Search - Dude on Arrival (Sarah Deane, Bk 5)

A fun mystery to read during the holidays, or anytime. A series of pranks at an Arizona resort lead to murder. Or are they unrleated events? My favorite prank was the numerous golf balls left on the golf green at the blind turn of the dog leg. Can you imagine, having a great shot, come around the corner and there are all those balls hiding your moment of glory. Those that like horses, will enjoy the horseback riding in this book.

English teacher Sarah Deane and her boyfriend, Dr. Alex McKenzie leavy snowy Maine to join Sarah's aunt for Christmas at the exclusive Rancho del Gato Blanco resort in Arizona. But they soon ralize there's no place like home for the holidays when ranch guests become the prey of a prankster whose destructive acts are tallying up like a Yuletide carol: Garden hose a spraying, lounge chair collapsing, mud in the coffee, golf carts a stalling .. The pranks take a murderous turn Christmas morning when one of the guests turns up dead among the gifts in Santa's ack. Sarah and Alex are certain the killer lurks among them. If they don't find the killer fast, they could all end up on the list of victims.

Funny, well plotted adventure, literate, with a surprise ending.

packed with murder and mayhem
someone has decked the halls with murder