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Elaine L. Orr

Jun 2014 · Jolie Gentil Cozy Mystery Series Book 7 · Lifelong Dreams

About this ebook

Bad enough that Jolie ends up in the emergency room because she tried to avoid hitting a deer. Worse to find a dead woman in the hospital restroom after Jolie gets patched up. As the chief budget cutter at the hospital, Tanya Weiss was unpopular, especially in the Radiology Department, where Scoobie works.

 In between appraising houses and feeding her pet skunk, Jolie’s on the lookout for a runaway teenager and whoever planted the dead woman in her path. Thanks to Scoobie, she’s also planning another crazy fundraiser for the food pantry—this one a Corn Hole Contest. It’s sort of a bean bag game for grown-ups, and the polite term is Corn Toss Contest. So of course, Scoobie prepares to name winners in the Harvest for All Corn Hole Contest.

 Just when Jolie’s ready to leave the murder investigation to the police, she gets a surprise—and it’s not a good one.  Will her need to know see her hurt—or worse? 

Ratings and reviews

Jolie and her friends have become old friends. The series is like visiting old friends, and participating in their lives for a while. Of course the mystery and the humor are there as well. I'd been afraid that this series was loosing steam, but thankfully I was wrong. Hurricane Sandy was hard to deal with, but now, we've gotten through the rough spots. This book has gotten us back to firmer footing. This is a gentle book about nice people I wish I had more of in my life. I recommend it.

Plodding details overload the plot. Did not finish the book.

The story was enjoyable and well written, but the editing was very poor.

About the author

Elaine L. Orr is the Amazon bestselling author of three cozy mystery series: the Jolie Gentil series at the Jersey shore, and the River’s Edge series along Iowa’s Des Moines River. The new Logland series features a small-town Illinois police chief – with a cozy feel. Behind the Walls was a 2014 Chanticleer Mystery and Mayhem Award finalist, and Demise of a Devious Neighbor a 2017 finalist. What she calls reflective fiction includes several novellas, including Falling Into Place and In the Shadow of Light.

 

Elaine conducts workshops and does online classes with Teachable. She is a member of Sisters in Crime.