"A Killer Reenactment"
Musket Ball Murder
By: Leslie Langtry
Genres: Mystery Cozy | Mystery
Posted: March 24, 2020
Ex-CIA operative Merry didn’t sign up for this, but here she is in the middle of a Civil War reenactment in Bladdersly, Iowa. The Battle of Idiot Creek was a ten- minute affair with the hero being a pet skunk named Orville, but it is now being stretched into a three-day extravaganza to bring in some tourists to their small community. Merry along with best friend and fellow troop leader, Kelly, and their Girl Scout troop are in for an adventure of a lifetime that wasn’t supposed to include a real murder or a ten-year-old scout sneaking out for poker night. In the heat of the Iowa summer, in full 19th Century attire, Merry definitely has her hands full.
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MUSKET BALL MURDER is a fun, light-hearted cozy mystery that will have readers laughing along with Merry, Kelly, and the girls. This story starts with a bang (mainly the scouts stealing Merry’s credit card and ordering a cannon) and doesn’t stop. On day one Merry finds a severed leg in the amputation tent and it disappears almost as quickly as it was found. Merry also could have sworn she saw a dead man during the first battle reenactment, but it is quickly dismissed by the local Sheriff. Only close friend and medical examiner Soo Jim also thinks there is something amiss. What ensues is total chaos and the hilarious antics of the troop, much to the dismay of co-leader of the troop, Kelly, who seems to be taking this whole reenactment a little too seriously, especially with the Provost.
MUSKET BALL MURDER is the fourteenth installment in this series but it can be read as a stand-alone. This is the first book I have read in this series, or by this author, and I can promise I will be going back to the beginning of this series and digging in.
Book Summary
From USA Today bestselling author Leslie Langtry comes a Civil War reenactment, a missing body, and one ex-CIA agent turned Girl Scout Troop leader with hilarious results!
Merry Wrath has a problem. Her Girl Scout Troop co-leader has signed them up to participate in a Civil War reenactment based on the little-known Battle of Idiot Creek. In full 19th century costume, Merry is just hoping she can keep her troop out of trouble.
Unfortunately, things start to fall apart immediately—from the cannon the kids buy with her credit card, to one girl sneaking off at night to beat the other reenactors at poker, to avoiding a rumble between her troop and the haughty Magnolia Girls.
But things take a sharp turn for the worse when a real human leg appears in the pretend amputation tent…only to disappear while Merry's guarding it. The rest of the body doesn’t seem to exist, making Merry wonder if she’s losing her mind... or if there's a murderer among them. To complicate things, Merry's ex CIA handler, Riley, appears as a dashing cavalry officer investigating a real case, her married best friend is swooning over the Sam Elliot-like Provost, and during the battles, a tiny Union soldier appears to be running guerrilla ops that weren’t in the script.
With a group of soldiers threatening Merry, the Sheriff refuses to investigate, and the danger mounting, can Merry prove that there was a murder before the reenactment ends?
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by: Leslie Langtry
Gemma Halliday Publishing
April 1, 2020
On Sale: March 24, 2020
Featuring: Merry Wrath
ISBN: 1947110985
EAN: 9781947110984
Kindle: B0846T6LWM
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