Imagine hanging out with your Grandpa and his old cronies and listening to tales about their sex lives, past and present. Doesn't that sound like fun? Not!
How could I not read a book with a title like that? When the author offered me a copy to read for review, I leaped on it! And it made me laugh out loud...
Claire went along because her mother wanted her to watch over her grandfather on his trip to the TV park. She was not excited about babysitting Grandpa, but it was a vacation of sorts.
The excitement all began when Henry (mostly beagle) runs up to Claire with a bone he has found; she's pretty sure it's a femur...
This is a fast paced murder mystery with ribald humor, a dozen subplots and romances and a murder thrown in. Claire gets in the middle of it when she wants to examine the mines for bones and she tangles with the mine owner's nephew (who is hot by the way). They're not the only one searching the mines, and the other party doesn't want to share.
Ms. Charles has a talent for one line zingers and her novels are worth reading just to read the conversations. This is a very good murder mystery with hidden money at the core. I very much enjoyed reading this mystery.
Here is a bit of information about the author:
Ann Charles is an
award-winning author who writes romantic mysteries that are splashed with humor. Her first book, Nearly
Departed in Deadwood, won the 2010 National Daphne du Maurier for Excellence
in Mystery/Suspense award AND the 2011 National Romance Writers of America Golden Heart award. A member of Sisters in Crime,the Guppies, and Romance Writers of America for many moons, she
has a B.A. in English with an emphasis on creative writing from the University of Washington. When she is not dabbling in fiction, arm-wrestling with her children, attempting to seduce her husband, or arguing with her sassy cat, she is standing on her workshop soapbox, blabbing about what she has learned over the years.
in Mystery/Suspense award AND the 2011 National Romance Writers of America Golden Heart award. A member of Sisters in Crime,the Guppies, and Romance Writers of America for many moons, she
has a B.A. in English with an emphasis on creative writing from the University of Washington. When she is not dabbling in fiction, arm-wrestling with her children, attempting to seduce her husband, or arguing with her sassy cat, she is standing on her workshop soapbox, blabbing about what she has learned over the years.
Visit her at www.anncharles.com or www.anncharles.com/deadwood.
You can also find her hanging out on Facebook (on her Author Page or Personal Page) or Twitter (as Deadwood Violet or AnnWCharles).
Happy reading.
