Missing on the Bluff: a Women’s Fiction Mystery With Humor Photine Fortier Mystery Book

Newly minted by a near death experience, a middle-aged woman must solve a man’s disappearance while sleuthing out the right shoes for her new life.What do you do when you’ve hit rock bottom? The first thing you stumble on: investigate a missing man for his distraught mama and make a friend or two along the way.When Photine Fortier, looking for purpose and new shoes, happens upon a woman distraught over her missing grown son, Photine offers to check up on him at The Grand Hotel in Memphis where he works. She finds herself knee deep in stake outs and quirky characters. What better way to distract herself from the fact she is at a complete loss of where to start rebuilding her life after her divorce.The police think the son’s a no-good liar. Her best friend hopes Photine has stumbled across a mystery. Photine just wants to find her calling and a little quiet strength. And maybe lose the flip flops.Meanwhile, being blacklisted from grocery stores across Memphis is proving to be a real challenge. Are anger management classes around the corner? Or can she distract her way to a peaceful and calm state? Or is her best friend right, is it hot flashes and hormones?A pushy best friend, a new circle of friends and an estranged Dad might give her just the kind of support she needs to get through. After hitting rock bottom, newly divorced Photine Fortier, who is pushing close to forty, needs to reinvent her life before it’s too late.As Photine’s Mamaw would say, Lord rest her soul, “No slutty situations here, nor runnin’ rampant with cussing and blessing.” Well, maybe a little bit of blessing because this is the South. A well placed, “Bless your heart” to make a girl feel about as big as a speck of dirt is always included.