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Killed on the Rocks (The Matt Cobb Mysteries #6)
by William L. DeAndreaAt a snowed-in retreat, a corporate takeover turns deadlyA remote mansion, a blizzard, and lack of phone service: It&’s an opportunity a killer can&’t pass up. Matt Cobb, the in-house troubleshooter for a television conglomerate, is summoned to an executive meeting at the Adirondack home of billionaire G. B. Dost. Dost plans to acquire the TV network, and the shareholders are anxious about the rich man&’s intentions. One of the bigwigs might even prefer murder to a takeover. Sure enough, the morning before negotiations would start, Dost is discovered dead outside his lodge—surrounded by forty feet of smooth, unbroken snow—and Cobb is faced with the task of interrogating guests. And matters are only complicated by Dost&’s psychic wife, his off-kilter son, and a haunting message somehow relayed on a television found to be unplugged.
Killed with a Passion (The Matt Cobb Mysteries #3)
by William L. DeAndreaMatt Cobb goes to bat for a friend accused of murderMatt Cobb, an executive who is tasked with smoothing over sensitive situations for a major television network, is used to looking disaster in the eye. But while traveling upstate to look into rising corruption in the sale of cable broadcasting licenses, and mixing with some old college friends, he doesn&’t expect murder rears its ugly head. Cobb&’s former roommate, Dan Morris, is still pining over his ex-girlfriend Debbie Whitten, who&’s about to marry another man. But on the night before her wedding, Debbie is killed with a crushing karate blow to her throat, and Dan is accused of murder. Cobb has to prove his friend&’s innocence—no mean feat given that Morris was a martial arts expert and publicly vowed to put a stop to the marriage—and also that a shady DA has an agenda in locking him up. Meanwhile, the cable corruption issue won&’t die down, and Cobb becomes the target of a goon dubbed &“The Organic Hit Man,&” who kills with whatever&’s handy.
Killer
by Christopher NewmanA maverick detective who socializes with New York's rich and famous and arrests society's lowlife, Joe Dante had busted a Colombian drug enforcer and earned a price on his head. Now Dante is back at work and trying to find the killer who came after him, finding murders every step of the way.
Killer Acorn Pie (Pies And Pages Cozy Mysteries #16)
by Carolyn Q. HunterEver make a misguided decision? Thanksgiving is the busiest time of year at Pies and Pages, and shop owner Bertha Hannah is trying to bring in even more customers by offering free tickets to a local holiday themed escape room put on by the community college. While not exactly sure how escape rooms work, Bert knows that teens, college students, and families especially seem to love them. However, when one of Bert's employees comes in telling of how her friend died in the same escape room they're promoting, the sale backfires. Worse yet, Bert's detective boyfriend Harry Mannor seems to think Bert's employee may have had something to do with it. With sales on the decline and a murderer on the move, Bert rushes to prove her young friend's innocence before it's too late. This book will spice up your holiday, buy now, while it's hot!
Killer Ambition (A Rachel Knight Novel #3)
by Marcia ClarkWhen the daughter of a billionaire Hollywood director is found murdered after what appears to be a kidnapping gone wrong, Los Angeles Special Trials prosecutor Rachel Knight and Detective Bailey Keller find themselves at the epicenter of a combustible and high-profile court case. Then a prime suspect is revealed to be one of Hollywood's most popular and powerful talent managers--and best friend to the victim's father. With the director vouching for the manager's innocence, the Hollywood media machine commences an all-out war designed to discredit both Rachel and her case. KILLER AMBITION is at once a thrilling ride through the darker side of Tinseltown and a stunning courtroom drama with the brilliant insider's perspective that Marcia Clark is uniquely qualified to give.
