His mother is coming into town for the holiday, and Robin wants her to meet Roe's parents. Roe is feeling surrounded by cheating spouses Robin is flirting with one of Roe's co-workers. Some interesting events are taking place in Roe's slightly-more-than-fledgling relationship with Robin Crusoe, a mystery writer. They are actually relieved to have him at Roe's house, pretty much a major about-face in terms of their previous feelings about Roe being on the same continent with their son. Phillip has hitchhiked from California to Georgia, without telling his parents where he is headed. Roe's life is complicated even more when her brother teenage brother Phillip turns up. This all happens the week of Thanksgiving, always a time of high stress in large and blended families. Poppy is a very active woman, and there are many reasons for lots of people to not like her very much. One of Roe's former boyfriends is the chief investigator (a blatant conflict of interest), and he is by turns helpful and obstructive to Roe. When it turns out that the obvious suspects (the husband, the current lover) can be ruled out, Roe pursues other, not so obvious leads. Poppy doesn't show up because someone has stabbed Poppy numerous times and Poppy is dead. Aurora (Roe) Teagarden, and her stepsister-in-law Melinda are waiting at the luncheon meeting of their book group (the Uppity Women's Reading and Lunch Club) for Melinda's sister Poppy to show up, since she is being inducted.
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