Best Little Motel in Texas, The: Lyla Lane

A Novel Lyla Lane Paperback FICTION/Mystery & Detective / Women Sleuths A Paperback Original A charming, edgy mystery about a young woman who unexpectedly inherits the best little motel in Texas—replete with a feisty set of golden working girls, a poisoned priest, and a sleepy hometown thrown into chaos. After a childhood spent combing the dive bars of Sarsaparilla Falls to collect her fun-loving momma, Cordelia West now enjoys a simple, respectable life in Dallas. Then one phone call from the hometown she’s spent years trying to forget throws it into chaos.Cordelia's great-aunt Penelope has passed away, naming Cordelia the sole heir to the Chickadee Motel. She has no memory of a great-aunt and no interest in hospitality, but the will stipulates that the motel can’t be sold until its residents leave or pass away – so she reluctantly heads back down to Sarsaparilla Falls to figure out who's living in the Chickadee, and how to get them out.