{"product_id":"the-alphabet-sleuths-9781448317295","title":"The Alphabet Sleuths","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDisposing of a body is as easy as A, B, C! Introducing the Alphabet Girls, four senior gal pals turned accidental sleuths--\u003c\/i\u003eThe Thursday Murder Club\u003ci\u003e meets \u003c\/i\u003eThe Golden Girls\u003ci\u003e, with a splash of \u003c\/i\u003eKillers of a Certain Age\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e At sixty-nine years old, Claire Reynolds is changing things up. She's volunteering. Learning to rollerblade. She's rescued a shelter dog. And today, she's killed a man. It wasn't on her to-do list, but stuff happens. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Besides, the man in question was strangling her good friend Daphne, and what's a gal to do? Scream, possibly. Call the cops. Or--at retired officer Daphne's insistence--call in the rest of their senior gal pals, roll up the body in a blanket, and toss it off a cliff. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The dead man is a member of the local crime family, and if the police get involved it's not just Daphne at risk, it's them all. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e But the body's just the start. Soon the Alphabet Girls--Atsuko, Barbara, Claire, and Daphne--must transform into the Alphabet Sleuths, if they're to keep both their liberty . . . and their lives. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eMeet Atsuko Kimura (75, retired journalist), Barbara Wright (age redacted, retired actress), Claire Reynolds (69, retired paralegal), and Daphne Cole (62, retired cop) in the first funny, fast-paced Alphabet Girls Mystery from award-winning author Laura Jensen Walker.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWalker, Laura Jensen:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eBestselling, award-winning author \u003cb\u003eLaura Jensen Walker\u003c\/b\u003e is the Agatha and Lefty-nominated author of more than 20 books including MURDER MOST SWEET, HOPE, FAITH \u0026amp; A CORPSE, and DEATH OF A FLYING NIGHTINGALE. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA rabid Anglophile since being stationed at an RAF base with the USAF in her twenties, Laura lives in Northern California with her Renaissance-man husband and two rescue terriers, where she drinks tea and dreams of England.","brand":"Severn House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51986436882706,"sku":"9781448317295","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_f9d6c910-5c55-47dc-af08-b3d84cc7adfb.jpg?v=1769592486","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-alphabet-sleuths-9781448317295","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}