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MORGUE MAMA, THE CROSS KISSES BACK by C. R. CORWIN
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SummaryThe morgue is that cold and sterile facility where medical
examiners do their necessary but, to many of us, dreadful
work. Less familiar is its dry and dusty version, usually
housed in the bowels of newspaper buildings, where old
story clippings are filed away. Dolly Madison Sprowls has
been in charge of the Hannawa Herald-Union?s morgue for
more than 40 years. She is gruff and salty, well past the
age of retirement, the unchalleneged queen of her ink-
stained domain. Reporters call her Morgue Mama?but only
behind her back. Maddy Sprowls? well-ordered world gets
turned upside-down when the paper hires 24-year-old Aubrey
McGinty for its police beat. Aubrey loses no time in
questioning the conviction of Sissy James for the murder of
TV evangelist Buddy Wing. Yes, Sissy had quickly confessed
to poisoning the famous preacher live on television?and the
evidence does seem overwhelming?but the ambitious young
reporter doesn?t believe Sissy is guilty. Why, then, her
claim? Aubrey enlists Morgue Mama?s help and together they
begin a harrowing search for the truth. Digging into the
morgue's file, they soon, and dangerously, uncover enough
suspects to fill a church with those who do the devil?s
work....
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