Download or read book Hijinks in Ajijic written by Vikki Walton and published by Vikki Walton. This book was released on 2021-04-29 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Caring for animals in a Mexican casa sounds delightful, but when Viviane uncovers rumors and scandals, fireworks at dawn may not be the only thing exploding. Turning sixty has Viviane Masters seeking adventure and travel. Against her daughter’s wishes, spunky Viviane resolves to travel the world as a house and pet sitter. Her first sit in a sleepy ex-pat town in Mexico sounds great, but on arrival she senses a disturbing undercurrent in the placid locale. When Viviane finds threatening notes at the casa, are the warnings for her or the homeowner? As she delves deeper into the mystery, will Viviane’s first adventure be her last? If you love travel, animals, and clean cozy mysteries, with a sassy senior sleuth, grab this short read that introduces you to Viviane Masters, a global house and pet sitter. You’ll like this series if you enjoy any of these authors or series:, Blaize Cement (Dixie Hemingway Mysteries), Adriana Lucio (the Homeswappers), Liz Dodwell (Polly Parrett Pet-Sitter Cozy Mysteries), Jennifer S. Alderson (Travel can be murder), Krista Davis (Paws and Claws Mystery), Heather Day Gilbert (An Exotic Pet-Sitter Mystery), or Susan Kiernan-Lewis (Maggie Newberry Mysteries), to name a few. Author promise: This series contains no profanity and no graphic descriptions of sex or violence.

Download or read book Duck Disaster written by Vikki Walton and published by Vikki Walton. This book was released on 2022-06-04 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A missing corpse. An engagement in tatters. Can Anne prevent a wedding from turning into a funeral? Anne, Kandi, and Hope are giddy with excitement when a network celebrity from Denver wants to host their wedding at the Brandywine Inn. An eligible society bachelor and a beautiful morning host would be great publicity for the Inn. But as soon as the wedding party arrives, strange things start happening at the Inn. When a guest is convinced they saw a dead body, Anne must discover who’s up to no good before a real corpse shows up. If you enjoy clean, feel-good cozy mysteries set in a small town with female amateur sleuths, then this is the read for you. While each story includes a standalone mystery if you enjoy getting to know the quirky characters, along with feeling you’d want to visit the town where friends become family, grab it now. While all books can be read as a stand-alone, if you enjoy getting to know the characters, here is the reading order of the books. Books in the Backyard Farming Series: Chicken Culprit Cordial Killing Honey Homicide Christmas Capers Potager Plot Duck Disaster Fungi Foul Play

Download or read book Death Stakes A Claim written by Vikki Walton and published by Vikki Walton. This book was released on 2020-04-07 with total page 107 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A cryptic message holds the clue to uncovering a killer. Yet when the message leads Christie to the discovery of a body in a hoarder's home, it's a race to find out how they're connected. With the help of her new friend, Lana, they find themselves at a local antique shop in Boerne. Time is running out as Christie feels the killer closing in. But will Christie have the guts to fight back against a killer once and for all? Book 3 in A Taylor Texas Mystery Christie bakes up a favorite with pumpkin pie. Recipe included. If you enjoy reading about gals with grit and gumption, check out Death Stakes A Claim. Books in the Taylor Texas series Death Takes A Break Death Makes A Move Death Stakes A Claim Death Steals A Kiss Death Cracks The Case Death Wakes A Snake

Download or read book Christmas Capers written by Vikki Walton and published by Morewellson, Ltd. . This book was released on 2020-12-10 with total page 79 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Can Anne get into the holiday spirit, or will it take a series of robberies to get her out of her “hum-bug” mood? Even with her friends trying to goad her into being more cheerful, Anne’s struggling to catch the Christmas spirit. When Anne learns robberies are occurring in the small mountain town of Carolan Springs, she gets excited about solving another mystery. But all is not as it seems, and Anne finds out the clues are directing her to something much larger. A feel-good Christmas story that includes a message of what’s truly important. If you enjoy heart-warming holiday stories with a clean, cozy mystery featuring an amateur sleuth and a playful cat, pick up Christmas Capers now. While all books can be read as a stand-alone, if you enjoy getting to know the characters, here is the reading order of the books. Books in the Backyard Farming Series: Chicken Culprit Cordial Killing Honey Homicide Christmas Capers Potager Plot Duck Disaster Fungi Foul Play

