{"product_id":"the-ayes-have-it-janet-majerus-9781517162566","title":"The Ayes Have It","description":"\u003cb\u003eJessie Schroeder\u003c\/b\u003e continues to hope she will find peace and quiet living in the small town of Riverport, high on the bluffs of the Mississippi River, but she is thwarted again. This time the body came with a Biblical passage skewered to his chest in \u003ci\u003eThe Ayes Have It\u003c\/i\u003e, the third book in the \u003ci\u003eJessie Schroeder Mystery Series\u003c\/i\u003e. The award-winning children's author has been trying to avoid murder and mayhem by concentrating on her civic duty as a member of the Library Board and co-chair of the library bond issue campaign. Alas, the fates are once again against her. A representative of an organization calling itself GOCLAP (Guarding Our Children from the Lewd and Pornographic) starts picketing the library. He claims Jessie's Newberry Honor children's book, \u003ci\u003eThe Sunburnt Ghost\u003c\/i\u003e, in her popular \u003ci\u003eEmily Says\u003c\/i\u003e series, should be banned. Jessie knows she should mind her own business this time (only four months previous, her involvement in a \u003cb\u003emurder case\u003c\/b\u003e nearly cost her life in book two), but then things go from bad to worse. First the picketer is found dead, then a powerful fellow member of the Library Board decides to oppose the bond issue election, and Jessie discovers he had a long-term relationship with the dead picketer. The gossip in town about the continued relationship between Jessie and Riverport's Sheriff Gil Keller is pushed aside by the buzz about the first murder and then a second. Warnings and pleas not to become involved go unheeded, and Jessie is once again in the middle. Jessie operates in classic \u003cb\u003ecozy mystery\u003c\/b\u003e style in this genre first popularized by \u003cb\u003eAgatha Christie\u003c\/b\u003e. Loosely the elements of the cozy genre are that the protagonist is an \u003cb\u003eamateur sleuth\u003c\/b\u003e, usually female, the murder is often done off stage, and the sex scenes tend to be inferred rather than described in detail. The settings are flexible from country to \u003cb\u003esmall town\u003c\/b\u003e to a sprawling metropolis. The \u003cb\u003ecozy genre\u003c\/b\u003e continues to grow in popularity as readers increasingly want to have their \u003cb\u003emurder mysteries\u003c\/b\u003e solved cerebrally rather than by brute force. That is not to say that the female detective is not often in life-threatening situations. The long-running television series, \u003ci\u003eMurder, She Wrote\u003c\/i\u003e, introduced thousands to the genre. Two of my favorite contemporary \u003cb\u003ecozy authors\u003c\/b\u003e are \u003cb\u003eGillian Roberts\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eRosemary Harris\u003c\/b\u003e. Roberts writes \u003ci\u003eThe Amanda Pepper Series\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cb\u003eAmanda Pepper\u003c\/b\u003e is a Philadelphia high school English teacher. There are 14 books in the series. Harris writes the \u003ci\u003eA Dirty Business Series\u003c\/i\u003e featuring Paula Holliday who owns a gardening business. Roberts and I both have short stories featured in the anthology \u003ci\u003eUntreed Detectives\u003c\/i\u003e. The two previous books headlining \u003cb\u003eJessie Schroeder\u003c\/b\u003e are \u003ci\u003eThe Best Laid Plans\u003c\/i\u003e which uncovers unsavory business in Riverport's \u003cb\u003esmall town\u003c\/b\u003e government and \u003ci\u003eThicker Than Water\u003c\/i\u003e which has arson, a multi-million inheritance, and good old-fashioned religion. The fourth book underway in the series is \u003ci\u003eA Change of Scene\u003c\/i\u003e, in which Jessie ventures out of the Midwest into New Mexico to teach a workshop at a summer art institute and finds murder again.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Janet Majerus\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1517162564\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781517162566\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Createspace Independent Publishing Platform\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/18\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 238\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.53lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.50d","brand":"Janet Majerus","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43940034871551,"sku":"9781517162566","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_1f4140dd-90d2-4ce4-b1c6-3ed87e6a7df7.jpg?v=1681444907","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-ayes-have-it-janet-majerus-9781517162566","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}