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Shady Hoosier Detective Agency Book 1 Ghost Busting Mystery a humorous cozy mystery series by author Daisy Pettles
"DELIGHTFUL"

Shady Hoosier Detective Agency Book 1 | Ghost Busting Mystery

By Daisy Pettles

When Dode Schneider, rattle-brained farmer, insists the abandoned Wyatt mansion is haunted by ghosts with big butts, Pawpaw County Sheriff Boots Gibson happily off-loads the crazy case to Ruby Jane Waskom and Veenie Goens, senior sleuths in training with the Shady Hoosier Detective Agency. Ruby Jane and Veenie, lifelong friends who live in the small […]

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Book Cover Baby Daddy Mystery by Daisy Pettles
"5 STAR FUNNY"

Shady Hoosier Detective Agency Book 2 | Baby Daddy Mystery

By Daisy Pettles

It’s Spring in Pawpaw County, Indiana. Everybody has a bad case of hanky-panky pants. Senior sleuths Ruby Jane Waskom and Veenie Goens are on the run, chasing down cheating heart jezebels and shaking child support out of deadbeat baby daddies. Everybody in the small town of Knobby Waters, Indiana, knows Avonelle Apple, cantankerous bank president. […]

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Shady Hoosier Detective Agency Book 3 Chickenlandia Mystery a humorous cozy mystery series by author Daisy Pettles
"Hilarious"

Shady Hoosier Detective Agency Book 3 | Chickenlandia Mystery

By Daisy Pettles

Pawpaw County, Indiana, is all atwitter about Ma and Peepaw Horton’s annual Chickenlandia Festival. The mood turns dark though when the Horton’s prize-winning rooster, Dewey, and his best laying hen, Ginger, vanish, leaving behind no clues except for a trail of tail feathers. Also missing: Gertie Wineagar, local sourpuss, and BBQ chicken cook-off queen. Odder […]

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“Murder She Wrote Meets the Golden Girls … the fun is infectious”

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“A wildly entertaining (detective) team—like an elderly Stephanie Plum and Lula”

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“A rare laugh-out-loud combination of murder, wit and mirth … the new Queen of Comic Crime.”

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Why Set a Mystery Series in Rural Southern Indiana?

QUESTION: Mystery novels often feature exotic settings. But you've chosen to set your debut cozy series, the Shady Hoosier Detective Agency, in a tiny river town in the hills of Southern Indiana. Why? DAISY'S ANSWER: Believe me, there is no shortage of quirky and exotic characters in rural … Read more... about Why Set a Mystery Series in Rural Southern Indiana?

Daisy Pettles

About Daisy Pettles | Indiana Mystery & Crime Author

Daisy Pettles is the pen name of novelist Vicky Phillips. Vicky was born in Bedford, Indiana, and grew up in the tiny river town of Medora, Indiana. Her parents, "Junie and Deanie," ran the corner gas station and ice cream stand. She learned to read while sitting on her grandmother’s lap, under an apple tree in Brownstown, Indiana. As a child, she was fed a steady diet of books, pies, and Bible stories. A true Hoosier, raised in the farming heartland of America in the 1960's, her favorite song was “I’ll be a Sunbeam for Jesus.” After graduating from one of the smallest public high schools in Indiana, Medora High School, in 1977, she attended DePauw University, where she was graduated Phi Beta Kappa. A world traveler, she has lived … Read more... about About Daisy Pettles | Indiana Mystery & Crime Author

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