Murder at the PTA Luncheon

by Valerie Wolzien

Susan Henshaw (1)

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A cyanide-laced canape -- and the death of the PTA president who devoured it -- had quite upset the spring luncheon of the affluent suburban Connecticut PTA, when a second PTA member dropped dead from a poisoned packet of artifical sweetener. Now Susan Henshaw, vice-president of the PTA, leads an investigation into an organization riddled with scandal, sex and drugs . . .

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Hancock, Connecticut. The Suburbs. Fathers who work in the City and stay-at-home moms who volunteer for the PTA and spend their summers at the club with their children. When two members of the PTA die of cyanide poisoning within two months and (both times) in close proximity to Sue Henshaw, clearly something is wrong beneath the glossy surface of life. As Sue works with the State Police, will she uncover more unsavory secrets? Will she be the next victim?

I generally find amateur detectives annoying, but Sue Henshaw is so good-humored and honest about her nosiness, that this was pleasant and fun. The solution was a little muddled, but it was enjoyable.
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Valerie Wolzien was born in Akron, Ohio. She majored in English literature at the University of Alaska in Fairbanks. She is the author of the Susan Henshaw Mystery series and the Josie Pigeon Mystery series. (Bowker Author Biography)

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Canonical title
Murder at the PTA Luncheon
Original publication date
1987
People/Characters
Susan Henshaw; Brett Fortesque; Kathleen Somerville; Paula Porter
Important places
Hancock, Connecticut, USA
Dedication
To Tom
First words
Nothing is worse than having a nice sex fantasy interrupted by the memory of a murder.

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Genres
Fiction and Literature, Mystery
DDC/MDS
813Literature & rhetoricAmerican literature in EnglishAmerican fiction in English
LCC
PS3573 .O574 .M87Language and LiteratureAmerican literatureAmerican literatureIndividual authors1961-
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