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Book Review of Biggie and the Poisoned Politician (Biggie Weatherford, Bk 1)

Biggie and the Poisoned Politician  (Biggie Weatherford, Bk 1)
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From back cover:

Mrs. Fiona "Biggie" Wooten Weatherford is well-known for landing five-pound catfish, mowing down mailboxes when she drives, as well as owning half the county. Now she's mobilizing the local ladies against City Hall's new garbage dump, right next to the graveyard of their forefathers -- especially James Royce Wooten, founder of the town and namesake of Biggie's eleven-year old grandson, J. R.

But when the mayor himself drops facedown in his angel food cake, Biggie smells something worse than a garbage dump. And when it comes to detecting -- helped by the ever-inquisitive J. R. and their cook Willie Mae's bayou voodoo -- she's wise as an owl and sly as a possum. Chatting up suspects and researching poisons, Biggie plans on outsmarting a killer who may be out to trash both her and J. R...