Download or read book Killer Clue at the Ocean View written by Elizabeth Ashby and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2020-07-17 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From USA Today bestselling authors Elizabeth Ashby and T. Sue VerSteeg... Someone has skeletons in their closet. Bree Milford had big city dreams. But when her glamorous career fails to materialize, she can't pay her big city rent. Slinking home to the sleepy town of Danger Cove to reorganize and figure out her life, she agrees to run the family's Ocean View Bed & Breakfast while her parents go on vacation. After living in fast-paced L.A., Bree fears she'll be bored with small town life. However, it becomes anything but dull when she convinces her parents' hot handyman to expand the tiny closet in the living quarters...and a dead body falls out of the wall! Things get even more interesting when the medical examiner puts the time of death right around when her parents took possession of the B&B and started renovations. Worried the police have Mom and Dad in their sights, Bree asks her best friend, Cristal, to stick around for backup. With her high maintenance BFF by her side, and the handsome handyman on her suspect list, Bree has her work cut out for her. She's on the clock to prove her parents' innocence before they end up behind bars...and the killer can strike again! Note: This novel was previously published under the title "Killer Closet Case" "I am a frequent visitor to Danger Cove, and eager to stay for a long time. Clever and Engaging Fun!" Kings River Life Magazine The Danger Cove books: Secret of the Painted Lady (book #1) Murder & Mai Tais (book#2) Death by Scones (book #3) Patchwork of Death (book #4) Deadly Dye & a Soy Chai (book #5) Killer Clue at the Ocean View (book #6) A Christmas Quilt to Die For (book #7) A Killing in the Market (short story in the "Killer Beach Reads" collection) Killer Colada (book #8) Passion, Poison & Puppy Dogs (book #9) A Novel Death (book #10) Clues in Calico (book #11) Sinister Snickerdoodles (book #12) Hurricanes & Heroes (book #13) A Death in the Flower Garden (book #14) Divas, Diamonds & Death (book #15) A Slaying in the Orchard (book #16) A Secret in the Pumpkin Patch (book #17) Deadly Dirty Martinis (book #18) A Poison Manicure & Peach Liqueur (book #19) Not-So-Bright Hopes (short story in the "Pushing Up Daisies" collection) Tequila Trouble (book #20) Deadly Thanksgiving Sampler (book #21) Killer Eyeshadow & a Cold Espresso (book #22) Two Sleuths Are Better Than One (book #23) Dark Rum Revenge (book #24) Cozy Room With a Killer View (book #25) Rating: This book does not contain any graphic sex, violence or swearing. It's rating is similar to a PG-13 movie or network television show.

Download or read book Death with an Ocean View written by Nora Charles and published by Berkley. This book was released on 2004 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This first installment of a new mystery series introduces senior citizen sleuth Kate Kennedy, who spends her retirement tackling the gray clouds that sometimes descend over Florida--like murder. Original.

Download or read book Secret of the Painted Lady written by Christina A. Burke and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2015-03-20 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If these walls could talk...they'd scream murder. Alex Jordan is the owner of Finials and Facades Renovation and Restoration Services, making her able to pursue her love of restoring Victorian-style homes in the town of Danger Cove. But her recent acquisition of the stately Marlton House has led to a showdown with town real estate mogul, and now she has needs to restore the old house and flip it for a profit as quickly as possible. But Alex gets more than she bargained for when a Hawaiian shirt-clad tourist with a bullet in his head turns up in the home's bathtub. Pairing up with the unlikely partner of the town florist, George Fontaine, Alex vows to solve the murder before her flip flops As Alex worries over deadlines, she stumbles across another body on the cliffs of Danger Cove. However, this "body" is a super-sexy man with amnesia...or so he says. Throw in a stash of stolen diamonds, a matchmaking grandmother, a foulmouthed parrot, and a mysterious killer with Alex in his sights, and Alex is in a race against time to salvage the job, solve the murder, and save her own life.

Download or read book Verity written by Colleen Hoover and published by Grand Central Publishing. This book was released on 2021-10-05 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whose truth is the lie? Stay up all night reading the sensational psychological thriller that has readers obsessed, from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Too Late and It Ends With Us. #1 New York Times Bestseller · USA Today Bestseller · Globe and Mail Bestseller · Publishers Weekly Bestseller Lowen Ashleigh is a struggling writer on the brink of financial ruin when she accepts the job offer of a lifetime. Jeremy Crawford, husband of bestselling author Verity Crawford, has hired Lowen to complete the remaining books in a successful series his injured wife is unable to finish. Lowen arrives at the Crawford home, ready to sort through years of Verity’s notes and outlines, hoping to find enough material to get her started. What Lowen doesn’t expect to uncover in the chaotic office is an unfinished autobiography Verity never intended for anyone to read. Page after page of bone-chilling admissions, including Verity's recollection of the night her family was forever altered. Lowen decides to keep the manuscript hidden from Jeremy, knowing its contents could devastate the already grieving father. But as Lowen’s feelings for Jeremy begin to intensify, she recognizes all the ways she could benefit if he were to read his wife’s words. After all, no matter how devoted Jeremy is to his injured wife, a truth this horrifying would make it impossible for him to continue loving her.