Download or read book Deception in Devon written by Vikki Walton and published by Vikki Walton. This book was released on 2020-09-02 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Picturesque Devon, England. A quaint bed and breakfast. And a corpse. When 60-year-old global adventurer, Viviane, travels to picturesque Devon on her way to a London housesit, she gets all the beauty and British hospitality she wanted, and more. The more being a murder. For one of Viviane's new friends at the charming Kingswear Bed & Breakfast is not what they seem. When the police believe the death to be a tragic accident, inquisitive Viviane steps up to investigate. Will Viviane solve the mystery before she has to leave, or worse, will the killer comes calling for her? If you enjoy travel, sassy sleuths, and mysteries that keep you guessing, you'll love the Viviane's Adventures Mysteries series. Grab this book and start traveling the globe with Viviane now! Deception in Devon is book one in the Viviane's Adventures travel mystery series. Clean as a cozy, but with an undertone of psychological suspense, each book is a stand-alone mystery with a satisfying conclusion. However, if you enjoy getting to know the characters in the books you read, you may want to read the short prequel, Hijinks in Ajijic, which introduces you to Viviane, her new friend, Perry, along with a worry-wart daughter. You’ll like this series if you enjoy any of these authors or series: Blaize Cement (Dixie Hemingway Mysteries), Adriana Lucio (the Homeswappers), Liz Dodwell (Polly Parrett Pet-Sitter Cozy Mysteries), Jennifer S. Alderson (Travel can be murder), Krista Davis (Paws and Claws Mystery), Heather Day Gilbert (An Exotic Pet-Sitter Mystery), or Susan Kiernan-Lewis (Maggie Newberry Mysteries), to name a few. Author promise: This series contains no profanity and no graphic descriptions of sex or violence. ◆◆◆ Vikki Walton is also the author of the cozy mystery Backyard Farming Series and the Taylor Texas mystery series. To learn more about the author, and to find out when the next Viviane's Adventure will be released, sign up for her newsletter at vikkiwalton.com.

Download or read book Death Cracks The Case written by Vikki Walton and published by Vikki Walton. This book was released on 2022-10-27 with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Saddle up and help Christie Taylor solve the latest who-dun-it in the Texas Hill Country. Pie-baking, horse-riding sleuth, Christie Taylor is thrilled to be connected with a new major donor to the equine rescue. But when she meets Abby Calhan, she’s concerned for the young woman’s welfare. When Abby’s husband is found dead, Christie finds that she’s drawn into a web of deceit. Even though she knows she should stay out of it, Christie can’t help nosing around. Can Christie uncover the truth or is death riding ever closer? Death Cracks the Case is Book 5 in the Taylor Texas mystery series with a pie-baking horse-riding amateur woman sleuth. A clean, cozy mystery that will keep you guessing, along with just enough romance and a touch of faith to create a recipe for a good read. Includes yummy pie recipe. Don’t read hungry! Books in the Taylor Texas series Death Takes A Break Death Makes A Move Death Stakes A Claim Death Steals A Kiss Death Cracks The Case Death Wakes A Snake

Download or read book How to Leash a Thief written by Cat Clayton and published by . This book was released on 2018-03-20 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Southern and sassy Steely Lamarr adores pie, her cheeky Chihuahua, and her spiked camo boots. When she learns her dog-grooming shop's night janitor is murdered, and his pup is dog-napped, Steely's dogged determination to discover what happened leads her nowhere but trouble. A series of dreadful events turn her world inside out-a bank robbery, Steely stumbles upon another dead body, and now, she's on the psychopath's radar. With the help of Cuff-her purse pooch, a combative, yet hunky police officer, her best friend Daniel, and her ex-gamblin' grandma, Steely attempts to chase clues and sniff out the killer, before he fetches her.

