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J. Alfred Prufrock Murders

Here is a rousing whodunnit that delights with its full-blooded portraits of septuagenarians run amok in a California retirement community, their once passive acceptance of life's injustices changed to indignation when a murderer is discovered lurking in their midst. — A quartet of oldsters, all women, are moved to surprising action when one of their own, a not-so-sweet busybody named "Sweetie," winds up face-down on the beach, her body covered with tiny puncture wounds. The four not-so-gentle ladies realize what the young investigating officer has trouble accepting — that even the most seemingly docile among them may be provoked into taking a life, even a series of lives, if the pleasure of the time they have left is threatened. Armed with such insight, they shrug off their infirmities and take to the investigative trail, complete with shocking revelations.

More than a lighthearted tale of irrepressible grande dames who choose to drink one last time from the fountain of youth, The J. Alfred Prufrock Murders provides an image of exuberant youth refracted into "old" age. Steadfastly refusing to be "cute" in her depiction of "golden girls" revivified, Corinne Holt Sawyer achieves a rare blend of comedy, pathos and taut suspense.

  • Format
  • hardcover
  • Pages
  • 266
  • Language
  • english
  • ISBN
  • 9781556110818
  • Genres
  • mystery
  • Release date
  • 1988