{"product_id":"vengeance-is-mine-a-chautauqua-murder-mystery-paperback","title":"Vengeance Is Mine: A Chautauqua Murder Mystery - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDeb Pines\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eVengeance is Mine is the fifth book in Deb Pines' traditional whodunit Chautauqua Mysteries featuring the wise and witty reporter sleuth of a certain age Mimi Goldman.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"An Agatha Christie for the text-message age,\" IndieReader calls the series.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt's the Fourth of July in 2017 when this mystery starts with a bang. Maureen Donahue, a Black Lives Matter filmmaker and speaker at the historic Chautauqua Institution, is killed at a raucous holiday concert -- amid the orchestra's roar and audience's popping paper bags, to simulate cannon fire at the end of Tchaikovsky's \"1812 Overture.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA stalker who followed Donahue to Chautauqua, a peaceful, leafy, cottage-filled, lakeside summer arts community, is quickly arrested. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe stalker's brother asks Mimi to help clear him. She's skeptical. She has her own wedding to plan. But, of course, the \u003ci\u003eChautauquan Daily\u003c\/i\u003e reporter and relentless snoop, can't resist. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith help from her computer-savvy son Jake, Mimi sifts through layers of secrets -- of a shadowy piano teacher, a racist personal trainer and chatty chime-master, among others -- and realizes: she's been asking all the wrong questions. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe right ones unearth an ugly buried secret that puts Mimi close, maybe too close, to the real killer. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFans of Agatha Christie and Louise Penny and \"Only Murders in the Building\" will enjoy this twist-filled mystery \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e calls, \"An engaging mystery with a late twist and an especially satisfying ending.\"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDeb Pines is an award-winning headline writer and copy editor for The New York Post. A former reporter, she's also a mother of two, a former committee chair of the Mystery Writers of America, New York chapter, and a special-studies teacher in the Chautauqua Institution where her novels are set. Her debut 2013 Mimi Goldman mystery, In the Shadow of Death, is a top-seller in the Institution. Her 2017 novel Beside Still Waters, was named an IndieReader-Approved Title. She lives in New York City with her husband Dave.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 262\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.59 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 29, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42741795225663,"sku":"9781723179822","price":30.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/12584f54cb82189de2bf3e596ad45e2e.webp?v=1765161771","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/vengeance-is-mine-a-chautauqua-murder-mystery-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}