&
GIVEAWAY!

When I worked on this post yesterday 
my plan was to just feature a review of 
DEAD MAN WALKER by Duffy Brown.
So I sent Duffy a message and told her, you know, thinking she would like to check it out. 
But Duffy being the sweetie she is, writes back and offers a giveaway! 

2 lucky winners will each receive a
DEMISE IN DENIM 
Lunch Tote!!!

DEMISE IN DENIM

Releases in April!

To enter to win one of these awesome lunch totes, use the Rafflecopter at the end of this post.

Giveaway open to 

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Thank you, Duffy!

DEAD MAN WALKER

Novella in the Consignment Shop Mystery series

by

Duffy Brown

It’s springtime in Savannah, the azaleas and magnolias are in bloom, and Reagan Summerside’s consignment shop, the Prissy Fox, is bustling with customers out to enjoy the beautiful weather. On a day like today, what could go wrong?

As a mortician beautician and housekeeper, Mercedes is no stranger to corpses or messy bathrooms. But the last thing she expects to find in a client’s bathtub is a dead body! Now she’s a murder suspect and it seems like her life is going down the drain. She turns to local lawyer Walker Boone to get her out of hot water.

But Walker has his own surprising connections to the dead man in the tub, and now he needs Reagan’s help to clear his own name—and keep him alive…

Includes a preview of the Consignment Shop Mystery, Demise in Denim.

My Review

This delightful novella was just the thing I needed to fill the void while waiting for Duffy Brown’s new full length Consignment Shop Mystery, DEMISE IN DENIM.

Unlike like the other books in the series, this novella, DEAD MAN WALKER, is told from the point of view of attorney Walker Boone instead of series protagonist, Reagan Summerside. I found this to be very fun! It was nice to be in a different character’s head and see how he viewed things.

Don’t let the length of this story fool you. Ms. Brown packed a lot of mystery, charm, and excitement into this shortened version from her series. Her writing is up to her usual standard, and her wit just as sharp.

Fans of the Consignment Shop Mysteries are going to love this short story.

NOTE: If you don’t have an eReader, both Amazon and Barnes & Noble have free apps you can load to your computer that will enable you to read this book.

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Answer to Whodunit Wednesday

CHECK THE BRAKES

Solution

   "You can't know who it is." Given Sherman's record, Sergeant Wilson hated to disagree, but this was one time when he saw no possible explanation. "Are you saying their alibis won't check out?"

"Not at all," said Sherman. "They might indeed. Chuck might well have been on the phone the entire time. The same might be true for Tyrone. As for Dominique, if we didn't believe Mrs. Watt's testimony, then we could check the time stamp on the video recorder. I assume that they're all telling the truth."

   "Well, then, when were the brake lines cut?"

   Sherman paused for effect. "Before dinner, old boy."

   "Before . . . ?" Wilson had to smile. "You're slipping, old boy. Mr. Graves only announced his will at the dinner table. Before dinner, no one had a reason to want him dead."

   Now it was Sherman's time to smile. "If you were Graves and you were changing your will, who would you go to?"

   "A lawyer, of course."

   "And who was Milton Grave's lawyer? His niece, Dominique."

   "You're right." Wilson slapped his leg. "We'll check that will. If Dominique drew it up, then she goes to the top of our list---the only suspect who knew ahead of time about the inheritance."  

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