{"product_id":"a-cast-of-killers-paperback","title":"A Cast of Killers - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKaty Munger\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA MYSTERIOUS GROUP OF ELDERLY ACTRESSES - WITH SECRETS TO KILL FOR...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn Gallagher Gray's SECOND cozy Hubbert and Lil mystery, \u003cb\u003estalwart amateur sleuth Theodore Hubbert and his trusty sidekick Aunt Lil\u003c\/b\u003e take on a scrappy should-be-retired troupe of ex-actresses, who-surprise, surprise-aren't at all what they seem.... \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"With a fond eye for the eccentric, [Munger] gives the streets of Hell's Kitchen the air of a gritty English village.\"\u003cbr\u003e-Publishers Weekly\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eQuirky investigator Theodore Hubbert - T.S. for short - is awakened out of his regular afternoon revelry (watching his favorite soap opera) by a phone call from none other than his Aunt Lil, whose penchant for interrupting... well, really anything T.S. is interested in, is uncanny. As per usual, \u003cb\u003eAunt Lil is calling to ask for a tiny little favor\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e- a helping hand at a Manhattan soup kitchen.\u003c\/b\u003e Naturally, T.S. wasn't listening to her beggar's soliloquy and unwittingly agrees to work that afternoon's shift. But T.S.'s afternoon turns out to have more in store than ladling soup. Because \u003cb\u003eno good deed goes unpunished\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e- \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eespecially when Aunt Lil is involved.\u003c\/b\u003e In the middle of lunch (an inventive chili recipe Lil proudly boosted from a real life cowboy in Santa Fe), \u003cb\u003ea little old lady suddenly jumps up, clutching at her throat... and drops dead.\u003c\/b\u003e New York's Finest couldn't care less about the demise of an elderly woman who presumably had a heart attack. But a group of soup kitchen regulars - a crew of once-elegant and now-improverished background actresses from the Eisenhower era - appear shaken. Turns out they knew the deceased. And their woeful reactions are dramatic, to say the least. But are they just acting? Ever unable to keep her mouth shut, Aunt Lil offers up the shocked and (seemingly) grief-stricken actresses her nephew's private investigator services to investigate the woman's real identity. Reluctantly, T.S. agrees to help. \u003cb\u003eAfter all, he dryly muses, it's not like she was murdered.\u003c\/b\u003e Famous last words. \u003cb\u003eThroughout this irresistibly cozy mystery, Aunt Lil's tall tales add comic relief to a thoroughly engaging murder mystery.\u003c\/b\u003e And true to form, she remains a nosey pest - who happens to be utterly adorable and, quite annoyingly, very often right. Meanwhile, T.S.'s antics, which are reminiscent of Columbo or Agatha Christie's finicky Hercule Poirot, will delight fervent mystery fans. If you just read \u003ci\u003eThe Thursday Murder Club\u003c\/i\u003e, read this next!\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 306\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.69 x 7.99 x 5.24 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 15, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47252082852089,"sku":"9798722279958","price":20.23,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/TkJQOUY0WlkxREk4eHQ5MmZnQlVyZz09.webp?v=1768680602","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/a-cast-of-killers-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}