Frankly My Dear, I’m Dead

';Gone with the Wind fans will cozy up to this tale' of phony belles, reckless cads, and murder most Southernfirst in the Literary Tour Mystery series (Mystery Scene). Fresh from an ugly divorce, feisty Delilah Dickinson has high hopes for her new life and career, opening a literary-tour travel agency in Atlanta. First pick: Georgia's literary darling and Pulitzer Prize winner Margaret Mitchell. First stop: an old plantation modeled after Tara from Gone with the Windcomplete with an elegant dinner and dance and a company of game actors. But things go south fast. The mustachioed ham playing Rhett Butler is found dead in the garden, the victim of a fatal dose of Southern inhospitality. Before anyone can even think ';Where shall I go? What shall I do?' Delilah's son-in-law becomes a suspect and she takes over the investigation to clear his name. Now, holed up in a mansion with a full cast of characters, it's up Delilah to find which took on the role of a killer. ';In classic Agatha Christie fashion... Amusing, breathlessly quick.' Publishers Weekly

When Things Go Really South

No one is surprised when feisty Delilah Dickinson opens her own literary travel agency in Atlanta after her divorce. But during her first group's tour of an old plantation modeled after Tara fromGone with the Wind--complete with a full cast of actors--things go south really fast. The actor playing Clark Gable playing Rhett Butler is found dead, apparently the victim of a fatal dose of Southern in-hospitality. Before anyone can even think "Where shall I go? What shall I do?" Delilah finds herself taking over the investigation when the #1 suspect turns out to be her son-in-law. But life starts imitating art when the actors begin taking their roles a little too seriously--believing they actually are Ashley Wilkes, Scarlett O'Hara, and Melanie. Next stop: Sunset Boulevard.

"Amusing, breathlessly quick."Publishers Weekly

"Liva J. Washburn's mysteries are among the best."Mystery News

"Gone with the Wind fans will cozy up to this tale." --Mystery Scene