Whack ‘n Roll

August 2009

Obsidian/NAL/Penguin Publishing Group

ISBN: 978-0-451-22769-0

Serenity Cove Estates, a retirement community for ‘active adults, is anything but serene after Kate McCall and her friends discover a severed arm in a Walmart bag while playing golf. Armed with the Complete Idiots Guide to Forensics, Kate sets out to solve the crime—much to the chagrin of Sheriff Sumter Wiggins.  Along the way, Kate enlists the help of the eleven irrepressible women in her bi-monthly Bunco group, known as the Bunco Babes.  Kate and the Babes are a force to reckoned with as they eliminate possible victims then zero in on 'persons of interest.’

Reviews for Whack ‘n Roll

"Fiesty and intelligent, Kate is an admirable protagonist with genuinely clever detective skills.  Far superior to the typical cozy, this uniquely capricious mystery will engage readers from the very first page to the surprising conclusion." Starred review Publishers Weekl
"Gail Oust provides a complex whodunit starring a cast of eccentric sexagenarians.”  Harriet Klausner, BookReview.com

The Bunco Babes welcome the return of Claudia Connors and her new husband, Lance Ledeaux, an unemployed actor she met on the Internet.  Lance persuades the Babes to partake in a murder play he's written.  When he’s killed during a rehearsal, Claudia is literally holding the smoking gun.  It’s up to Kate and the Babes to prove Claudia’s innocence—or their friend could end up throwing dice behind bars.

 Reviews forRReviews for 'Til Dice Do Us Part
"This is great fun, well-written book with a great main character.”

…”is filled with good humor and saucy characters that will keep readers in stitches as they follow the group of friends tied together by their love for the popular dice game.”

ISBN: 978-0-451-22769-0

Kate McCall loves bunco. Gardening not so much. Rumors of food poisoning run rampant in Serenity Cove after a celebrity botanist collapses and her beau dies after a garden club sponsored event. Is it the Southern fried cuisine? Or something more sinister? With the help of her friends, Kate sets out to find the answer.

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