Friday Freebie: The Murder at the Vicarage, The Oak Leaves, Charlotte Figg Takes Over Paradise

It's Friday! Time for freebies. This week  Barnes and Noble is offering classic, Agatha Christie's 'The Murder at the Vicarage'! This is obviously a murder mystery, and the first of her well known 'Miss Marple' books. You can read the reviews at Goodreads, where the book rates 3.87 stars. Here is the synopsis from Goodreads.

The murder of Colonel Protheroe -- shot through the head -- is a shock to everyone in St Mary Mead, though hardly an unpleasant one. Now even the vicar, who had declared that killing the detested Protheroe would be "doing the world at large a favour," is a suspect -- the Colonel has been dispatched in the clergyman's study, no less. But the picturesque English village of St Mary Mead is overpopulated with suspects. There is of course the faithless Mrs Protheroe; and there is of course her young lover -- an artist, to boot. 
Perhaps more surprising than the revelation of the murderer is the detective who will crack the case: "a white-haired old lady with a gentle, appealing manner." Miss Jane Marple has arrived on the scene, and crime literature's private men's club of great detectives will never be the same.

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'Charlotte Figg Takes Over Paradise' by Joyce Magnin is classified as Christian fiction and looks like a fun read. Charlotte is a widow who moves into a trailer park only to find it is not what she expected. You can read member reviews at Goodreads, where it is rated 3.87 stars. Here is a synopsis from Goodreads.

Newly widowed Charlotte Figg purchases a double-wide trailer sight unseen and moves to the Paradise Trailer Park with her dog, Lucky. Unfortunately, neither the trailer nor Paradise are what Charlotte expected. Her trailer is a ramshackle old place in need of major repair, and the people of Paradise are harboring more secrets than Bayer has aspirin. Charlotte’s new friend Rose Tattoo learns that Charlotte played softball and convinces her to rally the women of Paradise into a team. Reluctant at first, Charlotte warms to the notion and is soon coaching the Paradise Angels. Meanwhile, Charlotte discovers that the manager of Paradise, Fergus Wrinkel, abuses his wife, Suzy. Charlotte sets out to find a way to save Suzy from Fergus and in the process comes to a difficult realization about her own painful marriage.

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'The Oak Leaves' by Maureen Lang is the first book in her series by the same name. The is both contemporary fiction and historical fiction. The main character discovers her ancestor's diary and her family history. You can read member reviews at Goodreads, where it is rated 4.06 stars. Here is a synopsis from Goodreads.

Two time periods- Regency England and contemporary Chicago- are woven together when Talie Ingram finds an old journal belonging to her great-great-great grandmother, Cosima Escott. Through Cosima's entries, Talie learns that her family was once considered cursed with feebleminded offspring, the result of a genetic disorder (Fragile-X) that may have been passed down to Talie and her sister. Unwilling to face the implications their discovery might have on her own life, Talie tucks the journal back into secrecy, until she begins to see signs of developmental delay in her son.

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