Download or read book Sometimes I Lie written by Alice Feeney and published by Flatiron Books. This book was released on 2018-03-13 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: My name is Amber Reynolds. There are three things you should know about me: 1. I’m in a coma. 2. My husband doesn’t love me anymore. 3. Sometimes I lie. Amber wakes up in a hospital. She can’t move. She can’t speak. She can’t open her eyes. She can hear everyone around her, but they have no idea. Amber doesn’t remember what happened, but she has a suspicion her husband had something to do with it. Alternating between her paralyzed present, the week before her accident, and a series of childhood diaries from twenty years ago, this brilliant psychological thriller asks: Is something really a lie if you believe it's the truth?

Download or read book Spare Me the Drama written by Karen Tomsovic and published by Karen Tomsovic. This book was released on 2015-11-11 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Spare the Drama is a read that will have you laughing, swooning, and rooting for the characters.” -- Bookish Things and More For two blissful decades, Martin Leon and his wife lived and worked together, creating stories for a daytime television soap opera and growing their large family. Then real life took a melodramatic turn… Sexy star Roxanne Hunter turned her juicy role on After the Loving into a thriving business and never looked back. Just when she was on the brink of having it all, the universe pulled the rug out from under her, leaving her with a secret heartache… When Roxanne accepts Martin’s invitation to a family birthday party, it’s only to keep a promise to an old friend, not fall for Martin. Soon friendship turns to love. But can they conquer eight kids, writer’s block, and lost loves to write the happy ending Roxanne always wanted but never dreamed she’d have?

Download or read book Smile Beach Murder written by Alicia Bessette and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2022-05-10 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From author Alicia Bessette comes an all-new mystery series featuring Callie Padget, a former reporter turned bookshop clerk in the Outer Banks who is pulled into a deadly web of secrets when a mysterious fall at a lighthouse echoes a tragedy from her past. When Callie is laid off from her reporting job, she returns to her hometown of Cattail Island and lands a gig at the local bookstore—the same one where she found comfort after her mother died. In fact, the anniversary of her mother’s infamous death is approaching. Years ago, Teri Padget tumbled from the top of the lighthouse. As islanders are once again gossiping about the tragedy, devastating news strikes: the lighthouse has claimed another victim. Eva Meeks, of Meeks Hardware. The police are calling it suicide, but Callie does not believe Eva jumped any more than she believes her mother did—especially because Callie knows that before her death, Eva had dug up a long-forgotten treasure hunt that could have put a target on Eva’s back. In Callie’s search for answers, she enlists the help of some beloved books and several new friends, including the handsome local martial arts instructor, Toby Dodge. But when another death rocks Cattail Island, Callie must face her fears alone. As she earns enemies in pursuit of the truth, Callie knows she will either uncover the killer or become a victim herself. Mystery Writers of America’s Lilian Jackson Braun Memorial Award nominee

Download or read book Elegy Beach written by Steven R. Boyett and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2010-10-26 with total page 379 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twenty-seven years ago, technology died. The fundamental laws of the universe had inexplicably changed. Now, Fred Garey's best friend Yan believes he's found a way to reverse the Change. But Fred fears the repercussions of such drastic, irreversible steps.

Download or read book Vampire Beach written by Alex Duval and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ritual: Jason Freeman, who attends DeVere Heights High School which is filled with vampires, and another student are attacked by someone using a crossbow. Jason suspects Sienna's former boyfriend.

Download or read book Beach Road written by James Patterson and published by Little, Brown. This book was released on 2006-05-01 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dark mysteries come to East Hampton while a struggling lawyer fights to save his friend from being framed for a triple murder. Montauk lawyer Tom Dunleavy's client list is woefully small-occasional real estate closings barely keep him in paper clips. So when he is hired to defend a local man accused in a triple murder in East Hampton, he knows that he has found the case of his lifetime. The crime turns the glittering playground for the super-rich into a blazing inferno. Dunleavy's client is a local hero, but he knows the case rests on money, deception, and forbidden desires. His client will be framed-unless he can find the key to the case. When Dunleavy is joined by his former flame, the savvy and well-connected attorney, Kate Costello, he believes he has a chance. But payback is a bitch, especially from the rich. The violent retaliations of billionaires threatened by his investigation exceed anything Dunleavy has ever seen. With the entire nation's eyes on him in a new Trial of the Century, Dunleavy orchestrates a series of revelations that lead to a stunning outcome-and the truth is wilder than anything he ever imagined.

