I read several books in Susan McBride's cozy Debutante Dropout series back in the 2000s and have warm, if slightly fuzzy, memories of them. Now Joffe is offering an omnibus of all four titles in McBride's Helen Evans series for $0.99/£0.99 in the US/UK.
The titles in
The Complete Helen Evans Investigates omnibus are:
- To Helen Back
- Mad as Helen
- Not a Chance in Helen
- Come Helen High Water
And there's also a previously unpublished novella...
Kindle US:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DJR742MY
Kindle UK:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DJR742MY
Spoiler:
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Get this complete series plus a bonus novella full of small-town charm.
MEET THE DETECTIVE
Grandmother and widow Helen Evans is seventy-five years old. Helen’s husband Joe died three years ago so now she lives with just one roommate: a twenty-pound tomcat named Amber. She finds joy in crossword puzzles and quilting. She’s full of moxie and hardly feels like her expiration date has passed, so when the sheriff clearly requires her assistance in solving murders, what’s a gal to do? Frank Biddle is a stand-up guy, but he just doesn’t have her encyclopedic knowledge of the town’s residents and all their life stories. Sometimes he calls her ‘Miss Marple’, but he’s just teasing. Like any good puzzler, Helen will go to hell and back to find the answers.
THE SETTING
River Bend, Illinois, is a cozy Midwestern town set in a valley along the Mississippi River. Though River Bend might not seem like much, it does have a sheriff, a grocer’s, a diner, a hair salon, a small harbor, and even a defunct lighthouse. Creeks run through the verdant grounds, and, in the wettest of springs, flooding can shut down the whole town. The good people of River Bend are like one big family. Those who have secrets don’t tend to keep them for long. If there’s one thing River Benders are known for, it’s sticking their noses where they don’t belong.
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