PERHAPS A GIFT VOUCHER FOR MUM?: MOTHER'S DAY
R. J. Lee follows in the mystery-writing footsteps of his father, R. Keene Lee, who wrote fighter pilot and detective stories for Fiction House, publishers of WINGS Magazine and other 'pulp fiction' periodicals in the late '40's and '50's. Lee was born and grew up in the Mississippi River port of Natchez but also spent thirty years living in the Crescent City of New Orleans. A graduate of the University of the South (Sewanee) where he studied creative writing under Sewanee Review editor, Andrew Lytle, Lee now resides in Oxford, Mississippi.
Lee vividly captures life in a quirky southern town ruled by a rich elite, and heightens interest with a plot that exposes past secrets and a budding romance. --Booklist A compulsively readable series debut, dripping in Southern charm, for a clever sleuth whose bridge skills break the case. --Kirkus Reviews Lee (the Cherry Cola Book Club series, as Ashton Lee) deals a winning hand with his welcome mystery debut.... An attractive protagonist, plenty of Southern charm, a long suit of colorful characters, and a plot that comes up trumps at the surprising end all bode well for future installments. --Publishers Weekly