Killer Ambition: A Rachel Knight novel (Rachel Knight)
by Marcia ClarkIn this gripping legal thriller from author and prosecutor Marcia Clark, Rachel Knight faces down the dark side of Hollywood - perfect for fans of James Patterson and David Baldacci.Would you kill to protect your career? When the teenage daughter of a billionaire director is kidnapped, Deputy DA Rachel Knight and Detective Bailey Killer are on the case. But things go wrong fast. The girl is found murdered, and the man they suspect has rich and powerful friends. In the hostile glare of the media, under attack from her own bosses, Rachel prepares the case for trial. She will bring the truth to light... no matter who wants it to stay hidden. The stage is set for stunning courtroom drama and a thrilling ride through the dark side of Hollywood.
Killer Amnesia: Faith in the Face of Crime
by Sherri ShackelfordHer life is a mystery…And forgetting the past can be deadly.Run off the road, investigative journalist Emma Lyons awakens with no memory of who she is or what happened. And researching her own past with Deputy Liam McCourt quickly leads to a killer who wants them silenced. Branded outsiders in a sleepy Texas town full of dark secrets, can they escape an unknown threat dead set on robbing Emma of her past—and future?
Killer Apple Pie (Pies and Pages Cozy Mysteries #1)
by Carolyn Q. HunterBertha Hannah's two passions in life are books and piping hot homemade pies, and when an opportunity arises for her to open her own pie and book shop, she jumps in headfirst, only to find that preparing to open her own shop isn't exactly a piece of cake. In the midst of getting organized and putting the pieces in place for her grand opening, tragedy strikes, far too close for comfort. All the while mourning the untimely death of an old friend, Bertha finds herself having to deal with pompous detectives, money-grubbing investors and unruly customers, which truly threatens to upset her apple cart. Will she be able to unravel the mystery which has presented itself at the worst of times? Or, will her dream business be finished before it even starts?
Killer Assignment
by Maggie K. BlackFRONT PAGE NEWS: MURDER! Journalist Katie Todd wanted her name as a byline on the front page, not in the obituaries. When an assignment goes very wrong, she finds herself pursued by ruthless kidnappers. Her only hope is the enigmatic and handsome Mark Armor. All clues point to him being the enemy of her enemy, but is he a friend-or something much more dangerous? Every move Mark makes to help Katie brings him closer to the life he left behind, but he can't say no to the beautiful writer. Will the secrets of his past put Katie in even more danger?
Killer Blonde
by Laura LevineA gal with a serious Ben & Jerry's habit can't afford to be too picky about employment opportunities. So when Beverly Hills socialite SueEllen Kingsley offers freelance writer Jaine Austen megabucks to ghost write a book of hostess tips, it's time to sharpen the No. 2s. But everything short circuits when Jaine finds SueEllen floating face down in her tub, fried by her own blow dryer. The primary suspect: Heidi, SueEllen's stepdaughter, whose account of a mysterious blonde fleeing the scene is greeted with scepticism by Beverly Hills' finest. Peroxide suspects abound, including a very private masseuse, a jealous nurse, a former game show hostess...even a closet blonde with a surprising secret. One of them is hiding a murderous heart behind pricey highlights, and Jaine's out to expose the killer's dark roots. Because blondes have enough fun without getting away with murder...
