The busy woman's guide to murder

Format:

Book

Title:

The busy woman's guide to murder

Author:

Maffini, Mary Jane.

ISBN:

9780425240601

Edition:

Berkley Prime Crime mass-market ed.

Publication Information:

Physical Description:

294 pages.

Series title(s):

Charlotte Adams mystery.

General Note:

"Berkley Prime Crime."

"Organizing tips included"--Cover.

Summary:

"When murder gets messy and the clues get cluttered, professional organizer and amateur sleuth Charlotte Adams steps in to restore order. In Mary Jane Maffini's latest, Charlotte suspects her 911 operator is the one who's been busy ... settling some old scores"--Page 4 of cover.

Personal Subject:

Adams, Charlotte (Fictitious character)

Subject(s):

Adams, Charlotte (Fictitious character) -- Fiction.

Orderliness -- Fiction.

House cleaning -- Fiction.

Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction.

New York (State) -- Fiction.

Geographic Term:

New York (State) -- Fiction.

New York (State)

Genre:

Detective and mystery stories.

Detective and mystery fiction

Fiction

Mystery fiction.

Detective and mystery fiction.

Holds:

Available:*

Library	Call Number	Status
Searching... Dallas Public Library	PBK Maffini, M. Busy	Searching... Unknown

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Summary

Mona Pringle, the local 911 operator, is calling Charlotte Adams with her own emergency: Serena Redding, a high school "mean girl" who used to torment Mona, is coming back for a reunion. When Mona talks about how good it would feel to kill Serena, Charlotte doesn't believe she means it. But when a woman who looks like Serena is killed in a hit- and-run, and another former mean girl is also run down, Charlotte realizes she needs to look both ways for the now-missing Mona.

Author Notes

Mary Jane Maffini is the author of several cozy mystery series including Charlotte Adams Mystery Series, Camilla MacPhee Mystery Series, and Fiona Silk Mystery Series. Following a career as a librarian she became co-owner of her favorite bookstore, Prime Crime Mystery Books. Her latest Charlotte Adams book "The Busy Woman's Guide to Murder" won the 2012 RT Award for Best amateur Sleuth. Her short fiction has won three Arthur Ellis awards and an Agatha. Mary Jane is a member as well as a former President of Crime Writers of Canada and a former board of directors of the Canadian Booksellers Association. She is a member of Capital Crime Writers and the Ladies Killing Circle.

(Bowker Author Biography)