The Poisoned Pen: A Paisley Sterling Mystery (Paisley Sterling Mysteries)
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Like any successful writer, Paisley had the help of generous friends and colleagues on the way up. Now, insists her mother, it's her turn to come to the aid of a fledgling novelist. But how can reading a manuscript open the book to murder, involving Paisley in a plot to blackmail some of the leading citizens of her beloved Rowan Springs? Solving this crime brings danger very close to home-and someone Paisley holds dear may not survive. Watch for the other novels in this series: Paperback , pages.
Published August 15th by Wildside Press first published June 12th Paisley Sterling Mystery 4. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. To ask other readers questions about The Poisoned Pen , please sign up. Lists with This Book. This book is not yet featured on Listopia.
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Joan Sims is a fabulous writer. Her style is just the right balance of dialogue and narrative. I borrowed a book from our local library "The Poisoned Pen" and decided I want to read more of the Paisley Sterling mysteries.
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Sadly, there is only a handful and I cannot find any other books that she may have written. Each book I have read in the series reveals more about her family and the story line. These stories are a great read the perfect cozy to snuggle up on a Friday night with a cup of tea to read. I have a huge fan of M. Beaton and I feel that if you like Beaton you will like Sims.
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I am writing myself and I hope that I can eventually write as well as Sims. A little violent for a true cozy mystery but the main character is an engaging, vulnerable character. Paisley is a mystery writer who becomes inadvertently caught up in a deadly scheme. Only a few typos--'constipaytion' was the main one near the end of the novel. Good balance of description and action.
Too bad the dog is so unlovable! Four hours later I was still turning pages.
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I know better than to stay up all night, but I couldn't rest until Paisley Sterling got out of her latest predicament. This is the third book in the Paisley Sterling series, but my first to read. It has everything I needed and wanted in a book that night: Paisley is 42, with creaky knees and a contrary streak.
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She gets into dangerous situations more by accident than design. She's back on the family farm after her husband's disappearance during a revolution and her daughter Cassie is home from university for the Christmas holidays, all to the delight of Paisley's mother Anna, the eternal Southern Belle. Paisley writes hard-boiled detective stories under the pen name of Leonard Paisley. No problem, until now. A phone call from her literary agent in New York seems more of an annoyance than anything, but it sets a nightmare in motion. Again, no problem, until certain nasty types read the published article, which includes a color photo of Bert "looking handsome and sleuthlike in his black turtleneck and tweed jacket.
When someone tries to kill Bert, Paisley concludes that her paper detective has a flesh-and-blood enemy. Her latest book was inspired by information left on the hard drive of a used computer bought by Cassie.
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Paisley's reexamination of files on the disc sends her off to the army base outside of town. Before she can say "A-ha! I didn't mind losing sleep to read this one. I'll read again and again, while I'm waiting for the next one in this lovely series.