A Bed And Breakfast Murder Mystery

WUNC | By Frank Stasio,

Anita Rao

Published July 23, 2014 at 11:36 AM EDT

An Agatha Christie-inspired murder mystery set at a Southern B&B.

When Beth McKenzie's grandmother passed away, she left behind a hefty nursing home bill and a dilapidated mansion, and it was up to Beth to figure out what to do. But luckily, she had a plan.

She would open a charming bed and breakfast in and old southern mansion and settle back into life in a small town. But then her first guest is murdered and everything begins to unravel. The story is the premise of Doing It at the Dixie Dew (Minotaur Books/2014), an Agatha Christie-inspired murder mystery by Pittsboro-based author Ruth Moose.

Host Frank Stasio talks with Moose about her debut novel.

Frank Stasio

Longtime NPR correspondent Frank Stasio was named permanent host of The State of Things in June 2006. A native of Buffalo, Frank has been in radio since the age of 19. He began his public radio career at WOI in Ames, Iowa, where he was a magazine show anchor and the station's News Director.

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Anita Rao

Anita Rao is the host and creator of "Embodied," a live, weekly radio show and seasonal podcast about sex, relationships & health. She's also the managing editor of WUNC's on-demand content. She has traveled the country recording interviews for the Peabody Award-winning StoryCorps production department, founded and launched a podcast about millennial feminism in the South, and served as the managing editor and regular host of "The State of Things," North Carolina Public Radio's flagship daily, live talk show. Anita was born in a small coal-mining town in Northeast England but spent most of her life growing up in Iowa and has a fond affection for the Midwest.

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