Trouble Looking for a Place to Happen

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Summary: Laura and Richard Return to Byerly for a Wedding
Review: Aunt Ruby Lee is getting married for the fifth time. Second time around to Roger of Rogers Ramblers. Their daughter Ilene is rebelling big time. She wants a career in music, but her father thinks it is no place for his daughter. She enters the local Music Jamboree with the assistance of her sleazeball boyfriend. The boyfriend ends up dead on the Rambler's bus and Ilene is accused of murder.

This is a good addition to the series. Laura and Richard have to use their wits and Laura's pack of relatives to solve the crime and the reader has alot of fun in the meantime. A mystery from the past is solved also, which adds some dimension to the plot.

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Summary: Laura and Richard Return to Byerly for a Wedding
Review: Aunt Ruby Lee is getting married for the fifth time. Second time around to Roger of Rogers Ramblers. Their daughter Ilene is rebelling big time. She wants a career in music, but her father thinks it is no place for his daughter. She enters the local Music Jamboree with the assistance of her sleazeball boyfriend. The boyfriend ends up dead on the Rambler's bus and Ilene is accused of murder.

This is a good addition to the series. Laura and Richard have to use their wits and Laura's pack of relatives to solve the crime and the reader has alot of fun in the meantime. A mystery from the past is solved also, which adds some dimension to the plot.

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Summary: No murder until after page 100
Review: This is such a warm and cosy book I feel bad saying anythingnegative about it. I have to warn the squeamish that somebody says "rats", that one character might like men instead of girls, and someone appears on stage in a mini-skirt with a bare midriff (but her father drags her off). A married couple unplug the phone for a hour to do something. There's a lot of nailbiting tension about the plans for Aunt Ruby Lee's wedding. If you can stand all that sex and suspense the mystery is quite well plotted with fairly placed clues. It's set in North Carolina with thick local atmosphere but no mention of race problems (everybody seems to be white if their physical appearance is described). A good-humored blend of "Divine Secrets of the YaYa Sisterhood" and Agatha Christie. A neat joke in the acknowledgements.