{"product_id":"the-alphabet-sleuths-9781448317295","title":"The Alphabet Sleuths","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDisposing of a body is as easy as A, B, C! Introducing the Alphabet Girls, four senior gal pals turned accidental sleuths--\u003c\/i\u003eThe Thursday Murder Club\u003ci\u003e meets \u003c\/i\u003eThe Golden Girls\u003ci\u003e, with a splash of \u003c\/i\u003eKillers of a Certain Age\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e At sixty-nine years old, Claire Reynolds is changing things up. She's volunteering. Learning to rollerblade. She's rescued a shelter dog. And today, she's killed a man. It wasn't on her to-do list, but stuff happens. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Besides, the man in question was strangling her good friend Daphne, and what's a gal to do? Scream, possibly. Call the cops. Or--at retired officer Daphne's insistence--call in the rest of their senior gal pals, roll up the body in a blanket, and toss it off a cliff. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The dead man is a member of the local crime family, and if the police get involved it's not just Daphne at risk, it's them all. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e But the body's just the start. Soon the Alphabet Girls--Atsuko, Barbara, Claire, and Daphne--must transform into the Alphabet Sleuths, if they're to keep both their liberty . . . and their lives. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eMeet Atsuko Kimura (75, retired journalist), Barbara Wright (age redacted, retired actress), Claire Reynolds (69, retired paralegal), and Daphne Cole (62, retired cop) in the first funny, fast-paced Alphabet Girls Mystery from award-winning author Laura Jensen Walker.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Severn House\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/03\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781448317295\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2025\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Laura Jensen Walker","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52085784608949,"sku":"9781448317295","price":25.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_734893f9-9fc5-4f07-ab41-f7436a52b692.jpg?v=1765295201","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-alphabet-sleuths-9781448317295","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}