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Plotting at the PTA (Beth Kennedy #3)
by
Laura Alden
Bookstore owner, PTA secretary, and single mom Beth Kennedy has to fit a murder investigation or two into her schedule in Alden’s enjoyable if padded third PTA mystery (after 2011’s Foul Play at the PTA). When Beth discovers that a favored customer at her Rynwood, Wis., bookstore, Amy Jacobson, has died from shock after multiple bee stings, she believes Amy’s death was not...more
Paperback, 320 pages
Published
July 3rd 2012
by Signet
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Cozy readers will truly delight in the fact that this is the third in the series of these super-fun books, and with each release the plots just keep getting better and better.
Our heroine is Beth Kennedy. A divorced mother of two, Beth is also a children’s bookstore owner, the PTA Secretary, and a woman who is engrossed in many other thankless jobs. In her small town in Wisconsin, Beth works extremely hard as a Mom and her friends see her as a kind - yet, slightly odd - woman.
You see, Beth has a...more
I always enjoy this gentle murder mystery series. It is a cozy in the finest sense, however, this book surpassed my expectations starting at chapter seven. Until that point it was a nice read but I couldn't see how the sleuth's personal issues with fear would figure into a murder mystery.
Then, came Chapter Seven. As I ended reading it with tears in my eyes, I knew Ms. Alden was going to twist and turn and astonish me, and she did!
PTA Secretary, and single mom, Beth Kennedy has solved a couple of...more
Then, came Chapter Seven. As I ended reading it with tears in my eyes, I knew Ms. Alden was going to twist and turn and astonish me, and she did!
PTA Secretary, and single mom, Beth Kennedy has solved a couple of...more
Beth Kennedy has a wonderful money making idea for the P.T.A. A project that matches a Senior Citizen from a local assisted living center with Tarver Elementary students so that the elders can share their stories. The students then write up the information to publish in a book for the group to sell.
Beth gets a little sidetracked when one of regular customers at the bookstore, Amy Jacobson, dies after receiving several bee stings. It seems a little early for bees in Wisconsin and Amy was so very...more
Beth gets a little sidetracked when one of regular customers at the bookstore, Amy Jacobson, dies after receiving several bee stings. It seems a little early for bees in Wisconsin and Amy was so very...more
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Beth Kennedy has her hands full with her children's bookstore, being the PTA secretary, and single mom. When she finds out one of her customers, Amy Jacobson died from a bee sting she's upset. She's also excited about the Senior Story Project where students pair with the residents of Sunny Rest Assisted Living to tell their stories in a book the PTA can sell for fundraising. Her son gets paired with Maude Hoffman, who is a friend of Auntie May (known by that name to everyone). What Maude really...more
Beth wears many hats--divorced mother, bookstore owner, PTA secretary. As PTA secretary, she's organized a project involving pairing school kids with seniors in a local retirement home. The kids are to write the seniors' biographies for a fundraiser. Beth's son Oliver draws sweet, feeble Maud, who begs Beth to put on her detective cap and find out why her great niece Kelly drowned twenty years ago. Beth is also worried about the death of her customer, who was famously agoraphobic but who died in...more
Beth is very busy these days. She is right in the middle of the Story Project, where the kids interview the residents of the senior home to find out about their lives. These stories will be put in a book and sold to raise money for the school. One of the residents Auntie May is pressuring her to help another resident find out what really happened to her niece 20 years ago. Most people think she committed suicide, but Maude doesn't believe that. Also one of Rynwood's quirky residents. Amy, is fou...more
Plotting at the PTA is book #3 of Laura Alden's PTA series. I enjoyed book #1, but liked this one even more. Shy single-mom Beth Kennedy is an appealing character who grows more confident with every murder case she solves. Alden's writing style is a delight. Nothing silly about this cozy. I look forward to reading more in the series.
Aug 01, 2012
Cindy
marked it as to-read
I read about this in our local paper as the author is a former Grand Haven resident. I'm really more interested in the upcoming Bookmobile Cat Mysteries coming in Dec. 2013 to be published under the pen name Laurie Cass.
Another good book. Looking forward to the next book to see what happens when she becomes PTA president and what happens in her love life.
I love this series. Can't wait to get stated on the next one!
not as good as the first two, I think she went a little nuts here, but did a good job showing how nuts she was even though she felt she was fine.
I love this series, partly because the main character owns a children's book store. The mystery this time involves a visit to the past. Alden makes me feel like I know these characters and makes me root for them. In this outing Beth has come up with the idea of using elementary school children to record the memories of senior citizens. In my opinion, everything in this book works to make it a perfect cozy.
clean. ok enough. better than #2
The pace of the book was too slow. I kept hoping it would pick up and become interesting, but after 2 chapters it still wasn't holding my attention. Back to the library we go.
Beth is a crazy and paranoid
May 23, 2013
Carrie
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“When you get to be my age," Maude said "most things were a long time ago. But in here?" She tapped her chest... "Some things happened yesterday."
"I nodded. I could feel how that was going to happen. It was already happening.”
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