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Elizabeth Daniels Squire

Reviewers enjoy books by
ELIZABETH DANIELS SQUIRE...

FORGET ABOUT MURDER

"Squire has once again created a lively engaging mystery that will keep readers happily turning pages until the satisfying conclusion."

Kathe Robin, Romantic Times

"...Elizabeth Daniels Squire has written a delightful mystery series starring a memorable heroine who readers will not forget."

Harriet Klausner

"For some, Peaches Dann is an old friend. For others, she's a new but quirky heroine. Squire has crafted an amiable character whose erratic memory and her attempts to compensate are endearing, as is her propensity to follow a trail to the truth, whereever it might be found. Squire has obviously found a formula to the truth, whereever it might be found. FORGET ABOUT MURDER is ...a cozy mystery with likable characters, a colorful setting and a highly satisfying conclusion."

PJ Nunn, The Charlotte Austin Review

"Squire has created the most innovative sleuth in literature. Peaches combines intellect and action, to say nothing of a marvelous sense of humor. Even the tips on improving your memory are helpful."

Anna Ashwood Collins

"Peaches Dann is a most endearing character that readers come to identify with and care about. Squire has once again created a lively, engaging mystery that will keep readers happily turning pages until the satisfying conclusion."

Toby Bromberg

WHERE THERE'S A WILL

"Charming and witty conversation makes this book sparkle, along with helpful memory-enhancing tips from Peaches and her book. Watch for more adventures in the delightful series."

Linda Hutton, editor of Mystery Time

"Where There's a Will is a who-done-it loaded with misdirection cleverly executed by the author. Anyone who reads this novel will search for the previous five books in this humorous series with a deep message."

Harriet Klausner, www.amazon.com

"A delight from start to finish."

Dorothy Cannell, author of Trouble With Harriet

REVIEWERS enjoy Peaches Dann...

"A Weaverville author has started the new year with a book, a movie option, and a place as Ms. August in a new internationally distributed calendar."

Asheville Citizen-Times

"IS THERE A DEAD MAN IN THE HOUSE? Is the fifth book in the Peaches Dann series, starring a unique heroine whose faulty memory makes her crime solving abilities a delightful counterpoint. Elizabeth Daniels Squire creates a realistic murder mystery that is only solvable if the reader is a genius or an expert on amateur sleuths. Ms. Squire has created a charming series that successfully combines the best of a cozy with the elite of a literary mystery."

Harriet Klausner, for Painted Rock Reviews



"Squire is one of the most interesting and funniest mystery writers around. You'll like Peaches and might even pick up a few tips to improve your memory."

Anna Ashwood Collins, Glynco Observer

"ELIZABETH DANIELS SQUIRE and her Peaches Dann have never been better than in their latest mystery-adventure set in the historic Middle Tennessee landscape south of Nashville. Taking full advantage of this history, Squire integrates dashes of humor and strong characters from both the past and present in creating the house and atmosphere central to her fast-paced story. And, as always, Peaches' memory for names, or lack thereof, makes her a most winning and modest narrator-heroine."

Wilma Dykeman, Tennessee State Historian and author of Tennessee: A History (W. W. Norton) and Tennessee Woman: An Infinite Variety (Wakestone Books.)

"In IS THERE A DEAD MAN IN THE HOUSE, Peaches has her hands, and her memory, full trying to cope with murders from two eras, her father's sudden marriage to eternal optimist Azalea and the frightening actions of a cousin with a hair trigger temper."

The Upstate's Arts & Entertainment Free Weekly

Mae Woods Bell, Rocky Mount Telegram

"A writer with a unique flair for mysteries, Squire's books always feature Peaches Dann, the absent-minded sleuth, who must rely on memory tricks to solve crimes. Filled with anticipation, her latest achievement brilliantly highlights her descriptive abilities, particularly in the passages that speak of the Middle Tennessee landscapes."

The Review Appeal

"Peaches Dann is a darling, bound to appeal to all of us who are less than perfect. The story is tantalizing, and Ms. Squire does a fine job connecting the past with the present. Cure the winter blues with this slice of warm southern entertainment."

--Toby Bromberg, Romantic Times