
What Did You Do Before Dying?
A Marge Chirstensen Mystery, Book 1
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Forty-seven-year-old housewife Marge Christensen finds her husband, Gene, dead in their garage, slumped over the steering wheel of his still running BMW. The police rule the death a suicide. Marge does not believe Gene killed himself and determines to discover what really happened to him. In the process, she discovers all their money is missing. So, what was Gene doing before he died? Why did he die? And what was she going to do now?
An applied arts major in college, Marge has never worked outside the home. Except for a little volunteer work with children, she has neglected her art talents while being a full time homemaker and mother. Now, with grown children and no husband, she is also faced with no money, no job, and no credentials.
Although likely suspects for murder and fraud do not abound in the suburban community of Bellevue, Washington, with perseverance and basic sleuthing, Marge discovers the truth - in spite of the doubts and cautions from the police, her two adult children, and hovering and obsessively attentive neighbors.
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It's all about the money
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what you did before dying
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Darla Middlebrook makes the story come alive with her clever ability to create separate voices for each character as well as her very animated narration. Brava to author and narrator!
A Great Story Very Well Read!
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I don't get it- so horrible
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