Killer Blonde (A Jaine Austen Mystery #3)
by Laura Levine"Jaine Austen's amused take on life, love, sex and LA will delight readers." --Carolyn HartA gal with a serious Ben & Jerry's habit can't afford to be too picky about employment opportunities. So when Beverly Hills socialite SueEllen Kingsley offers freelance writer Jaine Austen megabucks to ghostwrite a book of hostess tips, it's time to sharpen the #2s.But everything short circuits when Jaine finds SueEllen floating face down in her tub, fried by her own blow dryer. The primary suspect: Heidi, SueEllen's stepdaughter, whose account of a mysterious blonde fleeing the scene is greeted with skepticism by Beverly Hills' finest. Peroxided suspects abound, including a very private masseuse, a jealous nurse, a former game show hostess. . .even a closet blonde with a surprising secret. One of them is hiding a murderous heart behind pricey highlights, and Jaine's out to expose the killer's dark roots. Because blondes have enough fun without getting away with murder. . ."Levine's series gets stronger with each book. Her dialogue is realistic yet hilarious, and her vivid characters jump off the page." -Romantic Times"The identity of the real killer comes as [a] smart surprise." --Publishers Weekly
Killer Blonde: A Dead-End Job Mystery (Dead-End Job Mystery)
by Elaine VietsSouth Florida sleuth Helen Hawthorne gets a history lesson from her landlady Margery Flax. In the 1970s, while pushing papers in a dead-end job, Margery witnessed a battle of the blondes between vivacious Vicki and meticulous Minnie for a promotion that would take one of them to the top of the corporate ladder. But when their office politics turned dirty, the blondes got dangerous--leaving one of them dead and one of them a killer whose identity Margery has kept secret for more than forty years... Killer Blonde previously appeared in Drop-Dead Blonde Includes a preview of the Dead-End Job Novel, Catnapped! Praise for the Dead-End Job Mysteries by Elaine Viets Winner of the Anthony Award and the Agatha Award "A stubborn and intelligent heroine, a wonderful South Florida setting, and a cast of more or less lethal bimbos."--#1 New York Times bestselling author Charlaine Harris "Clever....The real draw, though, is Viets's snappy critique of South Florida."--Marilyn Stasio, The New York Times Book Review "Wickedly funny."--The Miami Herald Elaine Viets has actually worked many of those dead-end jobs in her mystery novels, just like her character Helen Hawthorne. She is also the author of the Josie Marcus, Mystery Shopper series and numerous short stories. Elaine has won an Anthony Award and an Agatha Award. She lives in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, with her husband, reporter Don Crinklaw.
Killer Body (Bodyguard of the Month #3)
by Elle JamesTexas was ablaze with murder and corruption, but Dawson Gray was used to the heat. High-pressure situations couldn't shake the ex-army heavy hitter; he was forged in them. Having no fear for his own life, he signed on with the Lone Star Agency.Assigned as a bodyguard, Dawson was all over Savvy Jones—if that was her real name. Caught in a frame-up, Savvy didn't remember who she was, and his first task as her bodyguard was to jog her memory. His second? To make sure that the drug cartel targeting her didn't harm a hair on her sweet head.But as Savvy began to mean more to him than just a case, Dawson found that there was one thing he did fear—losing her forever. And that wasn't going to happen on his watch.From Harlequin Intrigue: Seek thrills. Solve crimes. Justice served.Discover these action-packed stories from Elle James's Mission: Six Series. All books are stand-alone with uplifting endings but were published in the following order:Book 1: One Intrepid SEALBook 2: Two Dauntless HeartsBook 3: Three Courageous WordsBook 4: Four Relentless DaysBook 5: Five Ways to SurrenderBook 6: Six Minutes to Midnight
Killer Calories
by G. A. McKevettPrivate detective Savannah Reid isn't your average crime-fighting heroine. Middle-aged and overweight--at least by society's skinny-winnie standards--Savannah has the audacity to love herself anyway. If there's anything the sassy Dixie belle enjoys more than cooking soul-satisfying food for her friends and family, it's nabbing bad guys and plopping them on the scales of Lady Justice. Having relocated to Southern California, this unconventional Georgia peach and the equally eccentric members of her Moonlight Magnolia Detective Agency live to take a tasty bite out of crime in the sleepy, seaside town of San Carmelita.Under ordinary circumstances, deliciously gluttonous, private detective Savannah Reid wouldn't be caught dead in a toxin-cleansing, exercise-till-you-drop, eat-seaweed-goop health spa. But murder is no ordinary circumstance, and Savannah has to catch a killer. Of course, to do that she has to stay alive, and she's starting to think this place and its grueling regimen (not to mention the bowls of gruel) will be the death of her. She's wondering what her official Cause of Death will be: starvation, exhaustion, or murder in the first degree, in KILLER CALORIES.
