HarperCollins
August 2011
On Sale: August 9, 2011
Featuring: Judith McMonigle Flynn; Joe; Gertrude
320 pages ISBN: 006135158X EAN: 9780061351587 Hardcover Add to Wish List
Innkeeper Judith McMonigle Flynn is trying to keep her
sanity when the painful Paine family arrives at Hillside
Manor for a dinner and overnight parish school auction item
offered by our harried hostess. Judith already is up to
her eyeballs with worry about husband Joe's arrest as a
murder suspect in a possible insurance fraud case, her
mother, Gertrude, gleefully watched her son-in-law being
hauled away by the cops, and a rich couple has left the B&B
via an upstairs window without paying their bill. Things
get really complicated when a love-struck reporter,
irrepressible Cousin Renie and a horse show up on the front
porch, though not necessarily in that order. Added
attraction: Renie's recipe for her infamous Shrimp Dump is
included. Try testing it at your own risk.
After 26 books in one series, it might seem hard to come up with a new story again and again, but author Mary Daheim manages to keep this series fresh and entertaining with new situations for her lively cast of characters to keep solving. Read one, read them all - you'll be glad you did! (Sharon Galligar Chance 1:02pm December 23, 2011)