Thelma Rue and The Toxic Tonic

As Thelma Rue, the president of the Ladies Auxiliary at St. John's Baptist Church, and her best friend, Pearl White, prepare to open the church on the Sunday before Easter, they stumble upon their hairdresser, Triston Stylz, who has been poisoned and dumped in one of their Sunday School rooms.

What first seems to be an investigation for the local police turns into an undercover investigation for the Ladies Auxiliary since the mayor, George "Moon Pie" Hubbard, directs the death be ruled as accidental since it's an election year.

With the help of her dearest friends, Pearl White and Myra Armstrong, along with six handpicked women from the Ladies Auxiliary, they begin the hush-hush investigation to find a killer on the loose in the small town of Sunnyside, South Carolina. Thelma and her posse, ranging in ages from their sixties to their eighties, run all over tarnation looking for clues and questioning suspects who may or may not be the killer.

The women are hot on the trail of a murderer they fear will strike again. Will one of the ladies be the next murder victim?

This mystery is told with wit and southern charm, promising you will laugh out loud as you try to figure out the identity of the actual murderer.

" Wayne masterfully reminds us how and why to choose Kindness and Joy not just for others but also for ourselves. This book can transform your life sharing The Miracle Of Kindness" - Senator Luke Rankin about The Miracle of Kindness: Living a Life of Ridiculous Kindness book and workbook Collection.

Wayne Powers received a degree of Creative Writing from The University of South Carolina studying with William Price Fox and James Dickey. If he's not cutting hair at his eponymous salon and painting studio, you can find him looking for exotic plants, watching wonderful movies, or playing with his two dogs, Sophie and Sadie. He lives with Louis, his partner of 26 years and is working on the second installment in the Ladies Auxiliary Mystery Series: Thelma Rue and The Bridesmaid Last Dance, which will be coming out early 2025.

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