Start: 06/18/2010 7:00 pm
A Bad Day for Sorry, Sophie Littlefield’s novel introducing the extremely self-reliant Stella Hardesty, sewing shop owner and friend to abused women in need, was an Edgar nominee for Best First Novel. Stella is back in A Bad Day for Pretty, working to help clear her friend, Nebuchadnezzar Donovan, of the accusation of murder when a tornado unveils a corpse at the county fairground. Sophie also has new novel Banished coming for young adults this fall. Sophie visits on Friday, June 18, at 7:00 PM, with partner in crime Juliet Blackwell.
$24.99
ISBN-13: 9780312559755
Availability: Special Order - Subject to Availability
Published: Minotaur Books, 6/2010
Stella Hardesty, avenger of wronged women, is getting cozy with Sheriff
"Goat" Jones when a tornado blows none other than Goat’s scheming
ex-wife, Brandy, through the front door. Adding to the chaos, the
tornado destroys the snack shack at the demolition derby track, pulling
up the concrete foundation and unearthing a woman's body. The main
suspect in the woman’s murder is Neb Donovan---he laid the foundation,
and there's some pretty hard evidence pointing to his guilt. Years
ago, Neb's wife asked Stella for help getting him sober. Stella doesn't
believe the gentle man could kill anyone, and she promises his frantic
wife she'll look into it. A
Bad Day for Sorry , which was nominated for an Edgar Award for Best
First Novel. Stella Hardesty is a heroine to watch---join her on this
next adventure for as fiercely funny and riveting a story as there is to
be found in crime fiction.
$13.99
ISBN-13: 9780312643232
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Minotaur Books, 5/2010
Stella Hardesty dispatched her abusive husband with a wrench shortly before her fiftieth birthday. A few years later, she’s so busy delivering home-style justice, helping other women deal with their own abusive husbands and boyfriends, that she’s barely got time to run her sewing shop. Since Stella works outside of the law, she’s free to do whatever it takes to be convincing—as long as she keeps her distance from the handsome devil of a local sheriff, Goat Jones.
When young mother Chrissy Shaw asks Stella for help with her no-good, husband Roy Dean, it looks like just another standard job. But then Chrissy’s two-year-old son is taken, and Stella finds herself up against a much more formidable enemy.
A Bad Day for Sorry, Edgar Finalist for Best First Novel, kicks off an original and captivating series that utterly disarms with its gutsy, compassionate voice. Striking a bold new path in crime fiction, Littlefield’s debut rings true at every heart-stopping turn.
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