The Rampant Reaper (Charlie Green Mysteries)

Literary agent and amateur sleuth Charlie Greene accompanies her mother to her great-great-aunt's funeral under great duress--after all, Charlie herself is adopted, and this part of her extended family has never made her feel that welcome. Plus, it's in Myrtle, Iowa, about as far from Charlie's life as a high-powered California literary agent as one can get. But she agrees to go. How bad could it be?

In one of Marlys Millhiser's quirky, offbeat mysteries, that is the world's biggest rhetorical question. Because someone may be offing the elderly in this midwestern town's only nursing home, and it falls to Charlie, the suspicious outsider, to put all the pieces together. Dealing with a passel of wacky relatives she's never met and a vicious killer as well won't be the easiest task she's ever been handed, but Charlie's good humor and recently acquired investigative experience should be more than enough to finish the job. That is, if she can escape the prying eyes that seem to peer at her from every corner of the tiny town.

Millhiser outdoes herself yet again in The Rampant Reaper, an effort sure to leave both loyal fans and new readers clamoring for the next installment of this unconventional and engaging series.

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Context: the Title says it all -- Willy Wonka introduces his guests to the Chocolate Factory's Inventing Room and the Gum-Chewing Meal, to which Violet Beauregarde will fall victim...

Costume: brown paisley shirt, "W" pin, Wonka merchandise coat, black vest, watch chain, Wonka merchandise sunglasses, ordinary costume hat with handmade Wonka ribbon, purple latex gloves, bottle green pants (hard to see) and black shoes (unseen)

Makeup: pale face base, pale lip color, wig

Props: cane (from my collection)

Original: picture was taken at Perry Library during its Grand Opening, July 2006 - original is in Costume Gallery

Tools: Photoshop Elements and internet for background movie picture

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