{"product_id":"9781933523064","title":"Death of a Dunwoody Matron (Sheila Travis Series #5)","description":"2005 Tradepaper reprint. Fifth in the Sheila Travis Mysteries.\u003cp\u003eWhat does a Dunwoody matron wear to a funeral? Her black tennis dress.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt's no joke, however, when the funeral is given for your high school\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ebuddy's wife, and she has been brutally murdered.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSheila Travis, successful corporate executive and attractive fortyish\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewidow, has met Yvonne Delacourt once, at a party. Yvonne is stunning,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eambitious -- and intensely disliked. Under the local residents'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003egracious veneer of Southern hospitality, Sheila senses their seething\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eantagonism to young Mrs. Delacourt.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Yvonne is found stabbed to death, the police focus on her\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehusband, Walt, as the most likely suspect. Sheila sets out to clear\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe pal of her youth by finding out more about those Dunwoody\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eresidents who loathed the alluring victim. The spirited search\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ereveals dark secrets more carefully kept than the manicured lawns of\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethis exclusive enclave -- from a respected matron's double life, to a\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eretired couple's vile secret, to an arrogant gardener who has no\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003egardening tools. But the real shocker comes when Sheila, following\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003elurid hints about Yvonne's slippery past, arrives in the dead woman's\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFlorida hometown. Horrific discoveries reveal a soul-chilling evil\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand elicit unexpected sympathy for Yvonne's killer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBack in Dunwoody, Sheila finds her emotions stirred by an undeniably\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eappealing man with a disturbing connection to the crime. Her maverick\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003einvestigation startlingly reveals that the biggest secret of all was\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYvonne's.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bella Rosa Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47058216681712,"sku":"9781933523064","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781933523064_p0.jpg?v=1763640476","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781933523064","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}