Killer Calories (A Savannah Reid Mystery #3)
by G. A. McKevettSexy private detective Savannah Reid maybe built for comfort and not for speed, but she likes herself just fine as she is. So the only way she's likely to set foot in a health spa is over a dead body—someone else's—along with a hefty fee to sweeten the deal. The irresistible combination of murder and money brings Savannah to Royal Palms to investigate the death of spa owner and former cult-flick actress Kat Valentina. The medical examiner called it a fatal—but accidental—mixture of booze and a hot tub, but Savannah's anonymous client thinks otherwise. Savanah quickly learns there's no shortage of likely suspects from ex-lovers and would-be lovers, to employees and prior co-stars with unsavory pasts. As for Savannah and her sweet tooth, this may prove to be a costly case. For if the strict regimen of exercise and nasty spa cuisine doesn't kill her, there's a murderer close by who's prepared to finish the job. . .
Killer Calories (Savannah Reid Mystery #3)
by G. A. McKevettSexy private detective Savannah Reid may be built for comfort and not for speed, but she likes herself just fine as she is. So the only way she's likely to set foot in a health spa is over a dead body-someone else's-along with a hefty fee to sweeten the deal. The irresistible combination of murder and money brings Savannah to Royal Palms to investigate the death of spa owner and former cult-flick actress Kat Valentina. The medical examiner called it a fatal-but accidental-mixture of booze and a hot tub, but Savannah's anonymous client thinks otherwise. Savanah quickly learns there's no shortage of likely suspects from ex-lovers and would-be lovers, to employees and prior co-stars with unsavory pasts. As for Savannah and her sweet tooth, this may prove to be a costly case. For if the strict regimen of exercise and nasty spa cuisine doesn't kill her, there's a murderer close by who's prepared to finish the job....
Killer Caramel Cookies: Book 1 in the Killer Cookie Series
by Patti BenningLilah Fallon has been bouncing from job to job ever since she left a cushy position at her father's company. Recently fired from a voice-over job, she's still on the hunt for a perfect career, where she can use her talents and abilities and still have room to live and breathe. When she sees an ad in the paper about an opening at the local salon, she jumps on it, certain that she has found her path, but what seems at first like a dream job, soon turns into a nightmare, and things go from bad to worse when a client is found dead. There are several potential murder suspects in the small town of Vista, Alabama, and unfortunately Lilah finds herself included in that group. Eager to prove her innocence, she enlists the help of friends to try to find the killer before it's too late.
Killer Caramel Pie (Pies and Pages Cozy Mysteries #6)
by Carolyn Q. HunterNew Year's Eve is fast approaching in Culver's Hood and, thanks to Detective Harry Mannor, pie shop owner Bertha Hannah has been invited to attend one of the largest parties of the season, which is being held at the mayor's penthouse. Bert has her reservations about having to dress up and break bread with the city’s most well to-do citizens, but decides to go to the party anyway. Tragedy strikes when a fellow partygoer falls over the fifteenth story balcony, but Bert is convinced that the resulting death was no accident. She’s positive that foul play was involved, and is frustrated when no one else seems to believe her. Determined to get to the bottom of the incident, she must use her wits, and her wicked baking skills, to uncover the dark truth.
Killer Cargo
by Dana MentinkDECEPTION AT 20,000 FEET Transporting pet supplies-and the occasional bunny-is routine for pilot Maria de Silva. Discovering drugs amidst her shipments of kitty litter is not. Out of fuel in the Oregon wilderness, Maria barely escapes with her life when dealers meet her on the runway. She finds refuge at Cy Sheridan's idyllic animal sanctuary-a whole new world for this city girl. But Maria fears that her drug-smuggling client will take revenge against the man-and animals-she's come to love. Is there a wolf in sheep's clothing lurking in the woods?
Killer Chameleon
by Chassie WestFormer D.C. cop Leigh Ann Warren is starting a new job and looking forward to a blissful wedded life. But someone is not willing to let her escape so easily -- a lethal adversary with a grudge who's determined to make Leigh Ann pay ... and keep paying.What begins as a series of petty harassments quickly escalates into more serious crimes, as a stranger driven by hate and unburdened by conscience steals Leigh Ann's identity to threaten her extended family. And when her invisible enemy graduates to murder, Leigh Ann realizes that there's only one way to take back her life and stop the terror: She must beat a killer at her own twisted game.
