Joyce Christmas
Author of Suddenly in Her Sorbet
About the Author
Image credit: Joyce Christmas in Nashville
Series
Works by Joyce Christmas
The Man Who Was Thursday 1 copy
Associated Works
Malice Domestic 5: An Anthology of Original Traditional Mystery Stories (1996) — Contributor — 80 copies
A Taste of Murder: Diabolically Delicious Recipes from Contemporary Mystery Writers (1999) — Contributor — 45 copies
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- Canonical name
- Christmas, Joyce
- Legal name
- Carpenter, Laura M. [?]
- Birthdate
- 1939
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- USA
- Places of residence
- New York, New York, USA
- Short biography
- Joyce Christmas is the author of the popular Lady Margaret Priam mystery series, of which a quarter-million copies have been sold. She also writes the Betty Trenka mysteries: This Business Is Murder, Death at Face Value, Downsized to Death, and Mood to Murder. The first mystery starring both sleuths was A Better Class of Murder. Ms. Christmas lives in New York City.
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- 20
- Also by
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- Members
- 595
- Popularity
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- Rating
- 2.8
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- 6
- ISBNs
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Violetta claimed she needed to get away, but she had notified the press of where she was going. Seems Violetta thrived on being in the public's eye. When Violetta shows up with her make-up case and Tina, her cat, things start getting strange. Her story line is wonky and a bit hard to believe.
Meanwhile, Betty had taken a job typing the memoirs of the famous, vain and eccentric Crispin Abbott, who had recently purchased and remodeled the old Winfield farm to the point it was barely recognizable. A man who was charming, surrounded by a cast of characters and a bit overbearing. His housemates included a very young girl name Sonia, his muse; a housekeeper, Mrs. Bea Fender and her son Johnny, both with bad reputations in town. Betty figured it would give her some extra money and something to take up her time.
Betty really becomes involved when Violetta goes missing, Betty's garage is torched and a body is found in the ashes. What is going on? Betty starts putting things together and the picture is not a good one. Seems big city problems have come to small town East Moulton.
The story line move smoothly and the characters are consistent. A fun, fast read.… (more)