Whack 'N' Roll: A Bunco Babes Mystery

by Gail Oust

Book Overview

The Bunco Babes are not your average retires ... When not rolling the bones, they like to throw themselves into a juicy mystery. But murder can be a dicey business .... The sixty-ish set at Serenity... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0451227697
• Release Date: August 2009
• Publisher: NAL
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 6.8" x 0.8" x 4.3"

Customer Reviews

Golf and Bunco!

This mystery cozy was a nice treat for me. It involves a bunch of ladies who play Bunco, and try their best at golf. When one of the ladies finds a dead body on the golf course, all bets are off! They are on a roll to find the murderer any way possible. These lovely ladies, gossipers at their best, find time to help find the killer and still keep playing Bunco and a game or two of golf. I really enjoyed this book. I can't wait for the next book called "Til Dice Do Us Part". I had to laugh at some of their antics. You see, most of these ladies are in their sixties, and they are a riot. I would happily join their Bunco squad anytime.

Excellent Service

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delightful amateur sleuth

Serenity Cove Estates in South Carolina is a senior citizens housing development and home to the Bunco Babes, retirees who play Bunco twice a month. They are good friends and keep active. While playing golf, Kate McCall's ball rolls into a rough patch filled with bushes. When she goes to retrieve her errant shot, she finds a Wal-Mart bag with a severed arm inside. They call the sheriff who takes over the investigation, but Kate snoops around trying to help the law catch the perpetrator. Kate notices that her neighbor Rosalie Brubaker has not been seen in a while. Her husband Earl who grows orchids like a hippie says they had a fight and she left to see their children. Other body parts are found in the state park and at the recreation center. An anonymous phone caller to the sheriff insists that Earl is the killer and the murder weapon is in his house. Kate believes Earl is not the killer and has quite a few alternative suspects with motives to murder Rosalie, but finding proof could prove deadly. This is a delightful amateur sleuth starring a protagonist who advises the sheriff giving him clues while hoping he will share his findings with her. She and the Bunco Babes are a close knit group who has each other's back like the Musketeers so Kate has a powerful geriatric support group. The spunky Kate and her BFFs are filled with so much energy that people half their age will admire them. Gail Oust provides a complex whodunit starring a cast of eccentric sexagenarians. Harriet Klausner