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Stagestruck
A Jubilee Showboat Historical Mystery
ISBN: 1594140782
Available in Thorndike large print edition, April 2004
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Grave
Review
A Jubilee Showboat Mystery
ISBN:
1594142963
Available September, 2005 
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Twenty-eight year old Gwen Barlow gets more than she expected
when she inherits her recently deceased Uncle Eli's lavish Mississippi
showboat. Gwen, along with her younger brother Preston and their mother,
leave their Ohio home for Hickory Bend, Missouri, only to find that the
Jubiliee Palace is in serious financial straits, Uncle Eli's death by a falling
theatre backdrop is under suspicion, and the showboat family of actors and
musicians are the major suspects.
"...Stagestruck will get you all steamed up when the Jubilee Showboat
actors add murder to their melodrama. A bravo performance!"
--Nancy J. Cohen, author of the BAD HAIR DAY mysteries
"Showboat meets The Music Man with a ripping good
mystery to boot. Thomason's answer to Marian the Librarian makes a great
amateur sleuth in the debut of this charming cozy series."
--Karen Harper, Bestselling author of THE QUEENE'S CHRISTMAS.
"...heroines and heroes worth cheering for."
--Arizona Daily Star
"...a delightful read...plot twists keep the reader turning pages."
--Murder on the Beach bookstore, Delray Beach, FL
"...nice balance of humor and suspense, leaving the reader eager
for the librarian-turned-sleuth's next adventure."
--Booklist
"A light and lively story that captures the feeling of life aboard
a showboat at the turn of the twentieth century."
--Sun Sentinel, Ft. Lauderdale
Available
September
2,
2005
hardcover
at
your
library
or
online
bookstore
GRAVE
REVIEW,
A
JUBILEE
SHOWBOAT
MYSTERY
In GRAVE REVIEW,
the second of the Jubilee Showboat
Mysteries, Gwen Barlow, her mother,
brother and cast of performers face another murder mystery
on the
Jubilee
Palace
showboat. The Jubilee has
stopped in Moss Hollow,
Kentucky, hometown of the troupe's lead
actress, Marianne Dresden. However,
Gwen soon learns that the ingénue’s
real name is Mary Alice Kobb, and she
left a big
secret behind when she ran away from
her family.
Problems mount when Mary Alice's
coarse backwoods father is found dead
on the Jubilee deck.
"...a
light-hearted
mystery...an
insight
into the
lore of
American
river
boats
and the
people
who
inhabited
them."
...www.loveromances.com
"...the
author
has done
a great
job
creating
the
characters.
I feel
as if
I've been on
board
the
showboat."
...Dawn
Dowdle,
...www.mysteryloverscorner.com
"...a
pure
delight
Thomason
creates
characters
that
are
easy
to
like
and places
them
in
situations
that
range
from
the
comical
to
dangerous
sometimes
in
the
same
scene.
She
creates
a
picture
of a
bygone
era,
one
this
reviewer
finds
enchanting."
...Harriet
Klausner,
Best
Reviews
"Thomason
has
done
it
again.
Grave
Review
is a
splendid
read...reflects
the
innocence
and
values
of a
time
long
past.
...characters
are
believable
and
well
drawn.
Stagestruck,
the
first
in
the
series,
was
a
winner
and Grave
Review
has
proven
that
Thomason
is
not
only
a
fine
writer,
she's
consistent"
...Prudy
Taylor
Board,
for
Murder on the Beach Bookstore
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