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Mystery
among the moonlight and the magnolias.
OK, forget
the magnolias. It’s the end of December, after all, and frost silvers
South Carolina’s Low Country. But Pinckney Plantation is still open
for visitors who want to see the pride of Indigo Island. The old house
claims a long history—or so says the script the tour guides go by.
What the
script leaves out are the doors that apparently unlock themselves, the
flickering lights, the sound of ghostly footsteps. And the dead body.
The corpse
is a new addition. Who is he? And what was he doing at Pinckney? And did
he fall, or was he pushed?
These are
among the questions that puzzle the self-appointed detective trio of
cousins thrown together for the holidays. Revelations about ruthless
developers, secretive landowners, and family scandals are interspersed
with hilarious samples of Southern manners before the cousins finally
piece together the puzzle.
praise
for Fiddle Dee Death
Tart as buttermilk, sweet as pecan pie, Fiddle Dee Death manages to make
murder in the Low Country good old-fashioned fun. The terrific
triumvirate who call themselves Caroline Cousins are the literary
equivalent to the Dixie Chicks.
—Mary
Kay Andrews, author of Savannah Blues, Little Bitty Lies
, and Hissy Fit
Fiddle
Dee Death is a fast, funny roller-coaster ride of a book--full of
twists, turns, and surprises. From dialogue and menus to Civil War
history and predatory developers, Caroline Cousins gets it all right.
And her Dixie Chicks cousins are the most entertaining sleuths to come
along in years.
—Lee
Smith, author of The Last Girls
about the author
Caroline Cousins is the nom de plume of Nancy Pate and her
one-and-a-half first cousins Meg Herndon and Gail Greer. Nancy is a
founding member of the Southern Book Critics' Circle and has received
the Robin Mays award given by the Publishers Association of the South.
She lives in Orlando, Florida, where she is the book critic for the Orlando
Sentinel. Meg, a former elementary teacher, and Gail, a floral
designer and former plantation tour guide live in Mt. Pleasant, South
Carolina.
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