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Disposing of a body is as easy as A, B, C! Introducing the Alphabet Girls, four senior gal pals turned accidental sleuths-The Thursday Murder Club meets The Golden Girls, with a splash of Killers of a Certain Age 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. 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. 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. 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. Meet 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.

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I loved it! The mystery was well-crafted and suspenseful and the resolution satisfying, but the deepening of the friendships between the Alphabet Girls was what really kept me coming back for more. Atsuko, Barbara, Claire, and Daphne are smart, strong, sexy, and authentic. The Alphabet Sleuths is a celebration of the power and wisdom of women ""of a certain age."" I look forward to the next entry in the series! * <b>Amy Patricia Meade</b>, author of the Evelyn Galloway Mysteries and Tish Tarragon Mysteries * Readers will finish this mystery already hungry for more * <b>BookPage Starred Review</b> of <b>Hope, Faith & a Corpse</b> * Charming. Put the kettle on, cozy fans, and settle down for a treat * <b>Catriona McPherson</b>, Anthony Award-winning author, on <b>Hope, Faith & a Corpse</b> * The author's humor engages, the twists and turns in the mystery intrigue, and the resolution will both surprise and satisfy any reader who loves a good cozy * <b>Edith Maxwell</b>, Agatha Award-winning author, on <b>Hope, Faith & a Corpse</b> * Pleasing . . . [Hope is] witty, clever, and kind * <b>Publishers Weekly</b> on <b>Hope, Faith & a Corpse</b> * Even the suspects are likable in this warmhearted, humorous addition to the pantheon of clerical sleuths * <b>Kirkus Reviews</b> on <b>Hope, Faith & a Corpse</b> * Neat twists * <b>Kirkus Reviews</b> on <b>Deadly Delights</b> * Entertaining . . . Lively characters complement the twisty plot * <b>Publishers Weekly</b> on <b>Deadly Delights</b> * [Walker's] writing and story development is top notch * <b>New York Journal of Books</b> on <b>Deadly Delights</b> * Light and sassy . . . Appealing characters and snappy dialogue * <b>Publishers Weekly</b> on <b>Murder Most Sweet</b> *

Move over, Thursday Murder Club-The Alphabet Sleuths are the new game in town! * <b>Maddie Day</b>, author of the <b>Cozy Capers Book Group Mysteries</b> * I loved it! The mystery was well-crafted and suspenseful and the resolution satisfying, but the deepening of the friendships between the Alphabet Girls was what really kept me coming back for more. Atsuko, Barbara, Claire, and Daphne are smart, strong, sexy, and authentic. The Alphabet Sleuths is a celebration of the power and wisdom of women ""of a certain age."" I look forward to the next entry in the series! * <b>Amy Patricia Meade</b>, author of the Evelyn Galloway Mysteries and Tish Tarragon Mysteries * Readers will finish this mystery already hungry for more * <b>BookPage Starred Review</b> of <b>Hope, Faith & a Corpse</b> * Charming. Put the kettle on, cozy fans, and settle down for a treat * <b>Catriona McPherson</b>, Anthony Award-winning author, on <b>Hope, Faith & a Corpse</b> * The author's humor engages, the twists and turns in the mystery intrigue, and the resolution will both surprise and satisfy any reader who loves a good cozy * <b>Edith Maxwell</b>, Agatha Award-winning author, on <b>Hope, Faith & a Corpse</b> * Pleasing . . . [Hope is] witty, clever, and kind * <b>Publishers Weekly</b> on <b>Hope, Faith & a Corpse</b> * Even the suspects are likable in this warmhearted, humorous addition to the pantheon of clerical sleuths * <b>Kirkus Reviews</b> on <b>Hope, Faith & a Corpse</b> * Neat twists * <b>Kirkus Reviews</b> on <b>Deadly Delights</b> * Entertaining . . . Lively characters complement the twisty plot * <b>Publishers Weekly</b> on <b>Deadly Delights</b> * [Walker's] writing and story development is top notch * <b>New York Journal of Books</b> on <b>Deadly Delights</b> *

Readers will finish this mystery already hungry for more * <b>BookPage Starred Review</b> of <b>Hope, Faith & a Corpse</b> * Charming. Put the kettle on, cozy fans, and settle down for a treat * <b>Catriona McPherson</b>, Anthony Award-winning author, on <b>Hope, Faith & a Corpse</b> * The author's humor engages, the twists and turns in the mystery intrigue, and the resolution will both surprise and satisfy any reader who loves a good cozy * <b>Edith Maxwell</b>, Agatha Award-winning author, on <b>Hope, Faith & a Corpse</b> * Pleasing . . . [Hope is] witty, clever, and kind * <b>Publishers Weekly</b> on <b>Hope, Faith & a Corpse</b> * Even the suspects are likable in this warmhearted, humorous addition to the pantheon of clerical sleuths * <b>Kirkus Reviews</b> on <b>Hope, Faith & a Corpse</b> * Neat twists * <b>Kirkus Reviews</b> on <b>Deadly Delights</b> * Entertaining . . . Lively characters complement the twisty plot * <b>Publishers Weekly</b> on <b>Deadly Delights</b> * [Walker's] writing and story development is top notch * <b>New York Journal of Books</b> on <b>Deadly Delights</b> * Light and sassy . . . Appealing characters and snappy dialogue * <b>Publishers Weekly</b> on <b>Murder Most Sweet</b> * Plenty of suspects to investigate. A wryly amusing debut * <b>Kirkus Reviews</b> on <b>Murder Most Sweet</b> *

Author Information

Bestselling, award-winning author Laura Jensen Walker is the Agatha- and Lefty-nominated author of more than 20 books, including the cozy mysteries Murder Most Sweet, Deadly Delights and Hope, Faith & a Corpse, and historical mystery Death of a Flying Nightingale. A 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.

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