Murder Is the Pits

by Mary Clay

Book Overview

***TV/Movie Rights Optioned*** The DAFFODILS are back and so are dead bodies, taser guns, mob bosses, and quirky lovers. Amidst unrelenting hurricanes, Ruthie, Leigh, and Penny Sue fight hot flashes,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0971042934
• ISBN13: 9780971042933
• Release Date: November 2005
• Publisher: Inspirational Fiction
• Length: 299 Pages
• Weight: 0.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.6"

Customer Reviews

Kathleen, Cocoa FLA

Do yourself and your heart a favor...Read Mary Clay's DAFFODILS Mystery series all 3 in order, The Turtle Mound Murder, Bike Week Blues and Murder is the Pits. (aka Linda Tuck-Jenkins) Mary Clay's DAFFODILS Mystery Series of Sassy, Smart, Sexy, Southern Sorority Sisters will have you falling in love with Leigh, Ruthie Jo and Penny Sue as they bring on tears of joyous laughter and you think you'll emulate Ruthie Jo and "almost wet your pants". These lovely ladies will have all who have either experienced perimenopause/menopause symtoms (or those who had to deal with us) begging for more from Mary Clay an engaging, witty, sassy, smart Southern Sorority SisterThe Turtle Mound Murder (A Daffodils Mystery) Bike Week Blues (A Daffodils Mystery)Murder Is the Pits (A Daffodils Mystery)

Very Entertainig

I thoroughly enjoyed the 3 Daffodil mysteries and hope that "Murder is the Pits" isn't the last one. I have visited New Smyrna Beach several times and enjoy feeling part of the story as I can picture myself in the settings. The author does a wonderful job of bringing her characters to life and, in this novel; she expands on them and adds some new ones. It's delightful.

Exhilarating, Lively Fun with the DAFFODILS!

In the 3rd book in the DAFFODILS Mystery series, long-time friends and sorority sisters Ruthie, Leigh, and Penny Sue find themselves in New Smyrna Beach awaiting the upcoming trial of a drug smuggling ring. They have been told to be ready to testify, and the three friends settle in for a visit while hoping that they do not have to testify in the case. While staying in Penny Sue's daddy's condo after her divorce, Leigh has been awaiting her divorce settlement and looking to purchase a unit in the complex. She is joined by Ruthie and Penny Sue, and soon after their arrival, a hurricane starts to threaten the Florida coastline. Packing in supplies, the three hunker down waiting for the storm to pass. When an elderly woman's condo is broken into and she has a heart attack, Leigh's neighbor, Guthrie Fribble, comes to warn Leigh and her friends. Concerned about the coming storm, Guthrie stays with the ladies during storms and helps in their investigation when strange things start to occur. Brand new aluminum pipes and storm shutters are found rusted and broken, a family dog and elderly neighbor are found dead with "glitter" all over the carpet in the condo, and the ladies are followed by a black Taurus. When a brand-new neighbor is shot before their eyes, the DAFFODILS wonder if their drug smugglers could be out to get them. Working hard to stay afloat during hurricane season and dodging bullets from unknown enemies, the DAFFODILS use their wits and good spirits to discover who is trying to silence them for good. I loved this book! It was funny, heart-warming, and zany all at once. The DAFFODILS share a common bond like many women...they were friends in their younger years and grew apart with marriages, jobs, and children. They are reunited after their divorces, and find that they are able to renew their friendship with little thought to the time that has passed. In this installment, they endured hurricanes, murder attempts, and dead bodies, and found a way to laugh and work together through it all. I love the fact that two of their most important supplies during a hurricane turned out to be wine (but any alcoholic beverage probably would do!) and chocolate. Truly, women after my own heart! The mystery had me guessing until the end with its many twists and turns, and I was kept breathless with the anticipation of each new hurricane. This is a wonderful book about the power of friendship and the strength of human character in the face of adversity, combined with a twisting mystery that will leave you guessing until the very end. The first book in the series is called "The Turtle Mound Murder". Enjoy!

THREE TIMES A CHARM!!

"Murder in the Pits" was another great mystery from Mary Clay. I have throughly enjoyed the "daffodils" since the first book, "Turtle Mound Murder". (which I bought in the gift shop at the Riverview Restaurant in New Smyrna Beach!!)I have visited New Smyrna Beach FL on many occasions, and reading about the various places the girls visit, brings back nice memories of the area, I was hooked on the Daffodils!! My favorite character in the latest mystery is Guthrie. A bit weird and goofy but, a guy with a big heart and willing to help the girls with anything!! I look forward to the next in the series and hope that Guthrie will continue to be a part of the daffodil mysteries.

Will have the readers rolling in the aisles

Using her mother's name as a pseudonym may seem strange, but Linda Tuck-Jenkins, a/k/a Mary Clay, chose this route because her DAFFODILS murder mysteries series is a change of pace from her first book, STARPEOPLE: THE SIRIAN REDEMPTION. Although Tuck-Jenkins originally followed a career path in mathematics and economics, she never forgot her love of mysteries which began with Carolyn Keene's Nancy Drew mysteries. Although her mysteries feature divorced women, Tuck-Jenkins is a happily hitched woman. Only Mary Clay could find humor in the recent Florida hurricanes. But when the DAFFODILS (Divorced and Finally Free of Deceitful Licentious Scum), Leigh, Ruthie, and Penny Sue are reunited and ensconced in Penny Sue's father's condo. Originally brought together to testify against mafia types described in the BIKE WEEK BLUES, the ladies seem to be a magnet for murder. True to form, a neighbor tumbles off his deck, but this is no accident. Penny Sue begins receiving anonymous roses, and the DAFFODILS meet an unlikely odd couple in the persons of Guthrie, a reformed hippie, and his hunky mate, Timothy: "Timothy had changed into a tank top and running shorts. I had to admit the man was a fine specimen of humanity. Penny Sue obviously agreed, since she was swigging wine with her eyes fixed on his muscular thighs. Considering the oppressive heat - the heat index had to be 103°--I was Afraid she might burst into flames." Mary Clay has done it again! She has produced a hilarious pre-menopausal combination of divorced women who band together in thick and thin. The combination of Leigh's level-headedness, Penny Sue's sashays and wine guzzling, with Ruthie's forays into the New Age spirit world is enough to brighten any reader's day. The women splash money and daffodil symbols around to raise funds for hurricane relief and climb into race cars to gain national attention, all the while protecting themselves from Russian and Italian mafia. Clay's own particular brand of the psychology of human nature reflected in the DAFFODILS will have the readers rolling in the aisles. A triumph! Shelley Glodowski Senior Reviewer