The old buzzard had it coming: an Alafair Tucker mystery
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One winter evening in 1912, in the woods outside of Boynton, Oklahoma, abusive and drunken Harley Day surprises his son John Lee and the neighbor girl Phoebe Tucker in a lovers' tryst. An hour later, when John Lee walks his beloved home, Phoebe's mother, Alafair Tucker, suspects that something is amiss. How could she know her daughter has been involved in a violent confrontation that will make Phoebe and her beau murder suspects? At supper that evening, over bowls of soupy beans and buttery cornbread, Alafair, her husband Shaw, and their nine lively children, much amused that Phoebe has a boyfriend, discuss the unfortunate Day family. The Days are tormented by their evil father, who beats his wife, mistreats his children, and wastes their money. The mother is helpless, and the eldest daughter, Maggie Ellen, has run away, leaving only 19-year-old John Lee and his 13-year-old sister Naomi to care for the younger children and keep the family from destitution.
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Casey, D. (2017). The old buzzard had it coming: an Alafair Tucker mystery. First trade paperback edition. Scottsdale, AZ, Poisoned Pen Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Casey, Donis. 2017. The Old Buzzard Had It Coming: An Alafair Tucker Mystery. Scottsdale, AZ, Poisoned Pen Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Casey, Donis, The Old Buzzard Had It Coming: An Alafair Tucker Mystery. Scottsdale, AZ, Poisoned Pen Press, 2017.
MLA Citation (style guide)Casey, Donis. The Old Buzzard Had It Coming: An Alafair Tucker Mystery. First trade paperback edition. Scottsdale, AZ, Poisoned Pen Press, 2017.
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