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Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN num: 9780451217806
ISBN number: 0451217802
Label: Signet
Manufacturer: Signet
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 288
Printing Date: February 07, 2006
Publishing house: Signet
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Georgia magistrate MacLaren Yarbrough is bound for Scotland to explore her genealogical roots along with her friend Laura, not to mention a tour group full of unusual travel mates. But when two empty coffins mysteriously appear in the church in the small town where the group is staying-though none of the locals have died-things take a turn for the macabre. And when the bodies of two Americans are discovered occupying the coffins, MacLaren finds herself back on the job. Can she tie it all together, before she winds up in a coffin of her own?
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This is a mystery that starts at one time, then jumps back to the past. It's a technique that can work--but only if you give the reader a reason to care, to wonder how and why the character(s) got into the predicament you very first see them in.
In this case, it begins with a mystery about coffins delivered to the wrong chapel that nobody apparently ordered, and a body found in one of them, but we don't know who.
Then it jumps back in time to tell us all the details of a tour to Scotland, complete with accents: a Canadian woman who ends every statement with "eh?" and the Scottish characters all find reason to say "fit ye deein'" at least once in every conversation.
The tour is dull, the characters unlikeable, crimes that are eventually uncovered are just ignored at the end, and the mystery that starts the book, the coffins being delivered to the wrong chapel, is solved, but makes no sense.
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The book is one in a series of fantastic stories by Patricia Sprinkle.
I highly recommend this series and all other books by this wonderful author.
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Except for the very first two books, I have read all of Patricia Sprinkle's Thoroughly Southern Mystery series to date and have loved each one. The stories envelop the reader in the cozy comfort of visiting with old friends, without ever letting them overstay their welcome. Each book reveals something new about returning favorites and introduces enough new friends, family members, and villains to keep things fresh and interesting. The mysteries are clever, intriguing, complex. The setting is rich in the regional flavors, customs, and manners of the small-town South, but never at the expense of other cultures or groups of people. This series never disappoints.
I hope Signet will one day offer BUT WHY SHOOT THE MAGISTRATE? and WHEN DID WE LOSE HARRIET? in the same style as the rest of the series so my collection may be complete.
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This is not the author's best work. It plods on and on, this way and that way. The characters seem to overlap and get confused. Two couples especially get confused with each other at times. Then, as it races to conclude, some characters change identity.
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Patricia Sprinkle makes a southerner feel at home. From the nicknames for loved ones to the use of southern idioms, Sprinkle lets you know that she is at home in the south. Her characters are the characters of small town America, alive and practically walking off the page to sit with you and enjoy a southern mystery. Being (well) over the age of fifty, I appreciate an older woman who is not seen as senile, incapable or over the hill. MacLaren Yarbrough is a delight. Her marriage that has lasted for years, her children who are not perfect, her grandchildren she loves, a town full of people that know each other and can live with that knowledge, all make this series fun to read. Hopefully, MacLaren will continue to solve mysteries for many more years.
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