THE
SERPENTINE FLOWER
Author: Joseph L.S. Terrell
2016 First Edition
5.5"x8.5" Trade Paperback
Retail: $14.95US; 228pp
ISBN 978-1-62268-047-4 print
ISBN 978-1-62268-048-1 ebook
LCCN 2016941970
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THE
SERPENTINE FLOWER
—A Community
Theater Mystery (#1)
Author: Joseph L.S. Terrell
When Mary Ann Little returns to the Tracks Community Theater for the first time since her husband's untimely onstage death, she is horrified to discover the body of young Sarah Atkins backstage. Mary Ann is convinced that Sarah's death was no accident, but everyone, including the chief of police, seems reluctant to discuss the possibility that someone in small-town Camford Courthouse is a killer. Mary Ann's regrets vocalizing her suspicions when her 19-year-old son emerges as a suspect. To unravel the mystery, Mary Ann goes back to work for Thaddeus Sinclair, the editor of the local paper and a "rumpled skeptic" for whom Mary Ann becomes aware of a growing attraction. It soon becomes clear that this small town near North Carolina's Outer Banks harbors more than its share of secrets. But can Mary Ann uncover those secrets and flush out the killer while juggling her new job, her burgeoning romance, her part-time work at the local library, and the unexpected role of "third witch" in the theater's production of Shakespeare's Macbeth? And even more important, can she do it all without getting herself killed?
"Joseph
Terrell does everything right in The Serpentine Flower. Like a
magic looking glass, he pulled me into the Outer Banks area and straight
into the world of Mary Ann Little in this engrossing novel of murder and
intrigue. The setting of Community Theater is perfect. A world where characters
wear masks to hide motives, loyalties, and secrets. My favorite kind of
mystery: where I get to accompany the hero as we figure out who is acting
and who is telling the truth. The Serpentine Flower is serious
enjoyment."
—Stacy Allen, author of Expedition Indigo, the first in the
Riley Cooper thriller series.
"A deft plot.
A tantalizing mystery. Terrell has full command of his material."
—Philip Cioffari, author of A History of Things Lost or Broken
and Dark Road, Dead End
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Author photo by: Tom Irey - Paris
Joseph L.S. Terrell makes his home on the Outer Banks of North Carolina, his native state, where he continues the craft of fiction-writing—with a little fishing, golfing and boating thrown in.
Website: www.josephterrellwriter.com.
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THE SERPENTINE
FLOWER
Author: Joseph L.S. Terrell
2016 First Edition
5.5"x8.5" Trade Paperback
Retail: $14.95US; 228pp
ISBN 978-1-62268-047-4 print
ISBN 978-1-62268-048-1 ebook
LCCN 2016941970
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