Book Description
Librarians seldom have as much fun--or as many direct references to dead bodies--as Miss Helma Zuckas, master sleuth and loaner of all things literary. When Miss Zuckas, librarian to the core, starts digging in the family archives, she turns up some deadly secrets. Unless she can learn the whole story, the final chapters are about to be written as a tale of mystery, mayhem...and murder.


About the Author
Jo Dereske grew up in western Michigan and is a former librarian who now lives with her husband in the northwest corner of Washington state. She is currently at work on the sixth book in the Miss Zukas series.

FROM THE PUBLISHER

Librarian Helma Zukas usually keeps her home as well organized as the library where she works so she never expected a visit from her elderly Aunt Em to turn her life into a chaos and provide her with the makings of a hair-raising whodunit. The moment Helma and her fearless friend Ruth arrive at the airport to pick up the slightly dotty dowager, the trouble begins when the dear lady's purse is snatched.

Thinking the incident is safely filed away, they are shocked to arrive home with the recovered puse only to discover the dead body of the would-be thief outside Helma's apartment. Helma can't believe her favorite aunt would be involved in anything unsavory but, with a little investigation, she discovers that Aunt Em's life is not quite an open book. It appears that some dark secrets are about to come to light, and unless Helma can learn the whole story, the final chapters are about to be written as a tale of mystery, mayhem...and murder.

FROM THE CRITICS

Monica Pope

...[T]he characters are suitably defined, and the mystery is well depicted....While the book may be unrealistic, its strength is in pairing Helma and the other exaggerated characters together to create a light parody of real-life....Final Notice is worth checking out; it is enjoyable and light-hearted with a particularly curious and anecdotal plot. — The Mystery Reader.com

Monica Pope - The Mystery Reader.com

...[T]he characters are suitably defined, and the mystery is well depicted....While the book may be unrealistic, its strength is in pairing Helma and the other exaggerated characters together to create a light parody of real-life....Final Notice is worth checking out; it is enjoyable and light-hearted with a particularly curious and anecdotal plot.

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