspected of insurance fraud is put out of action for good by a .38 Smith and Wesson. Surely one corpse in one week is enough, even for the Flynns. Cousin Renie is trying to force-feed her Shrimp Dump recipe (running slightly ahead of her Clam Doodoo and Bean Glop) to the parish cookbook fund-raising committee, while her cantankerous mother, Gertrude, agrees to let a wealthy parishioner stable a horse in her tool shed apartment. And neighbor Arlene Rankers wants to know why some parish school kids, including her grandson, are sick after the weekly hamburger lunch. Judith figures she's got more than enough to handle until the Paines go home. But at Hillside Manor, what can possibly go right?

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Review:

"Combines charm with chaos at a consistently polished level." --"Kirkus Reviews" on "All the Pretty Hearses"

From the Back Cover:

There's no "fun" in "fund-raiser" for Judith McMonigle Flynn when she donates an overnight stay at Hillside Manor, dinner included, to the parish school's annual auction—especially when the winning bid goes to the persnickety Paine family. She'll have her hands full sorting through the painfully picky Paines' endless allergies and aversions. Then hubby Joe lands in jail after his latest surveillance job abruptly ends with an insurance fraud suspect being blown away by a .38 Smith & Wesson . . . that just happens to belong to Joe.

But finding the real killer and dealing with the Paines' pain are just the tip of the iceberg—what with Judith's cantankerous mother, Gertrude, agreeing to let a wealthy parishioner stable a horse in her toolshed apartment; cousin Renie trying to force-feed her loathsome Shrimp Dump recipe to the parish cookbook fund-raising committee; and a number of parish school kids falling sick after their weekly hamburger lunch.

About this edition

• Publisher: Avon
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0061351598
• ISBN 13: 9780061351594
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 336