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Orange as Marmalade (Biscuit McKee Mysteries Book 1) Kindle Edition

by Fran Stewart (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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Meet Marmalade and Biscuit. This saucy cat and her human find a body in the library, and the fun begins. No one in Martinsville, a small town in northeastern Georgia, admits to knowing why Harlan Schneider was in the library. Clues seem to point to someone local, but nobody asks Marmalade.

 

Then, when Biscuit's accident-prone sister visits, pursued by a creepy former boyfriend, Marmalade sees what's happening, but her humans just won't listen to her. So she decides to take matters into her own paws.

 

Marmalade is not the detective. She is a cat. She just happens to make comments her people don't ever understand.

 

Grab a cup of tea, sit back, and enjoy this snappy debut novel, with its chatty cat and charming characters.

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    June 19, 2022
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0B3Q1TPL3
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ My Own Ship Press (June 19, 2022)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ June 19, 2022
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 451 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 212 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.1 4.1 out of 5 stars 104 ratings

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Fran Stewart

Fran Stewart

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As a child in an Air Force family, I moved around a lot. So often that I attended high school in three different states. I found myself dreaming of small-town life, neighbors knowing neighbors, and everyone attending the town social. When I began to write mysteries it made sense - they would take place in the small quaint town I always wanted—except for the murders...

I've completed the 3-book ScotShop Mystery Series, the 11-book Biscuit McKee Series, A Slaying Song Tonight and, in nonfiction, a book to help aspiring writers (From The Tip Of My Pen) as well as my 6-volume beekeeping memoir (BeesKnees) and my 3-volumes CLEAR series of mini-memoirs. Now my focus is on teaching people how to write the stories of their lives.

My latest endeavor is AFTER I DIE: WHAT MY EXECUTOR WILL NEED TO KNOW, a book designed to help people gather the vital information their executor will need in order to carry out their wishes after death.

An upcoming fantasy novella, TURNAROUND, will feature gentle blue-scaled four-eyed creatures with uncanny healing powers. They live in an alternate reality of the town of Russell Gap, which was first introduced to the readers of my Biscuit McKee Mystery Series. Biscuit and Marmalade make cameo appearances in TURNAROUND.

I, along with assorted rescue cats, live and write quietly among the trees beside a creek on the other side of Hog Mountain in Georgia. In my spare time, I love to read, sing, knit, put together jigsaw puzzles, and feed the birds. Should I ever crave the attention of canines, my Australian Shepherd grand-dog lives nearby and provides lots of doggie licks and laughter.

Thank you for clearing this up,

Always looking for inspiration, I live my life with enthusiasm, excitement, and positive expectancy.

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Nash Black
5.0 out of 5 stars Marmalade, the cat.
Reviewed in the United States on November 1, 2009
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Fran Stewart introduce Biscuit McKee and her library cat in ORANGE AS MARMALADE. Martinsville is an idyllic small town in northern Georgia, a place of the mind rather than real for all of us who adore small vistas where everyone has a place and a reason for existing.
Less than a month into her new job as curator of Martinsville's library Marmalade and then Biscuit discover a body of a young man on the third floor of the library. He is the last person anyone could imagine being murdered, but his death bring an unexpected gift to Biscuit in the personage of Bob Sheffield who is the lone police officer.
Bob inherited the job created by the town charter from his father and has never had to deal with a murder. The story is told in a series of flash backs as Biscuit and Bob prepare for their wedding under the knowing eyes of the inhabitants of Martinsville, which doesn't need a newspaper as the telephone lines spread all the news.
A great beginning for two wonderful characters who will delve their way into your heart.
Nash Black, author of Indie finalists WRITING AS A SMALL BUSINESS and HAINTS.
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Beckett Shiona
4.0 out of 5 stars A True "Cozy" Mystery
Reviewed in the United States on November 6, 2012
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A truly pleasant read. Well-drawn characters, well written, minimal blood/gore/police procedure, descriptions of the sort of town we all know does not exist but dearly wish DID exist so we could immediately move to it, a cat who (just like my own) comments on everything, yet remains a genuine cat. I immediately ordered the rest of the series and am thoroughly enjoying them, also.
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Rhubarb
3.0 out of 5 stars Pretty Good Chick Lit
Reviewed in the United States on February 25, 2012
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A cozy little mystery in a picture perfect town with quaint characters, a lovely setting. Each stereotype perfectly represented here.

At first, I enjoyed the detailed descriptions of the town as well as the mystery story itself, not to mention the comments by the cat. But then the little town got described again and again, every house, every yard, every occupant, every store, every proprietor. You think I'm going on and on? You should read this book!

Curtains and gardens and soups and sprouts and ... and ....

