Welcome to The Friday 56 hosted by Freda’s Voice.
This is a really fun meme!
The only rules are to grab a book (any book), turn to page 56 or 56% in your eReader and find a sentence or a few (no spoilers) that grabs you and post it.
Then go over to Freda’s Voice and leave your link so we can visit your 56!
My 56 for this week is from:
Five Dog Voodoo
A Mae December Mystery
by Lia Farrell
Genre: Cozy Mystery
From Page 56 in the paperback.
Ben followed Wayne up the wooden steps of Zoe’s back porch. The big detective stopped suddenly at the screen door and Ben almost ran into him.
“Do you smell that?” Wayne demanded.
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Read on if you want to know more.
Synopsis
As Halloween approaches, engaged couple Mae December and Sheriff Ben Bradley have devoted all their energy to Ben’s campaign for reelection as sheriff of Rose County, Tennessee. The race is already too close to call when the sheriff’s office is hit with yet another maddeningly tricky murder case. In recent years the town of Rosedale has had more than its fair share of murders, a fact Ben’s smarmy opponent is all too eager to exploit.
Investigator Dory Clarkson and her friend, Counselor Evangeline Bon Temps, are visiting the mysterious Voodoo village when a resident tells them her granddaughter, Zoé Canja, is missing. Her dog, a Weimaraner nursing four pups, escapes the house and finds the young woman’s body in a shallow grave. Evangeline becomes Sheriff Ben Bradley’s unofficial consultant because her grandmother in Haiti and later her mother in New Orleans practiced Voodoo. A threatening symbol is left on the pavement by Dory’s front door, effectively banning her from the case.
Evangeline and the sheriff’s office ask too many questions, and Evangeline soon wears out her welcome. Voodoo curses aside, Ben’s job is at stake, and no one associated with the case is safe until the killer is found.
Book 5 in the Mae December Mystery series, which began with One Dog Too Many.
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Not tried this series but I am curious. 🙂
Stormi
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I’m drawn to the voodoo and that fun cover. LOL
That’s a teasing extract:)). Have a great week-end.
It sure doesn’t sound good for someone, does it! Have a lovely weekend too
No no no no no …. I can NOT get hooked on another series! I’m already too far behind!
Then you better not go check out the fun covers and titles for the other books! LOL
Sounds like a fun series. I also have a series book this week. I am spotlighting All the Little Liars by Charlaine Harris – the latest in the Aurora Teagarden series. Happy reading!
I have a feeling I’ll be going back and grabbing the other books too:)
Mystery. Check. Dogs. Check. You had me at the cover.
Check Check for me too! All of the covers and titles are fun in this series:)
am not too much into dogs, but I have to say the cover is cute an dthe plot intriguing
Funny you mention that. I’m more a dog person than a cat person, yet I have a lot of books with cats too:)
I have a feeling I know what that smell is.
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OOPS Here’s the good link:
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Don’t know what the problem is but let’s try again. 🙂 Sorry for all the messages, Laura.
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You probably guessed right about the smell:) And three times is the charm!
Love that name, “Mae December.” Sounds like a series with delightful characters. Thanks for sharing, and here’s mine: “LUCKIEST GIRL ALIVE”
It is a great character tag and the title is fun too.
Smell what?! 😉 Sounds good. Happy weekend!
You can probably guess:)
When some one says “Smell that?”, that’s your cue to turn around and leave! I’d love for your readers to check out mine! http://tinyurl.com/LisaKsBookReviewsBlogSEM
And leave quickly! LOL
I like the 56 – and there is a definitely smell to murder – lol – I need to add this series to my reading list. Thanks for visiting my my Friday meme earlier
Yep. Not a pleasant smell is murder:)
Sounds like a good one for the month! Thanks for visiting my blog earlier.
It sure does, Lauren:)
Sounds like a fun, interesting read. Thanks for sharing!