Death of a neighborhood Scrooge
(Book)
Author:
NoveList Series:
Jaine Austen mysteries volume 16.
Series:
Jaine Austen mystery ; volume 16.
Published:
New York, NY : Kensington Books, 2018.
Format:
Book
Edition:
First Kensington hardcover edition.
Physical Desc:
248 pages ; 22 cm.
Status:
Description
“I’m crazy about Laura Levine’s mystery series. Her books are so outrageously funny.”
—Joanne Fluke
Freelance writer Jaine Austen is feeling festive about spending Christmas house-sitting at a posh Bel Air mansion, accompanied by her friend Lance and her cat, Prozac. But when a grumpy neighbor gets himself iced, she’ll have to find the culprit or she may spend the New Year in jail . . .
Scotty Parker is a former child star who once played Tiny Tim, but now he’s grown up into the role of neighborhood Scrooge. He cuts the wires on his neighbors’ Christmas lights and tells local kids that Santa had a stroke. And his miserly, bah-humbug attitude lasts year-round—a fact known all too well by his current wife, his ex-wife, his maid, and many more.
Scotty thinks he can stage a comeback with the screenplay he’s working on (The Return of Tiny Tim: Vengeance Is Mine!), and Jaine’s been reluctantly helping him edit it. So when Scotty is bludgeoned with a frozen chocolate yule log and the police start making a list of suspects and checking it twice, Jaine’s name is unfortunately included. True, she’s been under some stress, with Lance trying to set her up on dates and her fickle feline taking a sudden liking to someone else—but she’s not guilty of murder. Now she just has to prove it, by using her gift for detection and figuring out who committed this holiday homicide.
—Joanne Fluke
Freelance writer Jaine Austen is feeling festive about spending Christmas house-sitting at a posh Bel Air mansion, accompanied by her friend Lance and her cat, Prozac. But when a grumpy neighbor gets himself iced, she’ll have to find the culprit or she may spend the New Year in jail . . .
Scotty Parker is a former child star who once played Tiny Tim, but now he’s grown up into the role of neighborhood Scrooge. He cuts the wires on his neighbors’ Christmas lights and tells local kids that Santa had a stroke. And his miserly, bah-humbug attitude lasts year-round—a fact known all too well by his current wife, his ex-wife, his maid, and many more.
Scotty thinks he can stage a comeback with the screenplay he’s working on (The Return of Tiny Tim: Vengeance Is Mine!), and Jaine’s been reluctantly helping him edit it. So when Scotty is bludgeoned with a frozen chocolate yule log and the police start making a list of suspects and checking it twice, Jaine’s name is unfortunately included. True, she’s been under some stress, with Lance trying to set her up on dates and her fickle feline taking a sudden liking to someone else—but she’s not guilty of murder. Now she just has to prove it, by using her gift for detection and figuring out who committed this holiday homicide.
Copies
Location
Call Number
Status
Last Check-In
Shell Lake Adult Fiction
FIC LEVINE
Available
Dec 20, 2023
More Details
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781496708496, 1496708490
Notes
Description
When the neighborhood Scrooge, former child star Scotty Parker, is murdered, freelance writer Jaine Austen, who was helping him stage a comeback, finds herself on the list of suspects and must find the real killer.
Citations
APA Citation (style guide)
Levine, L. (2018). Death of a neighborhood Scrooge. First Kensington hardcover edition. New York, NY, Kensington Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Levine, Laura, 1943-. 2018. Death of a Neighborhood Scrooge. New York, NY, Kensington Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Levine, Laura, 1943-, Death of a Neighborhood Scrooge. New York, NY, Kensington Books, 2018.
MLA Citation (style guide)Levine, Laura. Death of a Neighborhood Scrooge. First Kensington hardcover edition. New York, NY, Kensington Books, 2018.
Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2022. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.
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