Hickory Dickory Stalk

E.J. Pugh #2

by Susan Rogers Cooper

E. J. Pugh, the mother of three and a romance novelist, is being harassed through her computer, her phone lines, and bank account, and she suspects the mischievous boy next door, until his naked corpse is found dead in the Pugh family car. Original.

Genres: Mystery

215 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published October 1, 1996

About the author

Susan Rogers Cooper is an American mystery novelist. A self-proclaimed "half fifth generation Texan; half Yankee", she sets her novels in Texas (the E.J. Pugh and Kimmey Kruse novels) and in Oklahoma (the Sheriff Milt Kovak novels). She is currently living in Central Texas, coming up with fresh new ways to get her characters into trouble.

Reviews

[Karen · Rating 2 out of 5]

Love her Milt series. This series is just too silly for my liking. Too many incidents, I really don’t connect with the characters. She saves her neighbor with a key from the previous owner, who was murdered , who buys a house where a family has been murdered, and doesn’t change the locks? Doesn’t everyone change locks when they buy a home? By then I finished it just to finish.

[Sheila Irons · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another great E. J. Pugh!!

If I had to choose between Susan Rogerrs Cooper's Milt Kovac and E J Pugh novels, I couldn't. Thankfully, I don't have to!

[Gail · Rating 3 out of 5]

EJ Pugh is a Juno-esque Texan, a stay at home mom raising three kids and writing romances. New neighbors have moved in and the teen aged boy seems to have a propensity for peeping, watching EJ in unnerving ways. Somehow her phone is making bogus 911 calls. Other things start to happen as their mail gets stolen and her royalty check cashed. Then the threats begin.

The teen from next door is then found murdered and stuffed naked in the back of her station wagon. As the threats escalate and the odd things begin to become violent, EJ asks questions to an unnerving conclusion.

This is a good series. EJ is funny and normal and part of what makes these stories is good is that everything is really very ordinary and normal, that is, until they are not. That is what is so unnerving and that is what is so likeable about EJ and her family.

[Jeanne Adamek · Rating 5 out of 5]

Not quite a cosy mystery--not quite a "plain" mystery, this story is somewhere between the two.

And because the book is an older one a lot of the things that the author writes about click with me, especially the way that the snarky main character, E.J., does her parenting. I had to laugh remembering my own parenting!

I have to admit that I figured out "who did it", but this did not erase the pleasure of reading this novel. I love the hominess of the story, and the interaction between E.J. and her husband Willis. It felt familiar and I felt at home.

[LJ · Rating 3 out of 5]

HICKORY, DICKORY STALK - G
Cooper, Susan Rogers - 2nd in E.J. Pugh series

E. J. Pugh, the mother of three and a romance novelist, is being harassed through her computer, her phone lines, and bank account, and she suspects the mischievous boy next door, until his naked corpse is found dead in the Pugh family car.

I'm not a big fan of the amateur sleuth but I did enjoy this and thought this book was better than the first in the series.

[Vicki Gooding · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent story. This author is touchable. (Too bad she's a liberal, lol). She has the ability to make the reader laugh, or cry, or remain intrigued at how she handles things. Her curiosity isn't always the wisest, but she comes out on top. Her mouth is a bit smuty but she's so likeable. I could just keep reading.

[Pat · Rating 2 out of 5]

Fairly simplistic story of a mom, E.J., who is being stalked.
Everyone in the book could be the stalker.
OK.

[Livia · Rating 4 out of 5]

A fast paced cozy mystery, love the sleuth, her husband and kids. A good hometown mystery with some excellent twist and turns.

[Clyde · Rating 3 out of 5]

cute!!! will read more of her bks!