The Turtle Mound Murder (A Daffodils Mystery)

Romantic Times BookClub
"Much charm and promise ... a crisp pace with plenty of humor." 4 stars


Midwest Book Review, April 2003
Witty and hilarious, The Turtle Mound Murder engages the reader from the very first page. ... a great read!


Southern Halifax Magazine
"... a solid first mystery that is light and accentuated with the familiar mannerisms of Southern Women. ... A fun book."


Book Description
IS THERE LIFE AFTER DIVORCE? YOU BET! Meet the DAFFODILS* (*Divorced And Finally Free Of Deceitful, Insensitive, Licentious Scum) Rebecca Leigh Stratton is divorced, depressed, and thoroughly disgusted. Thanks to her two-timing, asset-hiding, lawyer husband, Leigh faces the prospect of starting over at forty-six. Fortunately, her sassy, Southern sorority sisters, Penny Sue Parker and Ruthie Nichols, are old hands at divorce. The three single-again ladies take off for New Smyrna Beach, their college-days haunt. What they don't bargain for are old flames, fist fights, and gunfire. And, that's just the first day!


From the Publisher
In the tradition of "The First Wives Club" and Anne George’s acclaimed Southern Sisters Mysteries, Mary Clay gives us a hilarious novel about sorority sisters who come back together when the last of the trio divorces her two-timing husband. Yet a trip to the beach is anything but a relaxing respite when a body turns up and Penny Sue is implicated. From that point on chaos rules as the DAFFODILS try to clear Penny Sue's name amidst a hodgepodge of stalkers, corpses, and psychics, all punctuated by hot flashes and Southern sass.


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Move over, Steel Magnolias; move over, First Wives Club. "The Daffodils" have arrived. ...Witty and hilarious, The Turtle Mound Murder engages the reader from the very first page. Mary Clay writes with a sure hand, and Penny Sue, Ruthie and Leigh are all personalities most women have grown up with. The jokes are insiders that all women relate to, making this a great read.


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