If you can’t beat them, join them.
Octogenarian Myrtle Clover is so annoyed by the infighting at tiny Bradley, North Carolina’s town council meetings that she decides on a radical course of action: she’ll run for the open seat on the council. After all, she taught most of the elected officials—she should be able to enact some order.
But order apparently isn’t in the works. This becomes clear when a fellow candidate is found . . . murdered.
Myrtle and her senior sidekick Miles must uncover the killer before someone else becomes a lame duck.
Genre: FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Cozy / Cats & Dogs316 4.6-star reviews on Amazon.
Publishers Weekly: “Myrtle's wacky personality is a delight.”
Mystery News: “Wonderful cozy mystery: solidly written, well-plotted and funny.”
ForeWord: “The treat here is Myrtle's eccentricity, brought to life with rich humor and executed …with breezy skill.”
“I hope I'm half as lively as she is when I reach my 80's..” Amazon Reviewer
Chapter One
“Are you done with the comics?” asked Miles as Myrtle frowned ferociously at the first section of the newspaper.
“Hmm?”
“The comics. I need something to wake me up a little,” said Miles. He looked at the clock on Myrtle’s wall and groaned. “It’s not fair that I’m drowsy now. I couldn’t have been drowsy at four a.m.?”
Myrtle said, “Well, the pancakes you made probably didn’t help, although they were very good.”
“I thought carbs were supposed to give us energy.”
“I think it’s supposed to be the kind of temporary energy that we crash from, later on,” said Myrtle. She tossed the newspaper down with a disgusted sigh.
“I guess you’re done with that section of the paper, at any rate,” said Miles.
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Spanish
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Translation in progress.
Translated by Tomas Ibarra
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