All the Pretty Hearses: A Bed-and-Breakfast Mystery (Bed-and-Breakfast Mysteries)

“Daheim writes with wit, wisdom, and a big heart." Carolyn HartCormac McCarthy has nothing on Mary Daheim—whose fabulous Bed-and-Breakfast mysteries win hands down when it comes to outrageous zaniness. In All the Pretty Hearses, Daheim,“the reigning queen of the cozies” (Portland Oregonian), embroils Hillside Manor hostess Judith McMonigle Flynn in a lethal case of insurance fraud and mystery meat gone bad, in the twenty-sixth installment of the hilarious, New York Times bestselling cozy mystery series that remains as fresh and funny as the very first. Theres no fun in fund-raiser for Judith McMonigle Flynn when she donates an overnight stay at Hillside Manor for the parish schools annual auctionnot when the pricey winning bid goes to the persnickety Paine family. Dinner is includedif Judith can sort through the endless allergies and aversions of the painfully picky Paines. The last thing she needs is another B&B guest who checks out permanently. Thankfully, her husband, Joe, is home early. His latest surveillance job has just ended abruptly with a .38 Smith & Wesson blowing away the insurance fraud suspect. Unfortunately, the gun belongs to Joe, who finds himself in a jail cell as a murder suspect while Judith tries to find whats left of her mindand the real killer. But Joes dilemma and the unbearable Paines arent Judiths only problems. Her cantankerous mother, Gertrude, has agreed to let a wealthy parishioner stable a horse in her toolshed apartment; cousin Renie is trying to force-feed her loathsome Shrimp Dump recipe to the parish cookbook fundraising committee; and neighbor Arlene Rankers wants to know why some parish schoolkids, including her grandson, are sick after the weekly hamburger lunch. Judith figures shes already got way too much on her plate, so what else could possibly go wrong? On the other hand, at Hillside Manor, what can possibly go right? When Her Husband Joe Is Accused Of Murdering An Insurance Fraud Suspect, Bed-and-breakfast Owner And Amateur Sleuth Judith Mcmonigle Flynn Must Try To Prove His Innocence While Dealing With Unbearable Guests, Parish Issues, And Her Mother. Mary Daheim.