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Arsenic and Old Ladies

by Maggie Shayne

Four friends, one body, and a detective close to home

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Four friends, one body, and a detective close to home

Retired teacher Bonnie Tucker’s life takes a criminal turn when she kills a man she believes deserves it. Her response is to call on Diane, Christine, and Rosie, her three longtime friends, whose shared history includes a practical familiarity with the local cemetery. The group can manage one body, but an unseen witness complicates matters—and the detective investigating the case is Bonnie’s son. The setup brings small-town crime together with female friendship and vigilante justice, placing the women’s loyalty and accumulated local knowledge at the center of the mystery.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers who enjoy mysteries featuring women sleuths and an ensemble of longtime friends.
  • Readers interested in small-town crime with vigilante justice at its center.
  • Readers looking for a mystery in which family ties complicate an investigation.

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Female friendshipVigilante justiceSmall-town crimeFamily ties

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Book overview

Sharp, wicked, and darkly funny, Arsenic & Old Ladies is a small-town crime caper about lifelong female friendship, vigilante justice, and four retired women who know exactly where the bodies are buried. Retirement has never been so lethal. It begins the day Bonnie Tucker kills the wrong man-or rather, exactly the right one... Retired teacher Bonnie Tucker is the last woman in town you'd suspect of murder. But some men have it coming, and when one of them ends up dead, she does what any sensible woman would do-she calls her three best friends. Between them, Diane, Christine, and Rosie have decades of patience and a frankly useful knowledge of the local cemetery. At their age, you get on the mailing list. One body, they can handle. The trouble is, someone was watching-and the new detective in town happens to be Bonnie's son.
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