Is There a Dead Man in the House? - Softcover

Squire, Elizabeth Daniels

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9780425161425: Is There a Dead Man in the House?

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ISBN 10: 0425161420 ISBN 13: 9780425161425

Publisher: Berkley, 1998

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Overseeing the renovation of her stepmother's family home, Peaches finds the house's history fascinating, until she uncovers a century-old skeleton and her stepmother suffers a suspicious accident. Original.

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About the Author:

Award-winning mystery writer Elizabeth Daniels Squire was born into a world of words. Her grandfather, father and one of her aunts were successful authors, but still writing did not come easily to her. Due to a lifelong struggle with dyslexia, schoolwork presented her with great difficulties. Yet, gifted with resilience and a desire to succeed, Elizabeth found ways to cope with her disability and chose a career in journalism. As a reporter she covered murder trials and as a nationally syndicated columnist she wrote about the character and talents revealed in the hands of top celebrities in her classic palmistry how-to book Fortune In Your Hand. But it's her mysteries for which she is best known. Elizabeth drew on her own experiences when writing her mysteries. The idea for her first book came from her grandfather who was shot at by someone upset by one of his editorials. In his case, the murder didn't happen; but in Kill the Messenger (her first mystery, and only one not starring her absent-minded sleuth, Peaches Dann) a newspaper publisher is murdered.
Another of her books, Forget About Murder, was based on the fact that her grandmother hid a still in her attic for a neighbor who moonshining in order to feed his children. One of her dog's tricks gave her the idea for The Dog Who Remembered Too Much, the short story for which she won the prestigious Agatha Award.
Throughout her career, rather than hiding from her dyslexia, she embraced it. Peaches Dann, the sleuth who stars in most of her mysteries, suffers from an extraordinarily poor memory and is forced to find creative ways to overcome her forgetfulness in order to solve her cases.
Elizabeth lived with her husband on an organic farm in the mountains of western North Carolina, where her books are set. She died in February 2001 returning from a book promotion tour to Alaska. In November 2006, she was the first mystery author ever inducted into the North Carolina Literary Hall of Fame.

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"A talent to watch!"
-- Kirkus Reviews (Kirkus Review )

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