Killer Characters
by Ellery AdamsFrom the New York Times bestselling author of Writing All Wrongs, it’s a rotten state of affairs in Oyster Bay, and the Bayside Book Writers are out to end a nasty plot... Restaurant owner and aspiring novelist Olivia Limoges is happily enjoying her new marriage. Sadly, the same doesn’t hold true for Laurel, a fellow Bayside Book Writer. While struggling with a demanding job, twin boys, and a terminally ill mother-in-law, Laurel learns that her perfect marriage is mostly fictional. When she catches her husband fooling around with his mother’s hospice nurse, she issues impassioned threats that will later come back to haunt her. After the nurse meets a deadly denouement, Chief Rawlings is forced to take Laurel into custody. While Olivia protests the arrest, the rest of the Bayside Book Writers become a group divided, with Rawlings and Harris on one side and Olivia and Millay on the other. Now the women must race against the clock to prove that Laurel’s not the sort for murder before her story ends in tragedy…From the Paperback edition.
Killer Chardonnay (A Colorado Wine Mystery #1)
by Kate LansingA young winery owner won't let one sour grape ruin the bunch in the first installment of this exciting cozy mystery series.Parker Valentine has always dreamed of opening her own winery in her hometown of Boulder, Colorado. But she gets more than she bargained for when a food and wine critic unexpectedly shows up at Vino Valentine on opening day. A negative review could be fatal for her business, and not only does he seem to hate her chardonnay, he also collapses and dies shortly after drinking it. Although Parker hoped that the attendees would put a cork in it, soon her winery is at the center of a social media firestorm. With #killerchardonnay trending online, Parker's business is in danger of closing, and she has no choice but to investigate the murder herself.To restore her reputation, catch a killer, and keep her struggling business open, Parker needs only one thing: some good proof.
Killer Cheesecake Tart (Pies and Pages Cozy Mysteries #10)
by Carolyn Q. HunterPie shop owner Bertha Hannah might not have any children of her own, but this Mothers Day she is celebrating by helping to cater a Wine and Cheese party for some of the richest ladies--and mothers--in all of Culver's Hood, Nebraska. She has a delicious cheesecake tart prepared for the occasion, and things start off swimmingly, until a gruesome discovery is made at the elegant venue. When the hostess of the party is found, face down, in one of the estate's beautiful fountains, Detective Harry Manor is all too ready to point a finger at one of Bert's fellow church members, who happens to be at the party. Bert steps in, along with her friends Shiv and Carla, to see what clues they can find to exonerate the innocent churchgoer, before the real killer slips through their fingers and gets away with murder.
Killer Chef (BookShots)
by James Patterson Jeffrey J. KeyesEat, drink, and be murdered.Someone is poisoning diners in New Orleans' best restaurants. Now it's up to chef and homicide cop Caleb Rooney to catch a killer--who has an appetite for revenge.BookShotsLIGHTNING-FAST STORIES BY JAMES PATTERSON Novels you can devour in a few hours Impossible to stop reading All original content from James Patterson
Killer Chocolate Pecan Pie (Pies and Pages Cozy Mysteries #17)
by Carolyn Q. Hunter'Tis the season to be... dead? There is nothing pie and bookshop owner, Bertha Hannah, loves more than Christmas. Smiling faces in the shops, softly falling snow parties, presents, and—always—delicious pie. Bert can't wait to spend the holiday cuddled up on the couch in front of a warm fire, after Jack Frost nips at her nose. Unfortunately, things aren't all songs and carols when a bitter rivalry breaks out between the choir directors of her church's holiday concert. The good-natured warmth of the season turns icy when a church member winds up dead and the number one suspect begs Bert to use her sleuthing skills to solve the case and clear their name. Will Bert be able to solve the crime and recapture the Christmas spirit.., or will she die trying?