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    Hung Out to Die: A Stain-busting Mystery
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    Hung Out to Die: A Stain-busting Mystery

    By Sharon Short

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    There's no fun in dysfunctional

    Small-town laundress Josie Toadfern has her own fair share of dirty laundry—namely the Toadfern clan! Ostracized from the family unit ever since her parents dumped eight-year-old Josie in a local orphanage, the stain-busting dynamo's stunned to find herself invited to crabby old family matriarch "Mamaw" Toadfern's Thanksgiving celebration—and too curious to refuse.

    But an even bigger shock is waiting for her there: Josie's long lost mom and pop, blandly unapologetic and full of new—probably illegal—get-rich-quick schemes. And when a dead body is tossed into the already explosive chaos of bitter feelings, intra-family feuding, and incinerated turkey meat, Josie finds herself in the most uncomfortable position of having to prove her disreputable dad innocent of murder. But cleaning up messes is Josie's business. And sometimes blood is thicker than cranberry sauce—and a much more difficult stain to eliminate.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins
    Release dateDec 17, 2013
    ISBN9780062330468
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    Hung Out to Die: A Stain-busting Mystery
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    Sharon Short

    Sharon Short's humor column, "Sanity Check," appears every Monday in the Dayton Daily News. Her fiction credits include several short mysteries published in Murderous Intent Mystery Magazine and Orchard Press Online Mystery Magazine. In addition, Ms. Short is a principal of her own marketing communications firm and has a bachelor's and a master's degree in English. She lives in Miamisburg, Ohio, with her husband and two daughters.

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    • 3/5
      This is what I'd call a chick lit book--good for a time when you don't want to have to think too much. Though as a bonus, you can probably pick up some good stain fighting tips.

      This book explores the family history of the main character, Josie.
    • 4/5
      Love Josie and her pals! It was good to finally find out more about Josie's family, but Josie herself seemed to lack a bit of something that she's had in the previous novels in the series. I'm not quite sure what it was, but she seemed far more insecure than usual. Maybe hanging out with the Taodfern clan has that effect on people!