Download or read book El Monstruo written by John Ross and published by Bold Type Books. This book was released on 2009-11-24 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Ross has been living in the old colonial quarter of Mexico City for the last three decades, a rebel journalist covering Mexico and the region from the bottom up. He is filled with a gnawing sense that his beloved Mexico City's days as the most gargantuan, chaotic, crime-ridden, toxically contaminated urban stain in the western world are doomed, and the monster he has grown to know and love through a quarter century of reporting on its foibles and tragedies and blight will be globalized into one more McCity. El Monstruo is a defense of place and the history of that place. No one has told the gritty, vibrant histories of this city of 23 million faceless souls from the ground up, listened to the stories of those who have not been crushed, deconstructed the Monstruo's very monstrousness, and lived to tell its secrets. In El Monstruo, Ross now does.

Download or read book Deadly Thanksgiving written by Maureen Fisher and published by Maureen Fisher. This book was released on 2021-10-08 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "I had a number of laugh-out-loud moments and once actually, truly, spit out some tea.""Loved your scenic descriptions, I felt I was at the lodge, the places you described were familiar." Hi, I'm Clara Foster, co-owner and events manager of Alberta's Grizzly Gulch Guest Ranch. My two sisters and I inherited the place at an age when most sensible women contemplate retirement. No one ever called us sensible. I cannot lie. It has been an uphill struggle. Due to extensive damage from a rogue summer tornado, the only way we can avoid foreclosure is to win a lucrative hospitality contest, and that requires multiple five-star reviews. Too bad the arrival of a mini-coach full of geriatric guests, one of them a corpse, threatens to derail our gala Thanksgiving event. Worse, the retired Mountie I dumped four months ago shows up seeking closure. It soon is apparent (though not provable) that the deceased was murdered, and everyone on board the mini-coach has a motive. To compound matters, this is our second murder of the year. Our slogan might as well be, "Try Grizzly Gulch getaways; they're to die for." Our guests must never learn of another murder or we might as well kiss the contest goodbye and file for bankruptcy. The only sensible solution is for me to join forces-and possibly a whole lot more-with my former flame to smoke out a killer while hiding the murder from our guests. Tensions mount when several near-fatal "accidents" occur. Action bounces from a perilous nature walk to an unfortunate goat yoga incident, a mechanical bull mishap, a savage cat, an electrical malfunction, an abandoned silver mine calamity, and a full-staff medical crisis, all culminating in a Thanksgiving feast our guests will never forget. Warning: This book may contain nuggets of naughty boomer humor."Lots of great twists and turns, the identity of the murderer wasn't obvious at all.""So funny I almost had an accident. Laughed and laughed hysterically! Loved it! Absolutely fabulous!" EXCERPT By then, the purple mini-coach was hurtling toward us at warp speed. Off-key singing and screeches of laughter floated out into the crisp, bright October air. "What's that driver doing? I hope he doesn't take out our hydro post-whoa!" Sudden fear laced Abby's voice. "He's heading straight for us. Watch out!" She pushed me behind a concrete pillar supporting the loading area portico. I closed my eyes and waited for sudden death. Would I see a white light or what? The squeal of brakes and the acrid stench of burning rubber signaled the vehicle had screeched to a halt in front of our entrance. With great caution, I opened my eyes and blinked. Swimming into my field of vision was a picture adorning the mini-coach's purple side panel. It showed a white-haired couple, matured to perfection, displaying alarmingly white teeth and suspiciously few wrinkles. Ornate pink lettering announced Lifestyle Manor Retirement Retreat. Yeah, the last guests had arrived. Abby eyed the picture and snickered. "I bet that couple's about to enjoy some afternoon delight. I hope he remembered his Viagra." A wicked sense of humor made my sister's eyes dance. Finally relaxing into the unseasonably warm breeze, I released a shaky laugh. "I can't wait to meet the passengers. They sound enthusiastic." Every window on the mini-coach was open. Slurred voices belted out an off-key rendition of Ding Dong! The Witch is Dead from The Wizard of Oz. Abby grimaced. "More like royally hammered, if you ask me."

