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    Miss Ruffles Inherits Everything

    Written by Nancy Martin

    Narrated by Suzie Althens

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    Rich and flamboyant Honeybelle Hensley, the most colorful character in Mule Stop, Texas, dies a suspicious death and enrages the whole town by leaving her worldly fortune to the most undeserving recipient - her dog. The incorrigible Miss Ruffles is a Texas Cattle Cur, not a cuddly lapdog. But now Miss Ruffles is in danger, and it's up to Sunny McKillip, the unwilling dogsitter, to keep her safe. With a killer on the loose and a cowboy lawyer keeping a suspicious eye on her every move, Sunny needs all the help she can get, understanding how Texans think. There's more to Honeybelle's death than meets this Yankee's eye. It's a bucking bull ride of an adventure for Sunny and Miss Ruffles.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDreamscape Media Audio
    Release dateNov 3, 2015
    ISBN9781681419046
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    Miss Ruffles Inherits Everything
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    Nancy Martin

    Winner of the 2009 Lifetime Achievement award for mystery writing from Romantic Times magazine, Nancy Martin announces the release of the 8th book in her popular Blackbird Sisters mystery series, NO WAY TO KILL A LADY. Set in Philadelphia, the story features three heiresses whose parents have run off with their trust funds. Now thay have a chance to regain their wealth when their aunt, "Madcap Maddy" Blackbird dies in a volcano and leaves her estate to the sisters. But Nora Blackbird soon discovers all the treasures in Aunt Maddy's house have disappeared...information that leads her to believe maybe Maddy didn't die the way everybody thinks. Author of 48 pop fiction novels in mystery, suspense, historical and romance genres, Nancy created The Blackbird Sisters in 2002--- mysteries about three impoverished heiresses who adventure in couture and crime --as if "Agatha Christie had wandered onto the set of Sex and The City." Nominated for the Agatha Award for Best First Mystery of 2002, HOW TO MURDER A MILLIONAIRE won the RT award for Best First Mystery and was a finalist for the Daphne DuMaurier Award. Currently, she is at work on the Roxy Abruzzo mystery series for St. Martin's Minotaur. In 2009 she received the Romantic Times Lifetime Achievement Award for mystery writing. Nancy lives in Pittsburgh, serves on the board of Sisters in Crime and is a founding member of Pennwriters.

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    • 4/5
      This was an enjoyable tale. I liked the character development and the canine fur persons. If you have an afternoon to kick back and disconnect from the world I recommend this title be your next choice.
    • 5/5
      Nancy Martin never fails to entertain her readers and she doesn't disappoint us with her newest cozy, "Miss Ruffles Inherits Everything". This is set in Mule Stop, Texas a dry dusty, college town that doesn't have a lot going on other than College football and the Jr. Rodeo. That is until Honeybelle Hensley the wealthiest widow in town meets her untimely demise. When her will is read, it causes quite a stir. It seems that Honeybelle left her millions to her rambunctious Cattle Cur, Miss Ruffles which has terrorized half the town. Miss Ruffles, is left in Honeybelle's social secretary aka glorified dog walker, Sunny's charge. Sunny is a misplaced Yankee, who would like nothing better than to move out of Mule Stop as fast as she can. She's in a bind herself with Miss Ruffles safety and care in her charge and trying to find out who killed Honeybelle. The list just gets longer by the minute. This is a great little mystery and I would love to see what else Ms. Martin has planned for Ms. Ruffles in Mule Stop, Texas.
    • 4/5
      I enjoyed this as much as I did because I really love Nancy Martin's writing, her Blackbird Sisters series was one of my all-time favorites. Unfortunately, it ended after the last book and even though the title of this one had me raising my eyebrows, I thought, why not? Story wise... meh. It didn't quite work, mostly because the twist at the end felt like an afterthought, bringing the whole story to an unrealistic conclusion. The romance aspect didn't quite work either - the chemistry was there, but the manufactured obstacle's resolution lacked emotional sincerity; I was left wondering why it even existed at all. But I did love the setting, the characters and the writing, which made it easy to lose myself for a couple of hours, so no regrets. Mostly, this book felt like an accomplished writer experimenting; stretching her boundaries. Not up to snuff, but not a waste of time, either.
    • 4/5
      Honeybelle Hensley of Mule Stop, Texas, dies and leaves everything to her dog, Miss Ruffles, who has a well-deserved reputation for being unruly. When her will is read, everyone in Honeybelle’s family is shocked, to say the least. Sunny McKillip, Honeybelle’s personal assistant and Miss Ruffles’ dogsitter, is the most surprised of all.If Sunny can keep Miss Ruffles safe and healthy for one year, Sunny will receive a $1 million and will be able to get on with her life. So will Honeybelle’s cook and butler. The terms of the will are overseen by “Ten” Tennyson, an almost-lawyer whose family law firm has been taking care of the Hensley family for decades. He warns Sunny that he will be keeping a personal eye on her for any malfeasance. Sunny, you see, is a Yankee, and fairly newly arrived in Mule Stop and, therefore, not trusted.Miss Ruffles Inherits Everything is played for laughs … and it, indeed, is lighthearted and fun to read. Having been an outsider in Texas, I sympathize with Sunny. She has to cope with Miss Ruffles antics PLUS learn how to live with the gun-toting, big-haired women AND the cowboy culture. Then there are the goons who sit outside Honeybelle’s house waiting for Sunny to fork over money her mother supposedly owes to a Mr. Big. Miss Ruffles Inherits Everything is a sweet and endearing light mystery with a great heroine and a wild cast of secondary characters.