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Minneapolitan Mira James has been taking it easy since college graduation--too easy. Due to a dead-end job and a cheating boyfriend, the Twin Cities have lost their charm, and Mira decides to begin a new life in rural Battle Lake. Right away she is offered jobs as an assistant librarian and part-time reporter, and falls into an unexpected romance with a guy who seems to be the perfect man until he turns up dead between the reference stacks her tenth day on the job.
Anxious to learn more about the man who had briefly stolen her heart, Mira delves into the hidden mysteries of Battle Lake, including a old land deed with ancient Ojibwe secrets, an obscure octogenarian crowd with freaky social lives, and a handful of thirtysomething high school buddies who hold bitter, decades-old grudges. Mira soon discovers that unknown dangers are concealed under the polite exterior of this quirky small town, and revenge is a tator-tot hotdish best served cold.
A hip, humorous, and gripping account of small-town murder, this novel is the first in a series of cozies featuring Mira James, an urban woman with rural Minnesota roots.
"Jess Lourey writes a light-hearted murder mystery, and she writes it well..." -- Who-dunnit.com
"...funny and a little bit raunchy..." -- * St. Paul Pioneer Press*
"Nut Goodies serve as an ideal metaphor for Lourey's writing....sweet, nutty, evocative of the American Heartland and utterly addicting." -- The Strand Magazine
"This trade paperback packed a punch...I loved it from the get-go!" -- Tulsa World
"What a romp this is! I found myself laughing out loud..." -- * Crimespree*
Jess Lourey is the author of the Lefty-nominated Murder-by-Month mysteries set in Battle Lake, Minnesota, and featuring amateur sleuth Mira James. Jess has been teaching writing and sociology at the college level since 1998. When not raising her wonderful kids, teaching, or writing, you can find her gardening, traveling, and navigating the niceties and meanities of small-town life. She is a member of Sisters in Crime, The Loft, and Lake Superior Writers, and serves on the national board of the Mystery Writers of America. Jess resides in Minnesota.
Watch Jess on Showcase Minnesota (08/26/09).
Watch Jess on Twin Cities Live (09/02/09).
Library : General
Universes : Murder-by-Month Mystery [01]
Formats : EPUB
ISBN : 9780738708386
Mystery
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