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Lots of humor and the unexpected - I love Sharyn McCrumb! (

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ptaylor12 | Sep 11, 2009 |

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kwreeves | Feb 11, 2009 |

In this novel Elizabeth seems real - but her brother takes on the silly role. The mystery was clever, but the theme of mistreated wives was depressing, particularly in light of Elizabeth's loss. A better novel than some of the earlier ones. (

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tjsjohanna | May 8, 2008 |

EXCELLENT book!!!!! Compelling book--I could not put it down!!!!!!! (

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hklibrarian | Jun 4, 2007 |

Elizabeth MacPherson works as P.I. for her brother Bill's new law firm, as they defend two women accused of murder. Average. While these mysteries have some funny moments, I don't like them that much. They are okay, but they don't compel me to re-read. (

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Elizabeth MacPherson (8)

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1995

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Elizabeth MacPherson

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Agatha Award (Novel, 1995)

Dilys Award nominee (1996)

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Elizabeth's life is unsettled; her husband is missing on a boat trip; she's between jobs; her parents are divorced and her mother is "living with" a woman (English professor). Her Lawyer brother has unusual cases : a woman shoots a greedy ex-husband and young wife; and a "preacher" takes a second young wife, he ends up dead and first wife accused. There is the old story of a young bride, after the Civil War, and her husband's death from arsenic -- a relative of the present day preacher's wife.. Elizabeth discovers how he died. Also, a very odd case of a woman wanting to marry a dolphin.... it doesn't work out!

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When forensic anthropologist Elizabeth MacPherson becomes the official P.I. for her brother Bill's fledgling Virginia law firm, she quickly takes on two complex cases. Eleanor Royden, a perfect lawyer's wife for twenty years, has shot her ex-husband and his wife in cold blood. And Donna Jean Morgan is implicated in the death of her Bible-thumping bigamist husband.

Bill's feminist firebrand partner, A. P. Hill, does her damnedest for Eleanor, an abused wife in denial, and Bill gallantly defends Donna Jean. Meanwhile, Elizabeth's forensic expertise, including her special knowledge of poisons, gives her the most challenging case of her career. . . .

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