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Bedeviled Eggs (A Cackleberry Club Mystery)
by Laura Childs
Published: 2010-12-07
Mass Market Paperback : 336 pages
Mass Market Paperback : 336 pages
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The ladies at the Cackleberry Club café are busy preparing for Halloween. But someone's jumped the gun on the tricks. As mayoral candidate Chuck Peebler leaves the café, he gets struck with a crossbow arrow and is killed instantly. And when another murder occurs on the historical ...
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Introduction
The ladies at the Cackleberry Club café are busy preparing for Halloween. But someone's jumped the gun on the tricks. As mayoral candidate Chuck Peebler leaves the café, he gets struck with a crossbow arrow and is killed instantly. And when another murder occurs on the historical society's Quilt Trail, the Cackleberry Club needs to sniff out the bad egg-before he strikes again.
Excerpt
Chapter 1“He reads Mario Puzo,” Suzanne murmured, focusing on a couple that was eyeing each other warily. “She likes Charlaine Harris.”
“Could be a match made in heaven,” said Toni, brushing her hands against her apron after hastily arranging a plate of sugar cookies.
“Only if you believe in a vampire who’ll make you an offer you can’t refuse,” Suzanne quipped, as she glanced over the crowd of hopeful singles that had jammed the Cackleberry Club this Sunday evening. ...
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Discussion Questions
Do you think the title of the book offers a clue to its content?What’s the starting point of the book – the one big action that gets the story rolling?
Do you like the idea of women coming together at a little country cafe to talk, knit, and solve problems? Do you think it’s important for women to have a special set of friends they can talk to?
Are there any characters you identify with? Any characters you particularly like or dislike – and why?
What did you think about Suzanne’s relationship with Sam? Do you think it’s too soon for her to get involved?
Which characters do you think offered the most comedic interest?
Why do you suppose so many women want to be entrepreneurs like Suzanne, Toni, and Petra? And why do many women prefer to own smaller, more manageable businesses?
Do you think the small town of Kindred plays out as a “character” in this mystery?
Do you think the author succeeded in creating a “sense of place?” Could you visualize the café, the Quilt Trail ride, the dog scene?
Cooking is a fun thread in the book, but what is the central and over-riding theme of the book? Justice, faith, friendship?
What egg recipe would you like to see on the Cackleberry Club’s menu?
Notes From the Author to the Bookclub
Note from author Laura Childs: Bedeviled Eggs, the third book in my New York Times bestselling Cackleberry Club Mystery series is filled with a raft of small-town characters that will hopefully make you yearn for simpler times. At the top of the list are Suzanne, Toni, and Petra, the wise-cracking (and egg cracking) entrepreneurs of the Cackleberry Club café. Mornings these ladies whip up Egg Strata and Slumbering Volcanoes, then work a double shift as amateur sleuths. Because in this offering, a “read dating” event goes horribly wrong and a mayoral candidate is lobotomized with an arrow from a crossbow. Two days later, a sheriff’s deputy is found murdered on the historical society’s Quilt Trail. The intrepid Suzanne quickly teams with Sheriff Doogie to unravel clues even as they contend with vicious fighting dogs, a prison break, catering gigs, and dirty politics. Spirituality abounds in this tale of BFFs who have each other’s back, along with pulse-pounding action and recipes for breakfast egg pizza, crabby omelets, and hazelnut scones. And if you’re on a budget (who isn’t these days?), the book’s got a $7.99 price tag!Book Club Recommendations
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