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A CASE FOR ARMCHAIR DETECTIVES--
AND ARMCHAIR TRAVELERS
Strange things are happening on the History and Gardens of Virginia tour. Are they odd misadventures? Harmless pranks? Or does somebody have murder in mind?
"This mystery exemplifies a growing trend: the cozy procedural, in which elements of traditional cozies are melded with the carefully detailed police procedural. Guns and Roses is the first novel in a series featuring Roxanne Prescott, a former Texas police officer, who is now working as a tour guide for the Irish Eyes Travel Agency. The tour-guide premise allows Cannon the opportunity to salt the tale with all manner of colorful background. [Guns and Roses] will appeal to readers who like their cozies well grounded in reality as well as those who prefer procedurals without the hard-boiled edge." --Booklist (1/2000)
Ex-Texas-cop Roxanne Prescott thought she'd moved into a more genteel line of work, leading educational tours for the well-heeled for her aunt's travel agency. But as the group (which she mentally nicknamed the Guns and Roses tour) moves from Mount Vernon to Monticello, a practical joker targets the tourists. In Colonial Williamsburg the pranks escalate, with deadly results. Roxanne must figure out which of her group is a killer hiding behind a genial façade, and save her aunt's business into the bargain.
Mystery reviewers have praised Taffy Cannon's Nan Robinson mystery series as "tense, entertaining, and satisfyingly thorough" (Library Journal) and "auspiciously flavorsome" (Publishers Weekly). Cannon has been called "a gifted writer, adept at plot and people" (San Diego Union-Tribune). Grounds for Murder described her writing as "gently cynical, amusing, wry, sometimes satirical, always entertaining." Taffy Cannon's humor is much in evidence in Guns and Roses, along with thoughtful and suspenseful writing. Her knowledge of the South and her acerbic wit enliven this classic closed-circle-of-suspects mystery.
Taffy Cannon is the author of five previous books, including the Nan Robinson mystery series and a young adult mystery, as well as an Academy Award-nominated short film. She has lived in the South, now lives in southern California, and has taken the Guns and Roses tour herself.
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