Thistle and Twigg

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St. Martin's Publishing Group, Apr 17, 2007 - Fiction - 288 pages

Jane Thistle is a widow who has just settled down in Tullulah, Alabama, after a long and happy life with her husband, a career military officer whose job took them all over the world. But now that she's on her own, she's just as happy to have found this delightful small Southern town to call home. Her new best friend is Phoebe Twigg, also a widow, who has lived in Tullulah all her life. Phoebe is about as different as could be from the worldly and refined Jane Thistle, but her colorful personality and warm, welcoming Southern nature make them quite a team.

The two ladies become fast friends when they stumble on a dead body while on a walk in the woods near Jane's new house. And that's not all of the mysteries interrupting the slow life in Tullulah: Someone seems to be threatening Jane's neighbor, a local old recluse who seems to have more interest in the land than in its inhabitants; a firebomb explodes in Phoebe's kitchen; and unexplainable sounds and objects turn up at the strangest times in Jane's house. Jane and Phoebe quickly become partners in investigation in Mary Saums's funny and charming---and surprising---debut mystery.

 

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oneJane Thistle Arrives
two Phoebe Twigg Sets Things Straight
three Jane Goes to Phoebes House
four Phoebe Confides
five Jane Meets Her Neighbor
six Jane Tours Cals Land
seven Jane Gets a Proposition
eight Phoebe Drops In
twentyone Phoebe Deciphers a Phone Call
twentytwo Jane Meets the Burns
twentythree Phoebe Hits The Pool Cue
twentyfour Janes House Is Inspected
twenty five Phoebe Walks on the Refuge
twentysix Jane Confesses
twentyseven Phoebe About Town
twentyeight Jane and the Strange Letter

nine Jane Calls the Cops
ten Phoebe Disagrees
eleven Jane Has Company
twelve Phoebe Gets Her Hair Fixed
thirteen Jane Hears Cals Side of the Story
fourteen Phoebe Goes to Class
fifteen Jane Brings Phoebe Home
sixteen Phoebe Cant Sleep
seventeen Jane Has Midnight Visitors
eighteen Janes Phone Acts Up
nineteen Phoebe Goes to the Gun Show
twenty Jane Goes to Cals House
twentynine Phoebe Does a Stake Out
thirty Jane Finds Trouble
thirtyone Phoebe to the Rescue
thirtytwo Jane Finds Cal
thirtythree Jane Gets the Scoop
ThirtyfourJane Finds a Treasure
thirtyfive Jane and Phoebe Send Evil Packing
Acknowledgments
oneJane Thistle and the Bad Sign
twoPhoebe Twigg and the Woolly Mammoths
threeJane and the Disturbing Incident at the Pig
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MARY SAUMS was born and raised in northern Alabama. After college, she worked as a recording engineer in Muscle Shoals on gold and platinum albums by Bob Dylan, Roy Orbison, Jimmy Buffett, Glenn Frey, and others. Her poetry has won a Tennessee Writers Alliance Award. The author of several short stories and three previous novels, she lives in Nashville, Tennessee.

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