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Tagged for Death
Sarah Winston Garage Sale Mysteries · Book 1 · 2014
Sarah Winston’s post-divorce garage-sale rounds turn up a bloodied shirt belonging to her former husband. He is now the police chief of Ellington, Massachusetts, and his younger girlfriend is missing. Sarah’s eye for a find becomes useful in an investigation she has personal reasons to pursue.
From the publisher’s blurb
“If only she could turn her love for bargain hunting into a full-time career.”Read the full description at Kensington Books
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What makes it funny?
Sarah brings a Californian’s ear to New England’s unexpected pronunciations. The military community also supplies characters and local habits for her to puzzle over between bargain hunts.
The comedy at work
Sarah is trying to recover her dignity after a public breakup, but her favorite pastime keeps bringing her into other people’s business. Her outsider’s observations make the town’s everyday customs part of the humor.
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Garage-sale enthusiasts get practical tips alongside the mystery. The Massachusetts setting and connections within military life matter to the people Sarah meets.
Good to know
Infidelity, divorce and lingering loyalty to an ex-husband are central to Sarah’s involvement in the case.
A few distinguishing details
- A garage-sale find points back to the sleuth’s ex-husband
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Sources & further reading
- Tagged for Death — Kensington Publishing
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