Download or read book The Greatest Escape Or How to Live in Paradise in Luxury for 250 Dollars Per Month written by Tom McLaughlin and published by . This book was released on 1985-02 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Deception in Devon written by Vikki Walton and published by A Viviane's Adventures Mystery. This book was released on 2020-09-05 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Viviane Masters travels to Devon, England. When a guest is attacked at the inn, Viviane realizes a killer lurks among them. Can she stop the killer before they strike again? Great for those who enjoy travel, twists, & sassy sleuths.

Download or read book Take My Place written by Beate Boeker and published by Montlake Romance. This book was released on 2012-11-20 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Maren has one big goal in life; she wants to keep her independence. Her life is full to the brim with her two roles: being a single mom and owning the recently founded Start-Up Company. Men, she figures, are too exhausting to add to the mix; after all, it took her long enough to recover from her divorce. However, one evening a business acquaintance plants his twin brother Tony in his place and Maren falls for him...until she sees through the masquerade. Outraged at becoming a part of this bait and switch scheme, she decides to take her revenge. Unbeknownst to her, however, her daughter has something different in mind.

Download or read book Chicken Culprit written by Vikki Walton and published by . This book was released on 2018-02-28 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cozy Mystery with amateur woman sleuth. First book in backyard farming series. In Carolan Springs, (Colorado) Anne plans to spend her days living a simpler life. When her neighbor's found dead in his compost pile, trouble comes knocking on Anne's door. Includes info on chicken and eggs. Large print in addition to standard and e-reader formats.

Download or read book Liver Let Die written by Liz Lipperman and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2011-10-04 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jordan McAllister can't cook her way out of a macaroni & cheese box, but filling in for the culinary reporter at The Ranchero Globe is better than writing personal ads. Her first assignment to review the new steakhouse in town is a disaster that ends with her waiter murdered outside her door-with her name and number in his pocket. Now Jordan is the prime suspect, as well as the main course on the murder menu.

Download or read book The Kremlin s Candidate written by Jason Matthews and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2022-02-22 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Russian counterintelligence chief Colonel Dominika Egorova has been an asset of the CIA for over seven years. She has also been in a forbidden and tumultuous love affair with her handler Nate Nash, mortally dangerous for them both, but irresistible. In Washington, a newly installed administration is selecting its cabinet members. Dominika hears whispers of a Russian operation to place a mole in a high intelligence position. If the candidate is confirmed, the Kremlin will have access to the identities of CIA assets in Moscow, including Dominika. Dominika recklessly immerses herself in the palace intrigues of the Kremlin, searching for the mole's identity and stealing secrets before her time runs out.

Download or read book The Resurrection of Lady Lester written by OyamO. and published by Green Integer Books. This book was released on 2000 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An important play on the great jazz saxophonist Lester Young.

Download or read book Murder at North Pond written by London Lovett and published by Wild Fox Press. This book was released on 2022-02-21 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Anna St. James graduated college with a business degree, she never expected to find herself running a boarding house on a small island off the east coast. But life throws a lot of curves and Anna has certainly had her share of them. Now, settled into life as owner and landlady of the Moon River Boarding House on Frostfall Island, Anna couldn’t imagine living anywhere else or without the unique and somewhat eccentric tenants she considers family. Anna would be perfectly content baking and keeping house but Frostfall Island, lovely, remote and somewhat wild, always manages to throw a curve of its own. Most of the time, Frostfall is a charming island with a busy fishing boat harbor and town that attracts summer tourists. But occasionally, quite occasionally, if that’s a phrase, there’s an unexpected murder. Without a dedicated police force, the locals look to Anna to solve crimes. She’s not entirely sure how she landed the role of amateur sleuth but she takes her side job seriously. When a man dies in a pirate battle reenactment, Anna steps into gear. Only this time, she has a parallel mystery to solve. Her newest tenant, Nathaniel Smith, is quite the puzzle, a puzzle who came with a piercing blue gaze and a trove of secrets. Book 1 of the Frostfall Island Cozy Mystery series Book 2: Death by Rocky Road Book 3: TBA