Basket Case
Sep 2015 · A Silver Six Mystery Book 1 · Penguin
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First in the Silver Six Crafting Mystery Series!
There isn’t much crime in Lilyvale, Arkansas, but local authorities have their hands full with Ms. Sherry Mae Stanton Cutler and her housemates—a crafty group of retirees who’ve dubbed themselves the Silver Six. But when Sherry Mae’s niece, Nixy, arrives to keep them in line, Lilyvale also plays host to a killer.
When Leslee Stanton “Nixy” Nix gets the latest call from Lilyvale detective Eric Shoar, she knows it means trouble. There’s been another kitchen explosion at her Aunt Sherry’s farmhouse, and the dreamy-voiced detective has had enough. If Nixy doesn’t check on her aunt in person, the Silver Six could become wards of the court. But the trouble Nixy finds in Lilyvale is not at all what she expects.
The seniors are hosting a folk art festival at the farmhouse, featuring Sherry’s hand-woven baskets, when land developer Jill Elsman arrives to bully Nixy’s aunt into selling the property. When Jill is later found dead in the cemetery, Sherry is suspected of weaving a murder plot, and it’s up to Nixy and the Silver Six to untangle the truth.
RECIPES AND CRAFTING TIPS INCLUDED!
There isn’t much crime in Lilyvale, Arkansas, but local authorities have their hands full with Ms. Sherry Mae Stanton Cutler and her housemates—a crafty group of retirees who’ve dubbed themselves the Silver Six. But when Sherry Mae’s niece, Nixy, arrives to keep them in line, Lilyvale also plays host to a killer.
When Leslee Stanton “Nixy” Nix gets the latest call from Lilyvale detective Eric Shoar, she knows it means trouble. There’s been another kitchen explosion at her Aunt Sherry’s farmhouse, and the dreamy-voiced detective has had enough. If Nixy doesn’t check on her aunt in person, the Silver Six could become wards of the court. But the trouble Nixy finds in Lilyvale is not at all what she expects.
The seniors are hosting a folk art festival at the farmhouse, featuring Sherry’s hand-woven baskets, when land developer Jill Elsman arrives to bully Nixy’s aunt into selling the property. When Jill is later found dead in the cemetery, Sherry is suspected of weaving a murder plot, and it’s up to Nixy and the Silver Six to untangle the truth.
RECIPES AND CRAFTING TIPS INCLUDED!
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4.9
9 reviews
Judi Whitton Easley
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August 9, 2019
Basket Case Silver Six series #1 Nancy Haddock Berkley, Sep 2015 306 pages Cozy mystery, Senior Cozy, Hometown Cozy Purchased for Kindle app ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The cover is so perfect for the story with the lovely old house looking so welcoming. The exact way you picture Aunt Sherry’s home. The glasses frames lined up in the yellow banner across the top are for the six residents of the house, the six seniors involved in the story. The artwork is wonderful, absolutely right for this book. The story is interesting and has the requisite number of twists and turns and a dead body in the cemetery as well as a mild flirtation with the local detective on the case. “Leslee Stanton Nix, Nixy to her friends”, has a job she loves in the art world in the city and an elderly aunt living in the family house in the country, a town her family actually founded. Her aunt has taken in boarders, five to be exact. They seem to be causing a stir up in their little corner of the country and the local detective is pressuring Nixy to come and do something about it before he has to take some legal action against Miss Sherry. But getting ahead in the city and visiting her aunt in the country aren’t compatible. Her boss isn’t giving her emergency leave and the detective isn’t budging either. Now or he’ll have to do something. So Nixy heads for Lilyvale. It’s amusing, amazing, and amounted to much more than I had expected from the cover. There’s moonshine, scurrilous land deals, artists & crafters, friends helping friends, and a ghost. It’s fast-paced and the tension is high. Nixy has to figure out what the seniors’ secrets are and then solve the murder case with the detective who is handsome and even smells good. This is the first book in the series and there are two more books so far. Highly recommended for readers of cozy mysteries, especially those who appreciate the senior touch.
Bonnie Drummond
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September 6, 2017
If you ever want to read a funny book about family and their Friends and what they can get into and keep the family hopping to keep up with you and there friends after they retire then Basket Case is for you.
Linda
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March 17, 2019
Great read. Will read all of this series. The characters were so wonderful the plot captivating. Can't say. Enoough of what a great read.
About the author
Nancy Haddock is the national bestselling author of the Silver Six Crafting Mysteries, as well as the paranormal novels La Vida Vampire, Last Vampire Standing, and Always the Vampire. A native Oklahoman and longtime resident of Texas with family roots in Arkansas, she now makes her home in the fascinating city of St. Augustine, Florida. A former speech pathologist and high school teacher, Nancy lives with her husband and a rescue dog named Baron in a little pink house on the beach with a fake flamingo in her front yard.
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