RUTH MOOSE is the 2013 winner of the Malice Domestic Best First Traditional Mystery Novel Competition. She's published collections of short stories and several collections of poetry. She was on the Creative Writing faculty at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for fifteen years and received the Chapman Award for teaching. She lives in Pittsboro, North Carolina.
Ruth Moose is at it again, using her considerable wit and humor to chronicle the lives of her small town Southeners, Wedding Bell Blues is a worthy successor to Doing it at the Dixie Dew.-- Ron Rash Beth is an appealing character, and the southern, small-town setting and the quirky secondary characters, especially Beth's employee, Ida Plum, are interesting and well drawn-- Booklist Plenty of quirky characters and Southern charm.--Kirkus Reviews The variety of personalities makes for a fun cast of characters.--Publishers Weekly "Moose's delightful first cozy, winner of the Malice Domestic Competition for Best First Traditional Mystery Novel, stars Beth McKenzie, who returns to her hometown of Littleboro, N.C., to open the Dixie Dew Bed and Breakfast...Little old ladies in gloves and hats, financial shenanigans, a large rabbit, and the fishbowl life of a small town add to the fun." --Publishers Weekly on Doing It at the Dixie Dew "Quirky characters, the beginnings of a romance, and the southern setting add to a story that will appeal to fans of Mary Daheim's Bed-and-Breakfast mysteries and Sarah Graves' Home Repair Is Homicide series." --Booklist on Doing It at the Dixie Dew "Welcome to the Dixie Dew where the mysterious Miss Lavinia Lovingood meets her unfortunate end in a small Southern town peopled with zany-and I might add, suspicious-characters. I felt right at home there, although I did look over my shoulder during the whole delightful visit. A cuddle-up-by-the-fire kind of book. Put on the kettle!" --Mignon F. Ballard, author of Miss Dimple Picks A Peck Of Trouble, on Doing It at the Dixie Dew
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