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Eggs in a Casket (A Cackleberry Club Mystery)
by Laura Childs

Published: 2014-01-07
Hardcover : 336 pages
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The ladies of the Cackleberry Club are always ready to serve?whether they’re cooking up breakfast or sniffing out a bad egg.
 
While Petra handles the breakfast rush at the Cackleberry Club, the café’s other two owners, Suzanne and Toni, head to Memorial Cemetery to help ...
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Introduction

The ladies of the Cackleberry Club are always ready to serve?whether they’re cooking up breakfast or sniffing out a bad egg.
 
While Petra handles the breakfast rush at the Cackleberry Club, the café’s other two owners, Suzanne and Toni, head to Memorial Cemetery to help prepare for its 150th anniversary celebration. But as they search the winding paths for the historical society tent, they discover something else out of place: the body of ex-prison warden Lester Drummond lying facedown in someone else’s freshly dug grave.
 
In the small town of Kindred, everyone knows everyone, and Lester was no exception. Suzanne knew him as the creepy guy who made unwanted advances on her friend Missy Langston. But now it appears the man was hiding a few secrets?and at least one of them was worth killing for.
 
As the case cracks open, there are plenty of suspects to consider?from recent parolees to Missy herself, who Suzanne and Toni saw speeding away just before they found the body. Now, with a cemetery celebration in the offing, and the local authorities in over their heads, it’s up to the Cackleberry Club to unscramble the clues and clear their friend’s name.

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Excerpt

Suzanne suddenly skidded to a halt. There, directly in front of her eyes - six inches from where she was about to take her next step - was an open grave. Pitch black earth yawned up at her, beckoning her, almost daring her, to come a little closer. The smell of fresh dirt, peat moss, and mildew assaulted her nose even as rain continued to patter down. ... view entire excerpt...

Discussion Questions

What was unique about the opening chapter?

Does the author create enough of a “sense of place” that you can picture the deserted cemetery in your mind? In contrast, how about the Cackleberry Club? Is it cozy enough to shake off the chill of the murder?

Who do you think is really in charge of the investigation – Suzanne or Sheriff Doogie?

Do you think Suzanne is able to balance her business while making time for Sam, her friends, and the rest of her real life? Do you think most small business owners or working women are able to find a good balance?

Notes From the Author to the Bookclub

“When it comes to creating an engaging mystery, Laura Childs just can’t lay an egg.”

Mystery Guild

“Childs dishes up plenty of small town charm.”

Publishers Weekly

“A tasty concoction that is as warming as a mug of hot chocolate on a cold evening.”

Romantic Times Book Review

“I love that Laura Childs doesn’t gently lead the reader into the mystery. Nope, we have a dead body turn up in the first chapter.”

Cozy Mystery Book Review

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