Morgue Mama
By C. R. Corwin
3/5
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"A brainteaser and a comic salute to the rather terrifying charm of its heroine."—New York Times
In the world of newspapers, the morgue is the place—usually somewhere in the bowels of the building—where old story clippings are filed away. Dolly Madison Sprowls has been in charge of The Hannawa Herald-Union's morgue for more than 40 years. She is gruff and salty, well past the age of retirement, and the unchallenged queen of her ink-stained domain. Reporters call her Morgue Mama—but only behind her back.
Maddy's well-ordered world is turned upside-down when the paper hires 24-year-old Aubrey McGinty for its police beat. Aubrey loses no time in questioning the conviction of Sissy James for the murder of TV evangelist Buddy Wing. Sissy had confessed live on television, and the evidence seems overwhelming, but the ambitious young reporter doesn't believe she did it. But why did Sissy embrace guilt? Aubrey enlists Maddy's help and together they begin a harrowing search for the truth. Digging into the files, they soon—dangerously—uncover enough suspects to fill a studio with those who do the devil's work.
C. R. Corwin
C.R. Corwin lives in Akron, Ohio with his wife, Carol, and a pair of inexhaustible Shetland sheepdogs, Nellie and Dudley. A former newspaperman, he teaches a “Writing That Novel” course at the University of Akron.
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Morgue Mama in question is one Dolly Madison Sprowls. She is Head Librarian for the Hannawa Herald Union newspaper. She is also described as crusty and a pain-in-the-ass.As the story unfolds she teams up with a new crime reporter,Aubrey McGinty,who is as young as Sprowls is elderly,go ahead and feisty with it.Very soon they investigate the poisoning of a TV evangelist,by a somewhat unusual method,and they also attempt to prove the innocence of the person that the police have quickly arrested for the crime.The story-line was quite clever and opens up the possibility of further stories in the series.My only slight quibble was that the title should have been "The Cross Kisses Back" which I think a good one in itself. The Morgue Mamma part would have been better used as,say,"A Morgue Mamma Crime Novel".I do look forward to the second book in the series.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Not as good as I had hoped. The book did give me hope for a very interesting partnership, and I will keep my eyes open for the second in the series. This book was not worth a reccomendation, but I have hopes for "Dig".