Mood to Murder

Betty Trenka Mystery #4

by Joyce Christmas

DANCE TILL YOU DROP . . . DEAD!

It's spring, the daffodils are blooming, and the kids at East Moulton High are all revving up for their May Day prom. But Betty Trenka, temping in the principal's office, feels uneasy.

If only the other kids didn't pick so often on fourteen-year-old Tommy Rockwell, who already takes too much grief from his divorced parents. If only Tommy wasn't so friendly with sinister odd-job man Brad Melville and Brad's witchy soulmate, Raven. As hidden forces gather strength around her, Betty's uneasiness turns to dread--and the horror looming over the May Day festivities in the high school gym begins its inexorable unfolding. . . .

179 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published May 29, 1999

About the author

Joyce Christmas is the author of 11 mysteries published by Fawcett Gold Medal, eight featuring expatriate Brit in Manhattan, Lady Margaret Priam. A ninth Lady Margaret book, Going Out in Style, is scheduled for summer 1998. Her second series stars retired office manager, Betty Trenka, a senior sleuth who's facing the problems of aging, and finding a new life for herself. The most recent, Downsized to Death, was published in November, 1997, for a total of three in the series so far.