6/30/13

Cake on a Hot Tin Roof by Jacklyn Brady



 ★★★

GENRE: Cozy Mystery
SUBJECT: family dynamics, surprise visits, infidelities
Setting: New Orleans, LA
CHARACTERS: Rita Lucero, Miss Frankie, Uncle Nestor, Aunt Yolanda, Big Daddy Boudreaux
DATE READ: June 27 - June 29
NO. OF PAGES: 297
Off the Shelf (pre-2013)? Source?:   Yes, my shelves

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Using the backdrop of preparations for the annual Mardi Gras to increase the stress of the unexpected visit from her relatives, Rita's investigation to clear her Uncle in the murder at her party, keeps Rita hopping and the reader.  FUN!

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