Meet the characters of
Murder And Mayhem In Goose Pimple Junction
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Tess Tremaine
Tess is a new citizen of Goose Pimple Junction. She’s an employee of the town’s bookstore, Stafford's, a writer in her spare time, and the love interest of Jack Wright, who thinks she’s as pretty as a spotted horse in a daisy pasture.
Jackson Wright
Jack is a published author of a successful series of mystery books, a local celebrity, and all around good guy. He is a good-looking man in his early-fifties, and slicker ‘n butter on a marble.
Louetta Stafford
Lou is the owner of the town’s bookstore, Stafford's, daughter of murder victim, John Hobb, mother of Martha Maye, and grandmother of Butterbean. Lou is almost eighty-years-old, wears loud makeup and clothes, and has a personality to match. She’s usually busy as a cranberry merchant, and always tough as a two-dollar steak.
Martha Maye Applewhite
Martha Maye is Louetta Stafford’s daughter and nine-year-old Butterbean’s mother. She and Butterbean move in with Louetta following Martha Maye’s separation from her husband. She suffers from clue deficit disorder.
Henry Clay Price
Henry Clay is a candidate for governor, a bank president, and the love interest of Martha Maye. His teenage daughter, Charlotte, is Pickle Culpepper's girlfriend. Henry Clay reminds Tess a little of an absent-minded professor. And deep down, he’s shallow.
Willy Clayton
Willy claims to be a handyman, but most people think he devotes all his time to being the town troublemaker. If brains were leather, he wouldn’t have enough to saddle a June bug. Lou says Jesus loves him, but He's the only one.
Buck Lyle
Buck is the mare (mayor) of Goose Pimple Junction and pursuer of Tess. Lou thinks he’s all hat and no cattle.
John Ed Price
John Ed is the police chief and father of Henry Clay. He’s about as useful as a pogo stick in quicksand.
Tank Marshall
Tank is the biker dude grandson of the 1930s bank robber Brick Lynch. He’s about as useful as a brick life vest.
Slick & Junebug
Slick & Junebug are the owners of the local diner, aptly named Slick & Junebug’s Diner. Their food is so good tastin’ it will make your tongue slap your brains out.
Pickle Culpepper
Pickle is the teenage part-time employee of the bookstore. He means well, but when God said, “Come forth for brains,” he came fifth. His mother, Caledonia, is a steel magnolia, and his poor little brother, Peanut, looks like he’s been whooped with an ugly stick.
Clive Pierce and Earl Hicks
Clive & Earl are two old coots whose rear ends have just about grown roots into their regular stools at the diner. They could both talk the hair off a dog.
1930s Characters
John Hobb
John is a bank bookkeeper and auditor in 1932 when the bank is robbed. It is his murder that Tess and Jack attempt to solve seventy-five years later. He is tighter ‘n bark on a tree, but with four children and a wife, he has to be.
Maye Hobb
Maye is John Hobb’s wife, and mother of four children, one of which is Louetta Stafford. Maye is a bit of a flirt and bats her eyelashes like a toad in a hailstorm.
Trevor Hobb
Trevor is John Hobb’s brother and black sheep of the family. They call him “Blister” because he doesn’t show up until the work is done.
Brick Lynch, Rod Pierce, and Junior Wells
Brick, Rod & Junior rob the First National Bank in Goose Pimple Junction in 1935. None of them have enough chlorine in their gene pool.
Tess Tremaine
Tess is a new citizen of Goose Pimple Junction. She’s an employee of the town’s bookstore, Stafford's, a writer in her spare time, and the love interest of Jack Wright, who thinks she’s as pretty as a spotted horse in a daisy pasture.
Jackson Wright
Jack is a published author of a successful series of mystery books, a local celebrity, and all around good guy. He is a good-looking man in his early-fifties, and slicker ‘n butter on a marble.
Louetta Stafford
Lou is the owner of the town’s bookstore, Stafford's, daughter of murder victim, John Hobb, mother of Martha Maye, and grandmother of Butterbean. Lou is almost eighty-years-old, wears loud makeup and clothes, and has a personality to match. She’s usually busy as a cranberry merchant, and always tough as a two-dollar steak.
Martha Maye Applewhite
Martha Maye is Louetta Stafford’s daughter and nine-year-old Butterbean’s mother. She and Butterbean move in with Louetta following Martha Maye’s separation from her husband. She suffers from clue deficit disorder.
Henry Clay Price
Henry Clay is a candidate for governor, a bank president, and the love interest of Martha Maye. His teenage daughter, Charlotte, is Pickle Culpepper's girlfriend. Henry Clay reminds Tess a little of an absent-minded professor. And deep down, he’s shallow.
Willy Clayton
Willy claims to be a handyman, but most people think he devotes all his time to being the town troublemaker. If brains were leather, he wouldn’t have enough to saddle a June bug. Lou says Jesus loves him, but He's the only one.
Buck Lyle
Buck is the mare (mayor) of Goose Pimple Junction and pursuer of Tess. Lou thinks he’s all hat and no cattle.
John Ed Price
John Ed is the police chief and father of Henry Clay. He’s about as useful as a pogo stick in quicksand.
Tank Marshall
Tank is the biker dude grandson of the 1930s bank robber Brick Lynch. He’s about as useful as a brick life vest.
Slick & Junebug
Slick & Junebug are the owners of the local diner, aptly named Slick & Junebug’s Diner. Their food is so good tastin’ it will make your tongue slap your brains out.
Pickle Culpepper
Pickle is the teenage part-time employee of the bookstore. He means well, but when God said, “Come forth for brains,” he came fifth. His mother, Caledonia, is a steel magnolia, and his poor little brother, Peanut, looks like he’s been whooped with an ugly stick.
Clive Pierce and Earl Hicks
Clive & Earl are two old coots whose rear ends have just about grown roots into their regular stools at the diner. They could both talk the hair off a dog.
1930s Characters
John Hobb
John is a bank bookkeeper and auditor in 1932 when the bank is robbed. It is his murder that Tess and Jack attempt to solve seventy-five years later. He is tighter ‘n bark on a tree, but with four children and a wife, he has to be.
Maye Hobb
Maye is John Hobb’s wife, and mother of four children, one of which is Louetta Stafford. Maye is a bit of a flirt and bats her eyelashes like a toad in a hailstorm.
Trevor Hobb
Trevor is John Hobb’s brother and black sheep of the family. They call him “Blister” because he doesn’t show up until the work is done.
Brick Lynch, Rod Pierce, and Junior Wells
Brick, Rod & Junior rob the First National Bank in Goose Pimple Junction in 1935. None of them have enough chlorine in their gene pool.
Character Interviews
August 1: Ten Questions With Pickle Culpepper
August 4: Ten Minutes With Tess
August 5: Meet Pickle
August 6: Welcome To Slick & Junebug's Diner
August 8: Interview with Jackson Wright
August 11: Interview with Louetta Stafford
August 4: Ten Minutes With Tess
August 5: Meet Pickle
August 6: Welcome To Slick & Junebug's Diner
August 8: Interview with Jackson Wright
August 11: Interview with Louetta Stafford