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Glorified Rice with a Dollop of Whodunnit.Edie Fisker wants a normal life for her family in 1975 Minneapolis, but her nit-picky mother, erratic husband, and overactive son aren’t making normal easy. Their lives careen in a comical tailspin after discovering she inherited her uncle’s lake resort in northern Minnesota.Turns out her uncle’s death was anything but accidental, and the lakes up there are run by a powerful Norwegian men’s club, the Sons of Gunnar, dontcha know. So on top of keeping her husband and son in line, and only having one decent thing to wear, now she needs to solve a murder—and there are plenty of suspects to choose from.Better throw a potluck, then! But will she find out who killed Uncle Nat and why so many folks hate fruit cocktail in their glorified rice?Contains Minnesota humor. Uffda!
274 pages, Kindle Edition
Published October 24, 2021
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About the author
Chaunce Stanton
27 books13 followersChaunce Stanton is an American novelist whose work blends occult thriller, alternate history, and myth with a literary touch. His newest novel, The Angelus Key (2025), explores the hidden convergences between Hermetic ritual and modern technology, where ancient societies of magicians wage quiet wars that reach into our digital age.
Stanton has long been drawn to the margins of history, where forgotten lore and conspiracy overlap. His earlier novel The Blank Slate Boarding House for Creatives (2013) imagines 1922 New York as the battleground for rival masters of “mind magic,” including Harry Houdini. Grave of Songs (2020) unearths 19th-century Minnesota as a landscape of myth and buried secrets, weaving conspiracy and family tragedy into the American frontier.
Across genres and eras, his novels return to the same obsession: the unseen forces—political, spiritual, or arcane—that shape our lives, whether or not we choose to notice them.
Stanton has long been drawn to the margins of history, where forgotten lore and conspiracy overlap. His earlier novel The Blank Slate Boarding House for Creatives (2013) imagines 1922 New York as the battleground for rival masters of “mind magic,” including Harry Houdini. Grave of Songs (2020) unearths 19th-century Minnesota as a landscape of myth and buried secrets, weaving conspiracy and family tragedy into the American frontier.
Across genres and eras, his novels return to the same obsession: the unseen forces—political, spiritual, or arcane—that shape our lives, whether or not we choose to notice them.
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January 14, 2022
Fun romp through Minnesota
Doing for Minnesota what Carl Hiassen has done for Florida, Chaunce Stanton has delivered a funny, entertaining story replete with unique characters and interesting story lines. I enjoyed reading this book and am looking forward to book 2.
Doing for Minnesota what Carl Hiassen has done for Florida, Chaunce Stanton has delivered a funny, entertaining story replete with unique characters and interesting story lines. I enjoyed reading this book and am looking forward to book 2.
March 12, 2024
Rough Start
This was fun reading. It takes place in Minnesota and me thins places I’ve been. It kept me guessing. Famiiy dynamics.
This was fun reading. It takes place in Minnesota and me thins places I’ve been. It kept me guessing. Famiiy dynamics.
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