{"product_id":"miss-dimple-disappears-9780312626822","title":"Miss Dimple Disappears","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMeet Miss Dimple\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt is 1942, and most of the men in the town of Elderberry, Georgia, have gone to war. One frosty morning just before Thanksgiving, young schoolmistress Charlie Carr and her fellow teachers are startled to find that the school custodian, Wilson \"Christmas\" Malone, has neglected to stoke the furnace or empty the wastebaskets--and then is found dead in a broom closet, the apparent victim of a heart attack. But when Miss Dimple Kilpatrick, who is as dependable as gravity and has taught Elderberry first graders--including Charlie--for nearly forty years, disappears the following day, town residents are shaken down to their worn, rationed shoes. Knowing that Miss Dimple would never willingly abandon her students, Charlie and her friend Annie begin sleuthing--and uncover danger surprisingly close to home.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eMIGNON F. BALLARD is the author of seven mysteries featuring angelic sleuth Augusta Goodnight, and \u003ci\u003eThe War in Sallie's Station, \u003c\/i\u003e a novel set in rural Georgia during World War II. She lives in Calhoun, Georgia, where she grew up.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Minotaur Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50517258240274,"sku":"9780312626822","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_2e61b00f-f7d4-4094-919d-95c68be970ed.jpg?v=1731032951","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/miss-dimple-disappears-9780312626822","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}