Title: Running on EmptyAuthor: Sandra Balzo
Publisher: Severn House Publishers (April 1, 2011) Pgs 208
Format: Hardcover
Genre: Cozy Mystery
Source: Library
Series: Mainstreet Mysteries #1
Chapter 1
Life on Main Street has always been inexplicably hazardous, no matter the season. The skier who choked on her gum halfway down Deer Slope, arriving at the bottom still standing, if not breathing. The fishermen squashed like road-killed possums by a Toyota Land Cruiser Against The front of Lucky’s bait shop. The skinny-dipping White Tail Lodge hostess, dead from hypothermia. And that didn’t count the odd tourist or two each year wandering into the mountains, never to wander back out to our High Country version of civilization called Sutherton, North Carolina.
Synopsis
While life on Sutherton's Main Street had often been inexplicably hazardous, the day Daisy Griggs siphoned nearly three pints from Mrs. Brandenham during the annual blood drive seemed to set a new standard, even by the unusual measure of this North Carolina resort town.
Answering the summons, AnnaLise returns home to find Labor Day preparations in full swing. But this traditional celebration promises to be no picnic. People are dying and, unless AnnaLise can figure out why, her mother Daisy may be next.
2 comments:
Great opening paragraph. I read this book last year but I didn't remember it until the synopsis. There were some good characters in there.
My First Paragraph is here: Quirky Girls Read
I like the intro, so I hope the rest is enjoyable as well for you.
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