Biggie Weatherford and her friends travel to the neighboring town of Quincy to learn how to start a historical society in their own home of Job's Crossing. Young J. R., who once again narrates the adventures of his detecting grandmother, is not thrilled with the trip, but soon finds that the town of Quincy isn't as quiet as he thought." "Their first night in Quincy, J. R. asks to hear about the inn's legandary ghost. The hostess happily tells them about a young woman known as Diamond Lucy who went on a picnic with her husband and was never seen alive again.
An old friend of Biggie's comes back to Job's Crossing. Rex Barnwell, along with his young wife, has returned to convert his father's ranch into a retreat for overweight teenage girls, and Biggie is forced to reveal a secret that she has always kept from J.R. Not long after this startling revelation, Rex is murdered. Knowing full well that he won't be able to keep Biggie away, the Texas Ranger in charge of the case enlists her help." "While Biggie pursues her investigation, J.R. has his hands full with troubles of his own.
Luther Abernathy is a mailman with a dangerous habit. He makes it his business to know everyone else's--and then broadcasts it all over town. But it becomes clear that someone doesn't want him--or anyone else--to know one of the many secrets that lie within Luther's veritable treasure chest of knowledge when he meets an untimely death Biggie and young J.R. are the ones to find his body. It is seemingly an accidental one, but inconsistencies in the police report suggest foul play, and Biggie once more puts on her detecting hat.
Murder's afoot when Biggie Weatherford's around, and now, fresh from Biggie and the Mangled Mortician, this lone star grandma is ready to put the bite on another ornery killer, Texas-style. It's chicken on the burner--any way you want it--in Firman Birdsong's new restaurant. Problem is, old Firman's under the table, gussied up like a prize goose, gravy on top, parsley garnish, and a blood-red tomato in his mouth. Biggie's twelve-year-old grandson, J.R. saw the dead man with his own two eyes.
Lone star state grandmother Biggie Weatherford returns for further comic sleuthing adventures in the second installment of this fresh and funny series narrated by her ten-year-old grandson, J.R. This time around, Biggie hardly has time for detective work. Not only is she directing and starring as Little Buttercup in the town's production of HMS Pinafore, she is also ramrodding the drive to convert the old depot into a museum. But when the town's new undertaker,
