Roses are being murdered and cake is being made out of salmonella. There's clowns locked in freezers and cell phones used to report crimes and capture criminals.

It's not easy writing mysteries with lots of laughter. For mysteries, by their very nature, generally involve death, destruction and mayhem.

This collection of mystery short stories has some of those elements but always there?s a happy ending and lots of fun from title to final paragraph.

Collection includes the following short stories:

The Old Race Bait and Switch
Salmonella Cake
Who Is Murdering Mrs. Rochambeau's Roses?
Saving Mom from Uncle Guido
Sex, Lies and Audiotape
Sticky Notes
Enough Clowning Around
Cellular Madness
Profile of a Cat Burglar
The Mooses Massacre
A Murder of Crows
Flower Power
Till Death Do Us Part
The Laughing Out Loud Caf?

Read it at the beach. Read it during lunch hour. Read it when a good old-fashioned guffaw is most needed. For when human beings try to solve, prevent or commit crimes there's no rule that it must always be so serious.

Patricia Fish is a Blogger.

She also writes books of mysteries, political intrigue, gardens, animals and tales of her beloved eco-system.

All of Pat's books contain an element of humor, a touch of nature, perhaps a political slant in keeping with self-proclaimed job of political and pop culture pundit.

Pat teaches writing in her resident state of Delaware. She is also certified as a Backyard Wildlife Habitat Steward by the National Wildlife Federation.

After 25 years as an accountant, Pat turned her attention to writing. She hasn't looked back.