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The Trouble with Harriet
By Dorothy Cannell
An Ellie Haskell Mystery, Book 8
Publisher: Alibi
Release Date: June 13, 2017
Genre: Cozy Mystery
Length 288 Pages
Length 288 Pages
ISBN: 9780399180408ASIN: B01LYUULP3
In a murder mystery so charming it could
only have come from Dorothy Cannell—hailed by Nancy Pickard as “America’s P. G.
Wodehouse”—Ellie Haskell is shocked when her long-lost father shows up on her
doorstep with some rather . . . compromising baggage.
Ellie Haskell and her
husband, Ben, haven’t taken a vacation in years. Now their suitcases are
packed, their tickets are booked, and they’re ready for a romantic getaway in
France. But everything goes awry after a chain-smoking fortune teller makes a
dire prediction: “Take that trip at your peril!” Those ominous words ring true
when Ellie’s prodigal father, Morley, suddenly appears with the remains of his
ladylove, Harriet, whose untimely death in a car accident has left him bereft.
But after Morley loses the
urn in a bizarre series of events, Harriet’s family is furious. Now a
bewildered Ellie finds herself asks some probing questions: Who or what was in
that urn? Could her father be a pawn in a deadly game? And what exactly is the
meaning of that darn prophecy? Ellie just hopes she lives to find out whether
the answers are worth the trouble.
Praise for Dorothy Cannell and the Ellie Haskell
series
“A thoroughly entertaining
series.”—Cosmopolitan
“It is the absurd
predicaments of her central characters that readers find themselves recalling,
and Cannell is cunning at devising outlandish situations for them.”—Chicago Sun-Times
“Cannell is a master of
subtle wit and humorous asides that lift her cozies to great heights. Before
the influx of writers trying to out-humor Janet Evanovich, there was Dorothy
Cannell. Long may she write!”—Library
Journal
About The Author
Dorothy was born in Nottingham, England and came to the U.S. in 1963. She married Julian Cannell and they lived in Peoria, Illinois, from 1965 to 2004. They then moved to Maine where they now reside with their two dogs, Teddy and Watson.
Dorothy became an aspiring
writer after taking English 110 at Illinois Central College and being
encouraged to write for publication by the class teacher. Seven years later she
sold her first short story.
Her first novel, The Thin Woman published in 1984 has
been selected as one of the 100 favorite mysteries of the Twentieth Century by
the Mystery Book Sellers of America. In 2014, Dorothy received a Lifetime
Achievement Award from Malice Domestic. Dorothy has published eighteen novels
and a collection of short stories.
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