MISSION IMPROBABLE IBD

Sinopsis

Bang has a knack foráadopting the most improbable causes...Blanche 'Bang' Murninghanáwas perfectly content sittingáon the dock of the Peel âÇÖn Eat Pier on Santa Maria Island, sipping an excellent draft and wiggling her fishing pole after an elusive sheepshead. Perfectly content, that is until Jean McMahon appears at her side and forever disrupts BlancheâÇÖs peaceful idyll with ghosts of the past.BlancheâÇÖs amateur sleuthing skills have become local legend, and Jean needs her help. ItâÇÖs not a simple favor Jean asks: Will Blanche go to Vietnam with her and look for JeanâÇÖs mother?Blanche feels an old wound ripped open in her heart. Her father was killed in Vietnam, and sheâÇÖs never gotten much history from her beloved grandmother and mother on the subject. She realizes she and Jean share a powerful bond: they both want the truth.Blanche and Jean donâÇÖt stop once they land in Saigon, now Ho Chi Minh City.áEx-pat 'Stick' Dahlkamp makes sure of that. They pick up the search together. The three cross the rice paddies on StickâÇÖs Honda Dream to Ben Tre and My Tho, old stomping grounds for Stick, a former Ninth Infantry Division Riverine and now the owner of the popular bar The Follies. HeâÇÖs got friends in jungle towns who might help, and indeed they do. And donâÇÖt. Blanche begins to wonder if heâÇÖs running them off the road.As theyátrace JeanâÇÖs motherâÇÖs steps, they meet more than one shady character who thinks it better to let things lie.áAgainst her better judgment, Blancheábeats down the doors of the past. She is looking for JeanâÇÖs mother and following her fatherâÇÖs trail. He left without a trace. Or did he? Does anyone?Mission Improbable: Vietnamáis theáthird book in theáBlanche Murninghanácozy mystery series. Each of the books can be read as a stand-alone. Foreword Reviews is in love with the 'spunky heroine' and Kirkus Reviews says, 'ThereâÇÖs a reason Blanche MurninghanâÇÖs cousin Jack calls her âÇÖBang.âÇÖ When she gets mad, itâÇÖs an event to rival a Santa Maria Island sunset-and it happens about as often.'Fans of Jana DeleonâÇÖsáMiss Fortune Mysteryáseries and Tonya KappesáA Camper and Criminals Cozyáseriesáwilláfall hard for the colorful characters andáexciting misadventures in theáBlanche Murningnan Mysteries.