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Murder of a Snake In The Grass
Denise Swanson
THE AGATHA AWARD-NOMINATED SERIES After over two years, school psychologist Skye Denison is
still in Scumble River trying to figure out why she’s still
in Scumble River. But with all the town’s quirks and
crimes, life there is never dull…and besides, it’s home. Scumble River is celebrating it’s bicentennial in style—
with Historical Society Reenactments, a bingo tent, Crazy
Craft Race, and a coal-tossing tournament. Serving as the
guest of honor is none other than the town founder’s great-
great-grandnephew, Gabriel Scumble. But his visit turns out
to be short-lived when Skye’s students, Frannie and Justin,
find him dead, a pickax protruding from the chest area of
his authentic buckskin costume. Meanwhile, Skye’s deceitful ex-fiancé Luc St. Amant has
appeared out of the blue, creating turmoil in her love
life. Does the real danger lie in the possibility that Luc
will drive away the men in Skye’s life…or is there a more
menacing connection between Luc’s arrival and Gabriel
Scumble’s murder? “When writers as sharp as Margaret Maron, Earlene Fowler,
and Jerrilyn Farmer all rave about a colleague as
convincingly as they have about Denise Swanson, even the
gruffest noir addict has to take notice.”—Chicago Tribune “A delightful new series.”—Margaret Maron
(A Scumble River Mystery)
Signet (Mystery), April 2003
262 pages ISBN: 045120834X Paperback $5.99
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