Life and Death in Narrow Creek
Life and Death in Narrow Creek by Patsy Pridgen, published by Gatekeeper Press on November 10, 2021, is a fiction work set in the small town of Narrow Creek, North Carolina. The story unfolds in 1982, where Dee Ann Bulluck, a young wife, mother, and technical college instructor, finds her peaceful life disrupted by the sudden death of her landlord, Floyd Powell. As she investigates the circumstances surrounding his demise, Dee Ann becomes embroiled in a mystery that reveals darker elements of Floyd’s life, including bootlegging, while also navigating her own domestic challenges.
Readers will follow Dee Ann as she teams up with Floyd’s wife, Miss Josie, to prove her innocence amid a backdrop of small-town dynamics and social issues of the early 1980s. The narrative captures the essence of community life, with Dee Ann balancing her investigation alongside her responsibilities, including choir practice and caring for her young daughter. This edition, comprising 244 pages, offers a blend of humor and insight, making it a notable addition to the cozy mystery genre.
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It’s 1982, and Dee Ann Bulluck has enjoyed three peaceful years as a young wife, mother, and technical college instructor since moving to a backyard apartment in small-town Narrow Creek, North Carolina. Then her landlord Floyd Powell dies while sitting in his recliner on a calm Saturday morning. Turns out, his death is due to something more sinister than his diet of honey buns and Pepsi Colas, and the major suspect is Miss Josie, his wife of thirty-five years.
Convinced of Miss Josie’s innocence-and by the fact that if her landlady goes to jail, she and husband Joe will likely lose their sweet deal of an apartment-Dee Ann agrees to help Miss Josie prove her innocence. Their bumbling investigation manages to reveal Floyd’s involvement in some unsavory enterprises, including bootlegging. The reappearance of Miss Josie’s long-lost beau and the meddling of her overbearing, big-city daughter complicate their amateur sleuthing.
Her landlord may be dead, but Dee Ann is busy with life: Monday night choir practice at the Methodist church, house-hunting with Joe, and controlling mischievous three-year-old Heather. She barely has time to hide in Miss Josie’s closet to eavesdrop or creep through the woods looking for a still. Will Miss Josie wind up in the big house while Dee Ann ends up with no house?
Like its heroine Dee Ann Bulluck, Life and Death in Narrow Creek is smart and sassy, witty and insightful. Readers will discover a cozy mystery warmed by the culture yet complicated by the social issues of the early 1980s in a small Southern town.
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