AN Angel to Die for
If it's whimsical cozies you like, then Ballard is the author for you. The beloved Augusta Goodnight--angel, cook, off-key songstress, and all-around nice lady--is back. Her charge is Prentice Hobson, a young woman who has had a run of rotten luck and who could use a guiding light. Prentice lost her dad a few years back; her sister just died in a car wreck with a guy she ran off with; her mother bolted from their Atlanta-area farmhouse; the magazine where she works folded; and her boyfriend moved to London. Alone in the farmhouse, Prentice discovers her uncle's body missing from the family graveyard. In its place, she finds the body of a woman she doesn't know. Together, Prentice and Augusta investigate the strange goings-on, and Prentice's life is transformed when they discover that her sister left behind something magnificent. The question is, Will whoever is creeping around the farmhouse let her keep it? A satisfying, smile-provoking story.Mary Frances WilkensCopyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.