However, if you like this genre, you'll appreciate it probably far more than I did. The writing style was easy to read, the plot adequate, the cat perhaps the best character.

I'm wondering about the next book. Maybe if the author has all of the descriptions out of her system, we can get on with the story.
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M. Manning
5.0 out of 5 stars Fun Read
Reviewed in the United States on April 14, 2012
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An exceptionally well written mystery story. Takes place in a small picture-perfect town where the "good guy" is found murdered. Say it ain't so! Who could be a person of interest when every resident is a nice, well respected citizen? Ask the damn cat! He (might be a she, I forgot) purrs, rubs against your leg, hops on your lap trying to get your attention, even onto the window-sil when he spots a suspicious person in in the backyard! But does anybody notice? Heck no! They scratch his ears, and drop a morsel of food. Characters are strong, believable, likeable. This story will keep you guessing.
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kat
4.0 out of 5 stars Good book, easy read
Reviewed in the United States on March 1, 2012
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I found this book to be entertaining and a good easy read. I really enjoyed the cat's comments and additions to the story. It didn't quite get 5 stars due to the fact that some of the descriptions were a.bit much. I would certainly consider reading / purchasing the other Biscuit McKee books, I received this one for free on my kindle.
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Carolyn Goodart
5.0 out of 5 stars A visit to Georgia
Reviewed in the United States on April 30, 2010
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This book invites you into the charms of a small town in Georgia. I enjoyed the atmosphere and slower pace of life in Martinsville, a little river town. And, as part of a series, the author promises to conclude a town mystery. This story's plot is like a puzzle as the characters become interconnected and has a very satisfying folksy flavor. What was most enjoyable for me was the way the mystery almost solved itself. And, being a cat lover, I was pleased that the hero of the "tale" was a very brave cat! Marmalade!
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Gloria Gass
4.0 out of 5 stars It was a delight to turn every page
Reviewed in the United States on April 11, 2015
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Creative, unpredictable, and more amusing than I had anticipated. Marmalade made me laugh out loud with her reaction to her frustrating humans. It was a delight to turn every page, except the last on. Thank you, Fran Stuart.
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Nadine J. Jones
3.0 out of 5 stars Cozy cat, cozy characters
Reviewed in the United States on October 24, 2012
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I enjoyed this book, however everyone except the villians were perhaps a little too "cozy". With a rural, small town setting it seems everyone knows everyone else. The story line was very disjointed, but easy enough to follow. Unfortunately, it is a book I was easily able to set down and come back to days later. Both villians in the story were equally detestible and the reader is thoroughly pleased when they are caught. Unfortunately, by contrast the victim was very likeable and you genuinely regretted his demise.
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Damaskcat
4.0 out of 5 stars Delightful quirky mystery
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 6, 2012
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Biscuit - Christened Bisque by her parents - is a widow with grown up children. She has been a librarian in a small town for over a year and has made friends with the library cat - Marmalade. Just after she moved to the town there was a murder in the library which has never been solved but it led to Biscuit meeting and falling in love with the local cop - Bob Sheffield. Now she is looking forward to their wedding and enjoying her reunion with her sister - Glaze. Things are starting to happen which could be to do with Glaze's past following her or they could just provide the solution to the year old unsolved murder.

This could have been a bit too twee because Marmalade the cat has a voice in the story but because of Marmalade's personality, which is robust and slightly abrasive, the book rises above this. I loved Marmalade and the way she knows what goes on and tries to communicate with the humans in her life. The human characters are well drawn too and while this is a cosy mystery the subject matter is far from cosy, including, as it does, murder, bi-polar disorder, blackmail and problems within families.

This is an enjoyable, relatively light hearted read which brings small town activities to life. People cook for each other, perform household chores and gossip over the fences in a vivid portrait of everyday life in small town America. I really enjoyed reading and it would recommend it to anyone who enjoys cosy mysteries. I liked the style of writing and the story is told in a mixture of first and third person narratives as well as extracts from police statements. I shall definitely be reading the other books in the series.
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tdk
4.0 out of 5 stars warm and comforting
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 21, 2012
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I downloaded this book, started to read it and wondered what on earth I'd done. I initially found this book a bit twee (despite beginning with a dead body!) and the fact that part of it was from the viewpoint of a cat was just wierd, but I am so glad that I persevered with the story.
It is a warm and cosy book but it is also thought provoking, especially with the way it deals with bipolar disorder.
I found the use of witness statements added a different level to the story and I even began to enjoy the interjections by Marmalade the library cat!
The love story between Biscuit (librarian) and Bob (sherrif) is enchanting. I might even take up Biscuit and Marmalade's idea of writing a gratitude list each evening.
I have already added the rest of the series to my wish list.
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