The King is Dead 'A Samantha Adams Mystery"

by Sarah Shankman | Mystery & Thrillers | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 0671734601 Global Overview for this book
Registered by nwpassage of Prince George, British Columbia Canada on 6/13/2007
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Journal Entry 1 by nwpassage from Prince George, British Columbia Canada on Wednesday, June 13, 2007
Bought today at Bibles for Missions thrift store - they were having a sale, 5 for $1! Available.

From the front cover:

SARAH SHANKMAN
A Samantha Adams Mystery
THE KING IS DEAD

"Sarah Shankman catches the dark, joyous eccentricity of the American South better than any writer since Pat Conroy. This is an absolute beast of a book." -- Anne Rivers Siddons

From the back cover:

"A slew of locals who run the gamut from delightful to dissolute to deranged -- sometimes all three. The killer's... comeuppance provides a fitting end to A ROLLICKING, RABELAISIAN SAGA -- SOUTHERN-STYLE. ANOTHER RICH AND RACY FUN-FEST FROM THIS GIFTED WRITER." -- Kirkus Reviews

Crime reporter Samantha Adams is working on a book called American Weird when her boyfriend, Harry Zack, persuades her to join him at a barbecue cookoff in Tupelo, Mississippi. As Harry puts it, the King's birthplace "ought to be lousy with weird". Besides, they're driving there in a genuine pink Cadillac....

THE KING IS DEAD

Also driving toward Tupelo is Mary Ann McClanahan, who more or less killed her worthless third husband, Carlin. She's discovered Carlin was already married to a woman in Tupelo who'll collect his life insurance -- unless Mary Ann does something about it. Then an 18-wheeler driven by a novice Elvis impersonator blows Mary Ann off the road into a snake farm. Before you can say "Hound Dog", Sam's giving mouth-to-mouth to a barbecue contestant zapped by his own electric smoker. At the Elvis Memorial McDonald's, Sam's little dog has to be rescued by a Biker for Jesus. When someone takes a potshot at Sam and Harry's host, who turns out to be the meanest man in town, and Lovie Rakestraw, a junior high classmate of Elvis, is found electrocuted in her whirlpool, things really start to cook....

"The plot is so crazy and so real.... This is Elmore Leonard with a Southern accent." -- Lia Matera

Journal Entry 2 by nwpassage from Prince George, British Columbia Canada on Saturday, October 27, 2007
Offered as a wishlist RABCK to bilbi

Journal Entry 3 by nwpassage from Prince George, British Columbia Canada on Thursday, November 29, 2007
Mailed today. Enjoy!

Journal Entry 4 by bilbi from Chambéry, Rhône-Alpes France on Friday, January 18, 2008
3 books received today !
Thank youuuuuuuuuuu !
It was my birthday on January, 15th ;-)
I was really really surprise to receive this parcel of 3 books \o/
I'm really keen on reading female detective novels and I love to discover new characters. And I must say that through BC I can read books that are not published in France yet or that would never be published here.
That's so great ! YOU'RE SO GREAT !
THANKS !



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Journal Entry 5 by bilbi from Chambéry, Rhône-Alpes France on Wednesday, January 30, 2008
I'm afraid I did not get into the book. Yet I'm very glad to have been introduced to Samantha Adams !
The book's going to a Tour of France ;-)

Journal Entry 6 by bibounde from Toulouse, Midi-Pyrénées France on Friday, February 8, 2008
Received today ! Thank you Bilbi !

Journal Entry 7 by Brujula from Valenciennes, Nord-Pas-de-Calais France on Monday, July 7, 2008
This book arrived in my mailbox today, from Quint-Fonsegrives... From the Sud-Ouest, to the Nord-Est!

Journal Entry 8 by Brujula from Valenciennes, Nord-Pas-de-Calais France on Friday, November 28, 2008
I've tried getting into this book, and I don't seem to be able to. I'm going to give it one last try before mailing it on.

Journal Entry 9 by Brujula at on Friday, January 16, 2009

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Journal Entry 10 by boucli from Toulouse, Midi-Pyrénées France on Saturday, January 24, 2009
Just received, it came as a surprise cause I had totally forgotten this ring !

thanks a lot

Journal Entry 11 by wingIcilawing from Nantes, Pays de la Loire France on Wednesday, August 5, 2009
Thanks Boucli ! I'am late to make the JE due to an affluence of children, familly, friends, etc...

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