Helen Chappell, Author . Simon & Schuster $23 (224p) ISBN 978-0-7432-1529-9
Carrie Hudson, the narrator of this Southern-flavored comic novel by Chapell (Giving Up the Ghost), didn't think that anything could drag her back to her tiny hometown of Oysterback, in rural Maryland. But she's forced back into the bosom of
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Helen Chappell, Author Fawcett Books $5.5 (0p) ISBN 978-0-449-15001-6
Hand-carving wooden duck decoys is becoming a lost art. On the shores of Chesapeake Bay (""land of certifiable duck nuts""), the Decoy Jamboree, Santimoke County's annual and only bonanza, brings out the worst in collectors. To Hollis Ball, girl...
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Helen Chappell, Author Dell Publishing Company $5.99 (256p) ISBN 978-0-440-22575-1
Crime reporter Hollis Ball forecasts trouble when her long-lost godfather, Albie Lydekker, a washed-up ballplayer, reappears in town to organize an Elvis impersonator contest. When one of the many competing Elvises who have converged on the seamy...
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Helen Chappell, Author Dell Publishing Company $5.99 (256p) ISBN 978-0-440-22567-6
The ghost of Sam Wescott, erstwhile husband of irreverent reporter/sleuth Hollis Ball, is an indispensable partner as she investigates a 30-year-old murder. Sam not only contributes an occasional chapter, but his pal from the Other Side, a prominent
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