Harpies' Feast
by Linda Morganstein
In Dante's circle of hell for suicides, those who take their own lives are transformed into dead trees that can still feel pain. Sitting on their withered branches are the harpies, birds with women's faces, who peck at their limbs. In Harpies' Feast, the second in the Alexis Pope mystery series, Alex is once again confronted with a crime that doesn't seem to be what it really is. She is plunged into a mystery exploring suicide and its repercussions.
After solving a crime at the Overlook Lodge in
Ordinary Furies, Alex no longer feels welcome in the resort town of Guerneville, California. She flees down the road to the village of Sebastopol, home to a melting pot of old hippies, wine estate owners, apple farmers and retired baby boomers. She gets a job teaching "cardio self-defense" at a trendy fitness center, courtesy of her new landlady, Sandy Knight, bisexual personal trainer and part-time philosophy professor.
Through the class, Alex meets two intriguing newcomers to town, a teenage actress and a striking lesbian playwright who've both arrived to work on a local theatre production. Much to her dismay, Alex feels attracted to Nickie, the playwright, and maternally protective of Jaycee, the teenager, who is becoming the victim of a group of jealous local girls.
The bullying and nastiness lead to disaster. In their search for answers to the perplexing events, Alex and her friends, both old and new, explore the glory and sting of relationships and confront the bounds of sexual orientations and attractions.
BIOGRAPHY
Linda Morganstein is
an award-winning, overeducated writer of who also happens to be the
product of a Borscht Belt childhood in the Jewish hotels of the
Catskills. In the seventies, she dropped out of Vassar College and drove
a VW van to California, where she lived in Sonoma County for many
years. Later, she studied with Jane Smiley in Iowa. She currently
resides in Saint Paul, Minnesota with her understanding spouse Melanie
and her exceptional dog, Courage. In addition to writing, Linda is avid
golfer and sourdough bread-baker. In short, she has a phobia for
boredom. Due to her Borscht Belt background, she has a distinct interest
in humor as an antidote to the complications of life. This includes an
arsenal of jokes supplied by her late father, a master comedian.
FIND OUT MORE
Author site:
http://www.lindamorganstein.com
Goodreads:
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1009546.Linda_Morganstein
Publisher:
Regal Crest Books
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