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Too Late for Angels

An Augusta Goodnight Mystery (with recipes)

Augusta Goodnight Mysteries (Volume 5)

Author: Mignon F. Ballard

Too Late for Angels

Too Late for Angels

$12.99

About This Book

Things in the town of Stone's Throw, South Carolina, rarely get much spicier than the extra red pepper Lucy Nan Pilgrim sprinkles into her homemade cheese straws. So when an elderly but surprisingly...

Page Count
288
On Sale
03/01/2005

Book Details

Things in the town of Stone's Throw, South Carolina, rarely get much spicier than the extra red pepper Lucy Nan Pilgrim sprinkles into her homemade cheese straws. So when an elderly but surprisingly childlike woman calling herself Shirley shows up on Lucy's doorstep looking for her mama, Lucy thinks it must be another of her friend Ellis's pranks. But Ellis doesn't know a thing about it, and what's more, the two suspect the woman might be Ellis's cousin, Florence, who disappeared as a child more than fifty years earlier.

When the mysterious woman vanishes from Lucy's house, she and Ellis don't know what to think. And considering that Calpernia Hemphill, the town's theater and music aficionado, has just been found dead of an apparent fall from the tower at Bertram's Folly, life in Stone's Throw suddenly seems less safe than sinister.

Luckily, guardian angel Augusta Goodnight shows up to calm Lucy's nerves (with a basket of strawberry muffins, of course). And not a moment too soon, because Shirley/Florence is found dead at the bottom of a steep flight of steps in the parking lot behind the Methodist church.

She is not the last victim, and Ellis, whose inheritance could be threatened by the reappearance of her long-lost cousin, remains the number-one suspect. Augusta, Lucy, and the Thursday Morning Literary Society (which now meets on Monday afternoons) must use their heads---and a little bit of home cooking---to solve the mystery.

Imprint Publisher

Minotaur Books

ISBN

9781466802100

In The News

“Ballard's inspiring series, featuring guardian angel Augusta Goodnight, deserves a golden halo.” —Carolyn Hart

“Augusta has got to be one of the cleverest and wittiest angels ever to grace a cozy mystery!” —Baldwin [Kansas] Ledger

“Ballard's warmth and compassion for her characters make this series a must for readers who like their mysteries on the cozy side.” —Publishers Weekly

“A charming, oftentimes whimsical small-town angelic cozy starring characters that are so delightful and amusing, readers will want to finish the book in one sitting.” —Midwest Book Review on The Angel Whispered Danger

“A true cozy with an added heavenly element.” —Mystery News on The Angel Whispered Danger

“A heartwarming cozy with the right mix of wacky characters and small-town charm.” —Southern Scribe on Shadow of an Angel

“Keeps you reading with an offbeat succession of small-town characters and Augusta's quirky warmth.” —The Charlotte Observer on An Angel To Die For

“Light, bouncy prose, small-town Southern perspective and characters, and a most fetching angel make this first volume . . . a real charmer.” —Library Journal on Angel at Troublesome Creek

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Too Late for Angels

Too Late for Angels

$12.99