Description
Description
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.
Critical Reviews
Critical Reviews
Wish TV's Golden Girls had investigated more murders? Here's your fix-- "Kirkus Reviews"
Move over, Thursday Murder Club--The Alphabet Sleuths are the new game in town!-- "Maddie Day, author of the Cozy Capers Book Group Mysteries"
Readers will finish this mystery already hungry for more-- "BookPage Starred Review of Hope, Faith & a Corpse"
Charming. Put the kettle on, cozy fans, and settle down for a treat-- "Catriona McPherson, Anthony Award-winning author, on Hope, Faith & a Corpse"
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-- "Edith Maxwell, Agatha Award-winning author, on Hope, Faith & a Corpse"
Pleasing . . . [Hope is] witty, clever, and kind-- "Publishers Weekly on Hope, Faith & a Corpse"
Even the suspects are likable in this warmhearted, humorous addition to the pantheon of clerical sleuths-- "Kirkus Reviews on Hope, Faith & a Corpse"
Neat twists-- "Kirkus Reviews on Deadly Delights"
A fun addition to the burgeoning murderous-retirement-community subgenre. Readers will look forward to further adventures of the Alphabet Girls-- "Library Journal"
Full of gentle humor, wild situations, and "senior power" moments . . . An ode to the value of friendship, loyalty, and kindness-- "Booklist"
Well-crafted and suspenseful . . . a celebration of the power and wisdom of women "of a certain age"-- "Amy Patricia Meade, author of the Evelyn Galloway Mysteries and Tish Tarragon Mysteries"
Walker's feisty, funny, and fully realized seniors easily sit beside the casts of The Thursday Murder Club and The Marlow Murder Club in the cozy pantheon. Readers will be charmed-- "Publishers Weekly"
Publishing Information
Publishing Information
Publisher:
Severn House
Pub date:
2026-02-03
Length:
256 pages
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