A TOUGH NUT TO KILL
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Excerpt from "A Tough Nut to Kill"
"With no music, and the guests standing quietly listening to what would be their bit of gossip at The Squirrel restaurant in the morning, the sound of a gun going off was louder than it might have been. It came from somewhere outside the ballroom. Somewhere beyond the open double doors to the hall.
At first everybody held still in place. Then came a startled intake of breath as the crowd went from watching the Blanchards and the Wheatleys going at it, to rigid stillness.
We listened for a second shot.
Nothing happened. The floor creaked. I could hear muted voices coming from out in the kitchen. There was a long moment when everybody looked at one another with startled eyes.
In a few seconds or minutes or however long it took all of us to stop listening for the next shot, there was another huge intake of breath and then a clink of metal as men in the room, just like in an old Western, pulled guns from costume pockets and cocked them.
We were a tableau of frozen people until somebody screamed and Miranda Chauncey, .22 in hand, yelled, �Hit the floor!� from the far side of the buffet table."
"With no music, and the guests standing quietly listening to what would be their bit of gossip at The Squirrel restaurant in the morning, the sound of a gun going off was louder than it might have been. It came from somewhere outside the ballroom. Somewhere beyond the open double doors to the hall.
At first everybody held still in place. Then came a startled intake of breath as the crowd went from watching the Blanchards and the Wheatleys going at it, to rigid stillness.
We listened for a second shot.
Nothing happened. The floor creaked. I could hear muted voices coming from out in the kitchen. There was a long moment when everybody looked at one another with startled eyes.
In a few seconds or minutes or however long it took all of us to stop listening for the next shot, there was another huge intake of breath and then a clink of metal as men in the room, just like in an old Western, pulled guns from costume pockets and cocked them.
We were a tableau of frozen people until somebody screamed and Miranda Chauncey, .22 in hand, yelled, �Hit the floor!� from the far side of the buffet table."
- "Warm, witty, and full of Texas charm and feisty characters. Clear a space on your keeper-shelf for the Nut House series." - Duffy Brown, national bestselling author of the Consignment Shop Mysteries.
- "A family nut tree with some branches missing, sly old ladies, and a tall, dark stranger come to town. Or is he? Chomp into this engaging new mystery series, and it just might Bite-U-Back!" - Mardi Link, author of Isadore's Secret
- "Elizabeth Lee delivers a delectable mystery that�s pure Southern comfort. Readers will go nuts over A Tough Nut to Kill." - Riley Adams, author of the Memphis Barbeque Mysteries
- "The thing with Miss Amelia and her granddaughter, Lindy Blanchard, is that when they get mixed up in murder, especially when one of their own family is accused of the killing, high dudgeon comes pouring out, and trickery, and investigative skills enough to rival Sherlock Holmes." - mysteryloverskitchen.com
- "I love finding a new to me author with a brand new series. I love the cast of characters the author has provided. This is a real page turner with many twists and turns. It kept me reading well into the night. I had to find out whodunit. This book does not disappoint. The author has thoughtfully included some yummy recipes. So if you like your mystery on the nutty side, then you should be reading A Tough Nut To Kill." - MyShelf.com
- "The first book in a new series featuring delicious pecan recipes! Lindy Blanchard finds her uncle Amos murdered on her family farm and her new stock of trees destroyed with the best of the bunch stolen. Who is out to ruin the Blanchard family? And who wanted Uncle Amos dead? It�s up to Linda and her feisty grandmother, Miss Amelia, to find out." - Berkeley Prime Crime