Mrs. Odboddy's Desperate Doings by Elaine Faber

Mrs. Odboddy's Desperate Doings takes place in No. CA during WWII as Agnes Odboddy continues to fight the war from the home front. 

She is discouraged about her inability to find a permanent home for a displaced carnival tiger she rescued from her last adventure, Mrs. Odboddy And Then There was a Tiger.

When she falls from a tree and suffers a head injury, her usual eccentric notions increase. But when she accuses the local doctor of being an art thief, folks wonder if her head injury is responsible for her increasingly irrational behavior or is it dementia? For a raucous adventure with an absurdly funny elderly sleuth, you can’t miss with Mrs. Odboddy’s Desperate Doings.

Interview with Agnes’s best friend, Mildred Higgenbottom

Agnes and I have been friends for years. How did we meet…? Good question. Let me think...

It was 1918, during WWI. Agnes and I were United States’ undercover agents, assigned a top secret operation in Paris. We spent three days hiding in a bombed-out building with our handler, Godfrey Baumgarten. Believe me, after 72 hours in a life or death situation, you end up either hating someone’s guts or friends for life. Godfrey and Agnes got quite close…too close, if you ask me…We didn’t see him again for 25 years, but he showed up in Newbury last year and became an important person in Agnes’s life.

Agnes changed after Paris. She became paranoid, eccentric, and fanatically patriotic, determined to root out injustice, regardless of the consequences. She’s become convinced the country is over run with Nazi spies and wartime conspiracies. Her first three mystery novel adventures are focused on her attempts to expose miscreants and conspirators. All three novels are a hoot at a hootenanny!

At the moment, we’re more concerned about her obsession to find a home for the tiger, fighting off the city councils’ threats against the beast, and her wild accusations about old Dr. Schatzsman, the local doctor. She claims she saw him stealing pictures from a local neighbor. She drives Police Chief Waddlemucker crazy with her antics. She’s usually wrong about her conspiracy theories, but, this time, about the doctor? I’m not so sure.

Agnes lives with her granddaughter, Katherine, and her foster child, Maddie. Maddie’s connection to Shere Khan, the tiger, is almost spiritual, and when the Newbury City Council threatens the tiger’s life, Agnes plans to take action. How far would she go to protect his striped hide? I’m not sure, but fair warning, Councilman Pustlebuster. I suggest you peddle your papers elsewhere, because if Agnes decides to prevent your nefarious intentions regarding that tiger, your name is toast!

Available at Amazon: E-book. Mrs. Odboddy’s Desperate Doings is just $3.99. https://tinyurl.com/5xah4cnt   For an autographed and discounted paperback, contact Elaine directly.



Elaine’s Bio

Elaine Faber is a member of Sisters in Crime, Northern CA Publishers and Authors, and Cat Writers Association. She lives in No. CA with husband and Truffie, the inspiration for her short story anthology, All Things Cat.  Elaine volunteers at the American Cancer Society Discovery Shop. She has published nine mystery novels and her stories have appeared in multiple anthologies.

Elaine’s other Novels:

http://tinyurl.com/lrvevgm    Black Cat’s Legacy

http://tinyurl.com/lg7yvgq     Black Cat and the Lethal Lawyer

http://tinyurl.com/07zcsm2    Black Cat and the Accidental Angel

https://tinyurl.com/vgyp89s   Black Cat and the Secret in Dewey’s Diary

http://tinyurl.com/y9p9htak   All Things Cat

http://tinyurl.com/hdbvzsv    Mrs. Odboddy–Hometown Patriot

http://tinyurl.com/jn5bzwb    Mrs. Odboddy Undercover Courier

http://tinyurl.com/yx72fcpx   Mrs. Odboddy And Then There was a Tiger

https://tinyurl.com/5xah4cnt     Mrs. Odboddy’s Desperate Doings

http://tinyurl.com/y7rp7f3x   The Spirit Woman of Lockleer Mountain

Elaine.Faber@mindcandymysteries.com (e-mail)

http://www.mindcandymysteries.com   (Website)

 

 

 

 

Comments

Elaine M Faber said…
Thanks for sharing my story with your readers. This is a hilarious story of an elderly sleuth who won't let something like world war stop her from fighting injustice wherever it's found. Hope you enjoy the story.

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