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  • Published: 4 March 2014
  • ISBN: 9780698137998
  • Imprint: PEN US eBook Adult
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 304
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Pearls and Poison





It’s election time in Savannah, Georgia, and Judge Guillotine Gloria—aka Reagan Summerside’s mom—is neck and neck in the polls with Kip “Scummy” Seymour.  But the already dirty campaign is about to get downright filthy—with one candidate getting buried six feet under…
 
With her strong opinions and knack for getting into trouble, Reagan is not an ideal volunteer for her mother’s alderman campaign. Plus, she’d rather be running her consignment shop, the Prissy Fox, and eating doughnuts with her dog, Bruce Willis. But when her mother’s opponent, Kip, is found poisoned and her mother is pegged as a suspect, Reagan nominates herself as lead murder investigator.
 
Reagan is intent on finding Kip’s killer and clearing her mother’s good name, but she soon finds herself on the bad side of Kip’s enemies-turned-suspects. This time, no amount of costumes and makeup can keep her inconspicuous and out of danger. Because the closer Reagan gets to the truth, the hotter things get…

  • Published: 4 March 2014
  • ISBN: 9780698137998
  • Imprint: PEN US eBook Adult
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 304
Categories:

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"A treat. Not to be missed."--Annette Blair, New York Times bestselling author of Tulle Death Do Us Part


"Delightful...If I could give it six stars, I would."--Examiner.com

"Brown deftly spins the tale of Reagan's many misadventures while sleuthing, fills her story with Southern eccentrics, and offers up a magnolia-laced munificence of Savannah color."--Richmond Times-Dispatch

"A delightful world filled with charm and humor."--New York Journal of Books



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