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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
About the author
Chaunce Stanton
30 books14 followersChaunce Stanton writes across genres, but lately his compass keeps pointing toward the Midwest.
The Little Prairie Mysteries series follows Ellie Merritt, a heritage content creator with a fondness for Laura Ingalls Wilder, questionable footwear for the terrain, and a talent for stumbling into situations that somehow become hers. The series blends cozy mystery with small-town Midwestern atmosphere, dry humor, and the kind of historical obsessiveness that gets you in trouble at museum board meetings.
Book 1, A Little Drama on the Prairie, is set in Walnut Grove, Minnesota, during the Wilder Days festival. Book 2, A Little Scandal on the Prairie, moves the trouble to Pepin, Wisconsin — the disputed birthplace of Laura Ingalls Wilder — where a missing map and a lien on the wrong property suggest someone has been managing history rather than preserving it.
Stanton's earlier work includes occult thrillers (The Angelus Key, The Blank Slate Boarding House for Creatives) and the historical novel Grave of Songs. All of them are about the stories people decide to tell, and the ones they quietly bury.
He lives in the upper Midwest, where the winters are long and where people fear spicy foods.
The Little Prairie Mysteries series follows Ellie Merritt, a heritage content creator with a fondness for Laura Ingalls Wilder, questionable footwear for the terrain, and a talent for stumbling into situations that somehow become hers. The series blends cozy mystery with small-town Midwestern atmosphere, dry humor, and the kind of historical obsessiveness that gets you in trouble at museum board meetings.
Book 1, A Little Drama on the Prairie, is set in Walnut Grove, Minnesota, during the Wilder Days festival. Book 2, A Little Scandal on the Prairie, moves the trouble to Pepin, Wisconsin — the disputed birthplace of Laura Ingalls Wilder — where a missing map and a lien on the wrong property suggest someone has been managing history rather than preserving it.
Stanton's earlier work includes occult thrillers (The Angelus Key, The Blank Slate Boarding House for Creatives) and the historical novel Grave of Songs. All of them are about the stories people decide to tell, and the ones they quietly bury.
He lives in the upper Midwest, where the winters are long and where people fear spicy foods.
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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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