Murder Gets a Life

by Anne George

  “It’s wonderful,” I agreed. “Thank you, Sister.” I kicked Fred, who was thinking.

  Over the noise of the Orange Julius, we could hear the roar of a plane taking off. Haley.

  Fred rubbed his leg and smiled. “I can’t wait.”

  Vulcan’s Buns

  Henry wishes to thank Mary Jo Deaver for this recipe.

  1 package active dry yeast

  ¼ cup warm water

  ½ cup butter

  2 T. sugar

  2 eggs, plus 1 yolk, beaten (preserve extra white and set aside)

  1 t. oregano

  1 t. basil

  1½ cups shredded cheddar cheese

  &½ cup chopped dried tomatoes

  1 cup milk

  5 cups all-purpose flour, sifted 3 times

  1 t. salt

  olives or feta cheese

  Dissolve yeast in water. Cream butter and sugar. Add yeast, eggs, oregano, basil, cheddar cheese, dried tomatoes, and milk to the butter and sugar mixture. Add flour and salt. Knead 5 to 8 minutes on floured board; place dough in a greased bowl, covered; put in warm place and allow to rise one hour or until doubled.

  Stir down risen dough, turn onto a lightly floured surface, and form into smooth loaf. Divide into about 36 balls, each the size of a large walnut.

  With a finger, punch a hole in the center of each ball and put either one pimento-stuffed olive or a chunk of feta cheese in each hole; pinch closed. Place 2 balls, pinched side down, in each cup of a greased muffin tin. Mix the extra egg white with 1 T. water and brush it on the tops of the buns. Allow to rise 45 minutes to an hour until almost doubled.

  Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Bake 7 minutes; brush again with egg-white mixture and bake another 7–8 minutes, or until golden brown.

  Yield: 18 buns

  About the Author

  ANNE GEORGE was the Agatha Award-winning author of eight Southern Sisters mysteries: Murder on a Girls’ Night Out, Murder on a Bad Hair Day, Murder Runs in the Family, Murder Makes Waves, Murder Gets a Life, Murder Shoots the Bull, Murder Carries a Torch, and her final book, Murder Boogies with Elvis. Her popular and hilariously funny novels reflected much of her own experiences. Like Patricia Anne, Anne George was a happily married former schoolteacher living in Birmingham, Alabama, and she grew up with a delightful cutup cousin who provided plenty of inspiration for the outrageous Mary Alice. A former Alabama State Poet, cofounder of Druid Press, and a regular contributor to literary and poetry publications, Ms. George was also the author of a literary novel, This One and Magic Life, which Publishers Weekly described as “silky and lyrical.” She had been nominated for several awards, including the Pulitzer for a book of verse entitled Some of It Is True. Anne George passed away in March 2001.

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  Southern Sisters Mysteries by

  Anne George

  from Avon Books

  MURDER ON A GIRLS’ NIGHT OUT

  MURDER ON A BAD HAIR DAY

  MURDER RUNS IN THE FAMILY

  MURDER MAKES WAVES

  MURDER GETS A LIFE

  MURDER SHOOTS THE BULL

  MURDER CARRIES A TORCH

  MURDER BOOGIES WITH ELVIS

  And

  THIS ONE AND MAGIC LIFE

  Copyright

  This book is a work of fiction. The characters, incidents, and dialogue are drawn from the author’s imagination and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to actual events or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

  MURDER GETS A LIFE. Copyright © 1999 by Anne George. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, down-loaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.

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