Murder on Peachtree Street

Sheila Travis #3

by Patricia Sprinkle

NO MORE MR. NICE GUY — Prominent television personality Dean Anderson was as popular as he was respected, but he had incurred a good deal of animosity among family, friends and coworkers. Though the police are willing to rule his shooting death a suicide, his old friend Sheila Travis is not. — As usual, it's irrepressible Aunt Mary, a perpetual busybody, who manages to get Sheila involved in finding Dean's killer. The list of suspects is as long as it is remarkable: a resentful ex-wife, an enraged daughter, a jealous, vindictive co-worker, a spurned admirer, a mobster with a grudge. The truth goes deeper than either Mary or Sheila suspects. And it may prove equally fatal.

Genres: Mystery, Cozy Mystery, Fiction

250 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1991

About the author

Aka Patricia Houck Sprinkle.

When I met and married Bob, he looked over our budget and demanded, "Why don’t you write a mystery to pay for all the ones you buy?" I immediately knew I wanted to put a body in a building where I’d once worked. However, being over-endowed with the Protestant ethic, I wrote "important" things first and only wrote the mystery in my spare time, so my first mystery, Murder at Markham (reissued by Silver Dagger in 2001), took thirteen years to complete. It took even longer for me to learn that any writing which gives me pleasure is important, whether fiction or non-fiction.

Since 1988 I have written twenty mysteries, four novels, and five non-fiction books. I am grateful to my readers and editors for letting me do what I enjoy most in the world. Bob has concluded that writing is not a profession, it's an obsession--my favorite vacation is to go to a place where somebody else fixes my meals and where I can write more than I do at home, without interruptions. Thanks, if you are one of the readers who keeps my fingers on the keys. I enjoy spending time with you at conferences, book clubs, and signing events.

Reviews

[Mary Free · Rating 3 out of 5]

The author kept the story going at a good pace without sacrificing descriptive content.

[Merrit · Rating 1 out of 5]

DNF

[Kathy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another excellent Sheila Travis mystery by Sprinkle. Shelia has moved to Atlanta and almost immediately gets mixed up in a murder at Galaxia.. One bit I found very interesting was that this fictional company was working to develop an online encyclopedia. The book was written in 1991---Wikipedia didn't come along till 2001!
Sheila, with the help of her Aunt Mary plunges unwillingly into the murder and after several sidetracks
finds the solution. (Naturally)_

[Falina · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was an easy and enjoyable read. Nothing really unique or remarkable about it, but I liked the main character and it flowed pretty well.

[Pat · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not well written, fairly boring mystery.
Sheila "helped" police solve murder of Dean Anderson, a journalist.
Most action in the office.
Atlanta.
Working on a new TV show.

[Mary]

I have enjoyed other books more. Very complicated plot and hard to keep the characters straight.

[Tina Nealen]

I registered a book at BookCrossing.com!
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[A · Rating 2 out of 5]

Was hoping I would love this but ugh. I did like the cozy scenes in her aunts high-rise condo, but the writing was awful. Had to force myself to finish.