A modern spin on the classic film Arsenic and Old Lace
The women of a small townβs bird watching society secretly plan to βeliminateβ the husband of one of their members in this new novel written by the beloved author of Sophie and the Rising Sun.
In a story replete with coconut cake, grits, and poisoned turtle stew, the founding members of the Tea-Olive Bird Watching Society in tiny Tea-Olive, Georgia, are conspiring to murder retired judge L. Hyson Breed, a newcomer to Tea-Olive. It all begins when the judge tricks one of them into marriage, steals her land for a development project, and sweet talks his way right onto the town council. By the time they discover his evil plans the judge is already a permanent fixture in town. Or is he?
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