The Old Buzzard Had It Coming: An Alafair Tucker Mystery

from grandpahobo

This is a nice, light mystery. The story is set in rural Oklahoma in 1912 (come to think of it, all of Oklahoma was probably rural in 1912). The mystery is not very complicated, although there are a few twists near the end. The thing that seemed far fetched to me was how this mother of 7 or 8 kid...

from grandpahobo

This is a nice, light mystery. The story is set in rural Oklahoma in 1912 (come to think of it, all of Oklahoma was probably rural in 1912). The mystery is not very complicated, although there are a few twists near the end. The thing that seemed far fetched to me was how this mother of 7 or 8 kid...

from grandpahobo

This is a nice, light mystery. The story is set in rural Oklahoma in 1912 (come to think of it, all of Oklahoma was probably rural in 1912). The mystery is not very complicated, although there are a few twists near the end. The thing that seemed far fetched to me was how this mother of 7 or 8 k...

from bookswoman

Very good book. Set in about 1908 it depicts a slice of life in Oklahoma that is long gone yet is fascinating to take a peek at - through the eyes of the people living there. The mystery surrounds two farm families, one fairly well-to-do, the other dirt poor with a vicious drunkard for a family h...

from ffortsa

Set in the 1910s in Oklahoma, this is as much a chronicle of the work of settled homesteaders as a mystery story. Alafair Tucker, a pioneer mother with nine living children, an adoring husband, and a reasonably prosperous farm, just can't sit back when a puzzle presents itself, especially if it i...