Miss Dimple and the Slightly Bewildered Angel (31 page)

Mignon F. Ballard

Miss Dimple Picks a Peck of Trouble

Miss Dimple Suspects

Miss Dimple Rallies to the Cause

Miss Dimple Disappears

THE AUGUSTA GOODNIGHT MYSTERIES

Hark! The Herald Angel Screamed

The Angel and the Jabberwocky Murders

Too Late for Angels

The Angel Whispered Danger

Shadow of an Angel

An Angel to Die For

Angel at Troublesome Creek

 

The Christmas Cottage

The War in Sallie's Station

Minerva Cries Murder

Final Curtain

The Widow's Woods

Deadly Promise

Cry at Dusk

Raven Rock

Aunt Matilda's Ghost

 

About the Author

MIGNON F. BALLARD
is the author of four previous Miss Dimple mysteries and seven mysteries featuring angelic sleuth Augusta Goodnight, as well as
The War in Sallie's Station, The Christmas Cottage,
and seven other books. She lives in her hometown of Calhoun, Georgia. Visit her at
www.MignonBallard.com
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Contents

Title Page

Copyright Notice

Dedication

Acknowledgments

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

Chapter Five

Chapter Six

Chapter Seven

Chapter Eight

Chapter Nine

Chapter Ten

Chapter Eleven

Chapter Twelve

Chapter Thirteen

Chapter Fourteen

Chapter Fifteen

Chapter Sixteen

Chapter Seventeen

Chapter Eighteen

Chapter Nineteen

Chapter Twenty

Chapter Twenty-One

Chapter Twenty-Two

Chapter Twenty-Three

Chapter Twenty-Four

Chapter Twenty-Five

Chapter Twenty-Six

Chapter Twenty-Seven

Chapter Twenty-Eight

Chapter Twenty-Nine

Chapter Thirty

Chapter Thirty-One

Chapter Thirty-Two

Chapter Thirty-Three

Chapter Thirty-Four

Also by Mignon F. Ballard

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Copyright

 

This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously.

 

MISS DIMPLE AND THE SLIGHTLY BEWILDERED ANGEL.
Copyright © 2016 by Mignon F. Ballard. All rights reserved. For information, address St. Martin's Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.

 

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Cover design by David Baldeosingh Rotstein

 

Cover illustration by Robin Moline

 

The Library of Congress has cataloged the print edition as follows:

Names: Ballard, Mignon Franklin, author.

Title: Miss Dimple and the slightly bewildered angel: a mystery / Mignon F. Ballard.

Description: First edition. | New York: Minotaur Books, 2016. | Series: Miss Dimple mysteries

Identifiers: LCCN 2016008509 | ISBN 9781250083630 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781250083647 (ebook)

Subjects: LCSH: Women teachers—Fiction. | Elementary school teachers—Fiction. | Murder—Investigation—Fiction. | BISAC: FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Historical. | FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Women Sleuths. | GSAFD: Mystery fiction.

Classification: LCC PS3552.A466 M565 2016 | DDC 813/.54—dc23

LC record available at
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First Edition: August 2016