A Case of Imagination

A Madeline Maclin Mystery

Jane Tesh

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Poisoned Pen Press
09 February 2006

Crime & Mystery

Series: Madeline Maclin Series

A Case of Imagination is Jane Tesh's playful first mystery, the start of a series by an author who admires Terry Pratchett, Martha Grimes, Carl Hiaasen, and P.G. Wodehouse.

On this nice July morning in Parkland, North Carolina, the office of Madeline Maclin Investigations might as well have been an Egyptian tomb- hot, dusty, and dead. It doesn't help that her landlord Reid Kent, does a brisk business and briskly hits on Mac to rejoin his agency. He maintains no one will hire a former Miss Parkland as a serious PI.

Mac has been friends forever with Jerry Fairweather. Jerry claims to be psychic and is, unlike his two brothers, somewhat screwy. And he refuses to claim a share in the Fairweather fortune. But he shares some good news with Mac-his Uncle Val has died and left him a house. The two friends drive out to Celosia, a half hour away, where they discover a local beauty pageant in trouble and a house just perfect for setting up shop. A Psychic Shop. The arrival of lawyer Olivia, Jerry's shark-like girlfriend, rouses both Mac's interest in the mystery at the pageant and the one in her own heart. And then comes the first murder.

By: Jane Tesh
Imprint: Poisoned Pen Press
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: US trade ed
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 140mm, Spine: 15mm
Weight: 311g
ISBN: 9781590583609
ISBN 10: 1590583604
Series: Madeline Maclin Series
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 09 February 2006
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Jane Tesh is a retired media specialist and pianist for the Andy Griffith Playhouse in Mt. Airy, North Carolina. She is the author of the popular Madeline Maclin Mysteries and the Grace Street Mysteries.

Reviews for A Case of Imagination: A Madeline Maclin Mystery

Beauty pageant tomfoolery and psychic shenanigans add comic zest to Tesh's cozy debut. Madeline Mac Maclin, the former Miss Parkland of Parkland, N.C., is a struggling PI and a young divorce in hot pursuit of clients and even hotter pursuit of romance with Jerry Fairweather. When Jerry asks Mac to check out his new inheritance, a spooky old house in the nearby town of Celosia, she jumps at the chance. Soon Mac finds herself investigating the murder of a contestant at the local beauty pageant as well as the haunting of a famous romance author's neurotic husband, though her slapdash sleuthing is more reminiscent of Nancy Drew than, say, Kay Scarpetta. While Jerry renovates his new digs, he contemplates launching a haunted B and B with Olivia Decker, Mac's main rival for Jerry's affections. At times Tesh writes as if she doesn't know where she wants to go - zany, romantic, serious? - but hopefully she'll develop a more consistent tone as she hones her craft in later entries in the series. (Feb.) --Publisher's Weekly