The Timberdale Retirement Center in Norman, Oklahoma, wasn't a place where old people went to die. It was a community of vital senior citizens who played, partied, and well, did whatever seemed of interest. The staff was caring and concerned, ensuring that the quality of life was everything that might be expected...especially by the families footing the bills. For Laura Michaels, single mother and graduate student in sociology at the University of Oklahoma, her job at Timberdale was not only rewarding - if you discounted ...
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The Timberdale Retirement Center in Norman, Oklahoma, wasn't a place where old people went to die. It was a community of vital senior citizens who played, partied, and well, did whatever seemed of interest. The staff was caring and concerned, ensuring that the quality of life was everything that might be expected...especially by the families footing the bills. For Laura Michaels, single mother and graduate student in sociology at the University of Oklahoma, her job at Timberdale was not only rewarding - if you discounted the center's manager, Mrs. Judith Epperman (who was in regular psychic contact with Cleopatra and, maybe, Queen Victoria) or social director Francie Blake, who insisted on pretending she was not aware of the fact that she was tall, strikingly blond, model-statuesque, and overwhelmingly sexy - but offered an opportunity to earn credit by running counseling sessions. Mrs. Epperman didn't approve. And no one approved of the discovery of Cora Chandler's body. Gave the center a bad name, upset the other residents, and didn't help at all in the planning of the next major social event of the season. That Maude Thuringer, a woman who loved a mystery and saw one in everything that happened, decided that Cora's death was by foul means, made things worse. Especially when Laura decided that Maude might just be right. Of course, things would be much easier if Maude hadn't decided that Laura was the prime suspect. And if Aaron Lassiter, the deputy sheriff, hadn't been quite so good-looking and just plain nice, and especially if Francie hadn't noticed that fact, too. And things would certainly have been easier if Laura hadn't been receiving those strange phone calls. Or been hit onthe head. Or if the next body hadn't been found...
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Fine. Same as picture, Ships First Class from Nevada, smooth spine, tight pages, pages yellowing so reduced price, 5/18. Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. 252 p. Laura Michaels Mystery. Audience: General/trade.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. BD3-An unread, tight, clean, sound copy in charcoal gray ppaer covered boards with metallic blue lettering and a graphic on the spine with only very minor overall shelf wear. The dust jacket shows very minor overall shelf wear plus it is price clipped. John Miles is a pseudonym. A mystery novel set in a retirement center in Norman, Oklahoma. A single mother and graduate student in sociology runs conseling sessions for college credit. A body is found and one of the residents who loves mysteries is certain the deaty was murder and the sociology student agrees. The mystery investigation ensues but becomes quickly compoicated. By the author of "A Permanent Retirement." 230p.
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New in As New jacket. Book 1st edition with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. "Vivid characters and romance dominate this charming mystery (the first in a projected series) set in a retirement home in Norman, Oklahoma. Single mother Laura Michaels, studying for her master's degree in social work and making a living as assistant manager of the Timberdale Retirement Center, is dismayed when she finds resident Cora Chandler dead in her apartment. Although Cora had been very sick, little things bother Laura, such as the lingering smell of cigarette smoke in the non-smoking woman's bedroom and the overpowering odor of Ben-Gay in the living room. Handsome deputy sheriff Aaron Lassiter decides that Cora died of natural causes, but Laura feels she must use her group sessions with various residents to find out if the dead woman had any enemies or if there might have been reasons for killing her. Laura gets a threatening note but persists in questioning Cora's friends. Then resident Milly Kett is found dead, her walker abandoned several feet from her body, the fumes of Ben-Gay again permeating the room. Miles, the pseudonym of a thriller writer, plugs in all the formula elements to make a very readable genteel mystery."--Publishers Weekly.
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Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. In protective mylar cover. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.
