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Perils of a Pregnant Sleuth
Paperback
Series: Callahan Banks Mystery, Book 2
Publisher Price: $12.99
ISBN13: 9781647046095
Publisher: Chromodroid Pr
Published: Sep 30 2022
Pages: 240
Weight: 0.79
Height: 0.55 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
An indomitable protagonist, a quirky supporting case, and plenty of Southern charm make this mystery a treat.-Kirkus
McDevitt's standout follow up to Just Holler Bloody Murder expertly blends romance and mystery... -BookLife, Editor's Pick
...a great piece of 'chick-lit' as well as a mystery story. -Readers' Favorite
[A] wonderfully layered story that brings together a fun cast of Southern characters... hard to put down. -San Francisco Book Review
...lyrical and poetic...(A) wonderfully evocative novel... -IndieReader
Perfect for fans of Danielle Collins and Aloha Alibi's Murder Mystery Book Club and Jasmine Webb's Charlotte Gibson Mysteries series.
Ferociously independent biology professor, Callahan Banks, is thirty-two years old, six months pregnant, and happily single living in the wilds of her childhood home on Timicau Island, South Carolina. But there are complications. The baby's father, a wealthy forty-two-year-old bachelor, Pepper Dade, owns the island and is determined to marry her and raise their child together.
When nine-year-old triplets relocate to the island and stumble upon the body of a stranger wrapped in barbed wire and drowned in a tidal creek, the hodgepodge cast of island inhabitants are thrown into a tizzy. From FaLa Jo Digsby, the four-time divorcee who sold Avon from her motorcycle, to Teelia Moultrie, a newly divorced single mother competing for Pepper's affections, to Chalmers Redpath, a reclusive obstetrician drawing suspicion for his curious architectural eccentricities-everyone on the island seems to have something to hide.
When two more bodies are found, tensions on the island reach a fever pitch. Callahan's due date is nearing. Pepper is growing more frantic, and Teelia is waiting in the wings. Worse yet, the ever-observant Callahan is starting to suspect that the murderer may be one of the island's own. Will she keep fighting for her freedom or marry a man she may be learning to love? And can she and her young sidekick, Harry Applegate, the bright outlier in the triplet gang, find the murderer in time?
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