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Film lover Barbara Marr is a typical suburban mom living the typical suburban life in her sleepy little town of Rustic Woods, Virginia. Typical, that is until she sets out to find the missing link between a bizarre monkey sighting in her yard and the bone chilling middle-of-the-night fright... read more
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Film lover Barbara Marr is a typical suburban mom living the typical suburban life in her sleepy little town of Rustic Woods, Virginia. Typical, that is until she sets out to find the missing link between a bizarre monkey sighting in her yard and the bone chilling middle-of-the-night fright... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)
Characters edit
- Howard Marr: Husband with a secret
- Roz Walker: neighbor, friend and fellow snoop
- Viviana Buttaro: mob wife lost in the 60's
- Frankie: mobster tough guy
- Peggy: friend, neighbor and fellow snoop
- Max Higgins: who's side is she on?
- Callie: oldest daughter
- Officer Brad: Handsome officer, slight resemblance to Brad Pitt.
- Tito Buttaro: Gangster who mysteriously disappeared a few years ago.
- Bethany: Protagonist's daughter.
- Marjorie Smith: Husband's lover?
- Barbara Marr: A soccer mom about to get more than she bargained for!
- Sammy Donato: AKA for one of the characters. Don't want to spoil it!
- Joey: Gangster
- Rowe: Add a description of this character.
- Peter
- Brad Pitt: If you don't know him, I don't know what to write. :)
- George Clooney: Same here
- Elvis ' Towncar: Well, this isn't a character. Elvis is the character and you now know what kind of car he drives.
- Grandma: Uh, yeah.
- Eric LaMon: AKA for Officer Brad.
- Ripley: Alien reference
- Steven Spielberg: Movie producer
- Mrs. Perkins
- Mrs. Sanchez: friendly worker at the day care center
- Maria Nichols
- Mr. Perkins
- Minah
- Amber
- Maggie Rhinehold
- Grumpy Lawnmower Guy: suspicious man who does the yard work next door
- Michah
- Uncle Guido
- Ms. Webber
- Vinnie Cuccinelli
- Bunny Bergen
- Coltrane Amadeus Baron: Alias for one of the other characters.
- Patricia Webber
- Mrs. Marr
- Yang Pediatrics
- Maxine
- Micah
- Jack Maxwell
Quotes edit
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“Yes, I’m a grown woman and I talk to my cat. What’s the big deal? My cousin Samson the psychiatrist tells the family I’m delusional and should be medicated. Pshaw I say. Samson has a psychiatrist of his own as well as a far more disturbing obsession with large farm animals, so I severely doubt his legitimacy.”
Barb -
“At two a.m., I was too tired to think about the website, but too upset about my marriage to sleep, so I turned on the TV. Movie fare included The First Wives Club, A Bill of Divorcement, An Unmarried Woman and The Breakup on HBO. Disgusted, I turned off the TV, turned out the lights and contemplated learning voodoo so I could hex Howard with a festering urinary tract infection.”
Barb
Setting & Locations edit
First Sentence edit
The sky was black, my toes were numb and I was a lunatic.
Table of Contents edit
Chapter 1 - 25
Series & Lists edit
This is book 1 of 6 in Barbara Marr Murder Mystery. (standard series)
Followed by Citizen Insane.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Karen Cantwell (Author)
Other Contributors:
- Katerina Vamvasaki (Cover Artist) - Cover design
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Karen Fraunfelder Cantwell
Country: USA
Publication Date: June 15, 2010
ISBN: 1453721096
Page Count: 236
Publisher: Karen Fraunfelder Cantwell
Country: USA
Publication Date: June 15, 2010
ISBN: 1453721096
Page Count: 236
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- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813
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