
“Mama Does Time” had risen to the top of my book stack and it was a coincidence that I was reading it when I arrived. This past week with my book in hand I visited Deborah and her husband Kerry at their home in Florida.

Deborah hit it out of the park with “Mama Does Time” and is enjoying well deserved reviews and accolades at book signings and parties in her honor. You’ll be guessing until the last chapters when her daughter, Mace, puts all the pieces together. It won’t scare you or keep you up at night except that you won’t be able to put it down because you’re losing sleep trying to figure out who killed Jim Albert and stuffed him into the trunk of Mama’s car. It reads like an Alexander McCall Smith novel. The caper begs you to keep turning the page. It is set in central Florida and is full of Southern wit and details.

“Mama Does Time” is a gentle murder mystery with colorful characters and a brilliantly developed sense of place.

My friend, Deborah Sharp, has just written her first book. Deborah Sharp (left), author of "Mama Does Time."
