Tickled to Death - Claire Malloy, Bk 9 Author:Joan Hess Murder is no laughing matter -- especially when it comes to marriage. So before Luanne gets in too deep with her new flame, a dentist named Dick, she’d like her best friend to do a background check. Did Dick murder his two previous wives? That’s what Arkansas bookseller and amateur sleuth Claire Malloy intends to discover… — Ev... more »erything Claire turns up on this would-be blue-beard keeps leading her down a slippery slope. The police are determined to prove Dick guilty of double homicide, but Claire’s not so sure. Something about his story just doesn’t add up. But if Dick didn’t do the deed, who did? The only thing Claire knows for sure is that Luanne won’t have a moment’s rest until she finds out…« less
I'm one of those people who is guilty of reading the last couple of pages right away. Didn't work for me this time. I was totally caught off guard by the way this one ended!
Claire's teenaged daughter, Who Talks in Capitals, and her mousy friend Inez are working at a lakeside bird sanctuary to earn money for driver education classes. Claire is busy as well; she's trying to help her best friend figure out if her new love--who just happens to have a cottage at said lake-- is really a serial wife killer. The plot rocks along and, in a nice touch of poetic justice, ends with a bang.