Download or read book A Killer Plot written by Ellery Adams and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2010-06-01 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the small coastal town of Oyster Bay, North Carolina, you'll find plenty of characters, ne'er-do-wells, and even a few celebs trying to duck the paparazzi. But when murder joins this curious community, the Bayside Book Writers are there to get the story... Olivia Limoges is the subject of constant gossip. Ever since she came back to town-a return as mysterious as her departure-Olivia has kept to herself, her dog, and her unfinished novel. With a little cajoling from the eminently charming writer Camden Ford, she agrees to join the Bayside Book Writers, break her writer's block, and even make a few friends... But when townspeople start turning up dead with haiku poems left by the bodies, anyone with a flair for language is suddenly suspect. And it's up to Olivia to catch the killer before she meets her own surprise ending. Watch a Video

Download or read book Zodiac written by Robert Graysmith and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2020-05-05 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Robert Graysmith’s New York Times bestselling account of the desperate hunt for a serial killer and his own investigation of California’s unsolved Zodiac murders. A sexual sadist, the Zodiac killer took pleasure in torture and murder. His first victims were a teenage couple, stalked and shot dead in a lovers’ lane. After another slaying, he sent his first mocking note to authorities, promising he would kill more. The official tally of his victims was six. He claimed thirty-seven dead. The real toll may have reached fifty. Robert Graysmith was on staff at the San Francisco Chronicle in 1969 when Zodiac first struck, triggering in the resolute reporter an unrelenting obsession with seeing the hooded killer brought to justice. In this gripping account of Zodiac’s eleven-month reign of terror, Graysmith reveals hundreds of facts previously unreleased, including the complete text of the killer’s letters.

Download or read book A View to Die For written by Cheri Baker and published by Adventurous Ink LLC. This book was released on 2022-03-18 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Welcome to Butterfly Island! Enjoy our sandy beaches, sapphire blue waters, and achingly beautiful sunsets. We can’t wait to welcome you to the safest and most relaxing destination in the Caribbean…" Paul Gumbs can’t wait for his next chapter to begin. After years serving as security chief aboard the Adventurous Spirit cruise ship, he’s been offered his dream job working in a small town police department. For Paul, there’s never been a better time to put down roots. With his beloved Kameron Achebe at his side, and with their first child on the way, he’s eager to make a good first impression and become a part of the community. Even if his neighbors seem rather... quirky. Horror and fascination ripple through the island when a famous painter is brutally murdered at the luxurious Londonian hotel. Commissioner Yarbury is quick to insist that Butterfly Island has very little crime. But as Paul is about to discover, his new home is not the mellow paradise pictured on the tourist brochures…

Download or read book Murder at the Ocean Forest written by Digger Cartwright and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2006-03-13 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Faye Underwood, a distraught young woman, disappears from the elegant Ocean Forest Hotel, Feltus Boone LaMont, the quintessential Southern hotel detective, is drawn into the emotional drama surrounding the guests. As Feltus conducts his investigation into Fayes apparent murder, her husband, Terence, is found murdered in their suitewith the door locked from the inside. This draws Feltus further into the intriguing web surrounding the Underwoods and their acquaintancesLord and Lady Ashburn (a British couple on holiday), Ms. Elizabeth Bascomb (a blind clairvoyant), and Preacher Cooper (a devout man of the cloth). The intricate plot that stretches from Myrtle Beach to the battlefields of World War II unfolds as a very persistent Feltus eventually uncovers the skeletons in the closets of all his guests.

Download or read book Conspiracy of Silence written by Martha Powers and published by Oceanview Publishing. This book was released on 2008-11-01 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: USA Today best-selling author On a sunny day in July, Clare Prentice arrives in Grand Rapids, Minnesota. Although she is on assignment to interview the town's notoriously reclusive novelist Nate Hanssen, Clare is really in search of a different story-her story.Just months before, Clare was a bride-to-be, living in Chicago, and looking to the future.until the day she learned her entire life had been a lie.Not only was Clare adopted, but there is no record that she or her adoptive mother ever existed. The only clue is a class ring from Grand Rapids Senior High School. Unable to get on with her future until she reconciles her past, Clare breaks off her engagement.Unraveling the mystery is like trying to sculpt fog-until the first piece of the puzzle unexpectedly drops into place: Clare's birth mother, Lily Gundersen, was murdered in Grand Rapids.Lily's murder was one of the most talked-about events in the town's history, but no one is talking now. Clare doesn't know the whole story - and someone intends to keep it that way.

Download or read book Dangerous Girls written by Abigail Haas and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-05-06 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While on spring break in Aruba, Anna is accused of her best friend's death and must stand trial for murder in a foreign country.

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