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    Mad as the Dickens
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    Mad as the Dickens

    By Toni L. P. Kelner

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    It’s the season of peace on Earth and goodwill to all men—except in Byerly, North Carolina, where murder is about to take center stage in the seventh installment in bestselling author Toni L.P. Kelner’s Southern mystery series.

    Laura Fleming’s theater-loving husband, Richard, is getting an early Christmas present—he’s been asked to direct Byerly’s production of A Christmas Carol. To Richard’s annoyance, the play is beset by practical jokes and glitches, and Seth Murdstone makes an unconvincing Scrooge. Unfortunately, he makes an all-too-convincing corpse. When Seth is found murdered backstage, Laura agrees to investigate.

    This time, she has an unexpected sidekick: Byerly’s police chief Junior Norton, who’s determined to solve the case before her ambitious deputy does. Junior’s inside information is a definite boon—for one thing, she knows that Seth was a longtime moonshiner. The man had a veritable stockingful of secrets, and between grudge-filled rivals and feuding family members, there are plenty of likely suspects. But which one decided to bring the curtain down on Seth, and can Laura and Junior stop the culprit from staging an unwanted encore performance?
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJabberwocky Literary Agency, Inc.
    Release dateNov 4, 2013
    ISBN9781625670465
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    Toni L. P. Kelner

    Toni L. P. Kelner is the author of the Laura Fleming mysteries and the "Where Are They Now?" series. She is also the author of numerous short stories, and co-edits bestselling urban fantasy anthologies with Charlaine Harris. Her short stories have been nominated for the Anthony, the Macavity, and the Derringer awards, and she has won the Agatha Award. Under her pseudonym Leigh Perry, she writes the Family Skeleton mystery series. Visit her at www.ToniLPKelner.com and www.LeighPerryAuthor.com.

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    • 3/5
      Laura and her husband Richard have traveled from their home in Boston to Byerly, North Carolina so can Richard can direct a production of "A Christmas Carol" for Vasti, one of Laura's relations. When Scrooge turns up dead, Laura and the local police chief, a woman named "Junior," know that it is murder, but since Junior is on vacation, she turns the investigation over to her deputy after securing the scene. Someone is playing practical jokes on the play as well, but after the murder investigation is underway, the mischief seems to intensify. I might have enjoyed the characters in a different story, but this one just had some issues with the plausibility of the plot. Add that with what for me was a pretty obvious resolution to the case, and it's a pretty mediocre read. I probably won't be picking up others in the series anytime soon although I am somewhat curious as to whether the author does a better job with her stories in non-Christmas installments of the series.