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Scorched Eggs (A Cackleberry Club Mystery)
by Laura Childs

Published: 2014-12-02
Hardcover : 320 pages
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In Laura Childs’s New York Times bestselling mystery series, Suzanne, Petra, and Toni?co-owners of the Cackleberry Club Café?are equally good at serving up breakfast and serving up justice. This time they turn up the heat on a deadly firebug?

As Suzanne is getting her hair ...
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Introduction

In Laura Childs’s New York Times bestselling mystery series, Suzanne, Petra, and Toni?co-owners of the Cackleberry Club Café?are equally good at serving up breakfast and serving up justice. This time they turn up the heat on a deadly firebug?

As Suzanne is getting her hair colored at Root 66, she’s stunned to witness the County Services office next door suddenly go up in flames. Concerned neighbors throng the streets, and the fire department does their best. Unfortunately, their best isn’t enough to save longtime civil service worker?and friend to the Cackleberry Club?Hannah Venable.

Soon enough, it’s discovered that an accelerant was used to fan the flames. Someone set the fire on purpose?was Hannah the intended victim? Suzanne, Petra, and Toni vow to smoke out the culprit.

Unfortunately, the list of suspects is as varied as the Cackleberry Club’s menu. When Suzanne finds a possible connection between the fire and the nearby Prairie Star Casino, she comes to realize that the arsonist wanted something very big and bad kept secret. And if the ladies aren’t careful, they may be the ones gambling with their lives?

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Suzanne crept forward expectantly, practically bumping up against Sheriff Doogie’s beefy shoulder. Surely they were going to load Hannah into the waiting ambulance. They’d rush her, lights twirling and sirens blaring, to Mercy Hospital, where Dr. Sam Hazelet, her boyfriend Dr. Hazelet, would resuscitate Hannah and tell the old dear what an amazingly close call she’d had. ... view entire excerpt...

Discussion Questions

What was unique or unusual about the opening chapter? Did it prickle the hairs on the back of your neck?

Does the author create enough of a “sense of place” that you can picture the Cackleberry Club in your mind? If so, what does it look like?

Who do you think is really in charge of the investigation – Suzanne or Sheriff Doogie?

Do you think Suzanne is able to balance running the Cackleberry Club while still making time for her real life? Do you think most small business owners or working women are able to find a good balance?

Notes From the Author to the Bookclub

“Childs has a great sense of the creepy.”

St. Paul Pioneer Press

“A testament to friendship and a surprising conclusion as Childs makes a perfect omelet out of a scrambled situation.

Richmond Times Dispatch

“Another zany adventure.”

Romantic Times Book Reviews

“I love that Laura Childs doesn’t gently lead the reader into the mystery. Nope, we have a dead body turn up in the first chapter.”

Cozy Mystery Book Review

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