Download or read book Speed Dating Murders written by Gary Doc Nelson and published by Waterside Productions. This book was released on 2022-10-26 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: My first try at speed dating went spectacularly. Ten women, ten men with five minutes to sell ourselves. All four of my choices provided hits. One was turning into a budding, loving, long term relationship until the murders got in the way. Michelle Del Carlo felt she had found a winner. An old-fashioned guy. He was tall which was a must as she edged six feet. He was even athletic, an assistant basketball coach at a Division I university in San Francisco. His name was Rob MacKay and their five-minute date went well as well as their next five. Everything was pointing at that 5% category of a long-term relationship when after a month of dating, Rob was accused of committing murder. The Gay man who had run the speed dating event for Quick Dates, was killed, along with one of the women daters. Instead of straining their relationship, the stress of the charge brings them together. Michelle believing Rob is innocent of the charge, starts investigating the other speed daters, along with Rob and the help of Rob's attorney, Nate "The Great" Hart. This puts both of them in danger and results in the death of Rob's cat on the doorstep of his home. Slowly the police start considering Rob less of a suspect and more as a potential victim. The setting is in San Francisco and Marin County with Rob caught in the middle of trying to continue to do his job as recruiter of high school athletes and collage game coach. The story unfolds with him as the main storyteller. Michelle changes jobs from a clothing retailer in downtown San Francisco to an upscale retailer in Marin while she works to prove Rob's innocence. Details about evaluation and recruiting of high school athletes provides the setting for the story as Rob and Michelle unravel the mystery until a third woman dater's bloody coat is found under the Golden Gate Bridge. It becomes more than just a murder when it's realized that the missing woman's job with the Bank of America was as the head of security against cyber threats. Her disappearance becomes a threat to National Security. Speed Dating Murders, shows all the fears and uncertainty of trying to understand a person in just five minutes. Generally daters are looking for a long-lasting relationship. The services advertise that the possibility of that is 5% per dating event while the possibility of sex is in the 7 1/2 percent range. There is always the chance of selecting a predator. The inspiration for The Speed Dating Murders came from the true experiences of two daters, where all the women in the event met in the bathroom prior to the five-minute dating, as well as after the event. They exchanged information as to their choices and who the men put on their contact scorecard. In The Speed Dating Murders this instance results in two perhaps three murders, and the death of a cat.

Download or read book The Dating Game Killer written by Stella Sands and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2011-10-04 with total page 419 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1978, Rodney Alcala was a contestant on the "The Dating Game," one of America's most popular television shows at the time. Handsome, successful, and romantic, he was embraced by the audience—and chosen as the winner by the beautiful bachelorette. To viewers across the country, Rodney seemed like the answer to every woman's dreams. Until they learned the truth about his once and future crimes... Ten years before his TV appearance, Rodney was charged with the sexual assault and attempted murder of an eight-year-old girl. In the decades that followed, he would be accused of seven murders—and, as new DNA evidence continues to be uncovered, the list may grow. The case is so disturbing that it's been documented in several news outlets, from People magazine and USA Today to 48 HoursMystery and Dr. Phil. The Dating Game Killer is the shocking true story about the dark and twisted man.

Download or read book Date with Death written by Julia Chapman and published by Minotaur Books. This book was released on 2017-04-04 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Samson O'Brien has been dismissed from the police force—quite unfairly, according to him. Now back in his home town of Bruncliffe in the Yorkshire Dales, Samson sets up the Dales Detective Agency while he fights to clear his name. However, the people of Bruncliffe aren't entirely welcoming to a man they see as trouble. Delilah Metcalfe, meanwhile, is struggling to keep her business, the Dales Dating Agency, afloat. When Samson gets his first case, investigating the supposed suicide of a local man, things take an unexpected turn, and soon he discovers a trail of deaths that lead back to the door of Delilah's agency. With suspicion hanging over someone they both care for, Delilah and Samson soon realize that they need to work together to solve the mystery of the dating deaths. But working together is easier said than done, and the couple must find a way to kiss and make up before more villagers wind up dead. Julia Chapman's Date with Death is the newest installation in the delightful Samson and Delilah Mystery series.

Download or read book Murder of the Cat s Meow written by Denise Swanson and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2012-09-04 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York Times Bestselling Scumble River Series When ex–Vegas showgirl and local business owner Bunny Reid starts an online dating service called Cupid’s Cat’s Meow, out-of-town visitors flock to her bowling alley for the speed dating and cat show events that she hosts to bring in extra cash. Bunny’s scheme sounds harmless enough, but school psychologist Skye Denison knows all too well that an influx of strangers in Scumble River always spells trouble…. Meanwhile, Skye is convinced that her house is haunted and is afraid her fiancé, police chief Wally Boyd, won’t move in until the ghost moves out. But ghost-hunting takes a back seat when Skye is called to the bowling alley, where a riled up contestant is choking a cat show judge for insulting his feline. Skye breaks up the scuffle, but the next morning the judge’s dead body is found, strangled with a cat toy. Now Skye must solve this purrplexing mystery—and show a devious killer that her sleuthing skills are the cat’s meow.

Download or read book Blind Dates Can be Murder written by Mindy Starns Clark and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 551 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Speed Kills written by Arthur Jay Harris and published by Arthur Jay Harris. This book was released on 2013-09-06 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now on Netflix, #5 most watched movie on the site in its first week: Speed Kills, the movie adaptation, screen-credited as based on the book Speed Kills, by Arthur J. Harris John Travolta plays Ben Aronoff, a fictionalized Don Aronow. Everybody liked and loved Don Aronow. He was powerboating's favorite, best-known, and most flamboyant racer and boat builder, the brilliant creator and designer of the famous Cigarette go-fast boats that broke speed records on the water. In everything he did, he consistently pushed the limits, always at full throttle, testing himself. In ocean races, in the worst of conditions, he was at his best. A competitor described him: "We'd be taking a terrible pounding and I'd be almost beaten down to my knees when Don would come alongside and grin from ear to ear, then take off. God, he was so demoralizing." That was what won him two world championships. It also carried over to his reputation of being not only a ladies' man, but whose girlfriends were often married. Don was the living sales pitch for his boats - he sold magic. For the price, you could be more than you could ever imagine yourself as. You could be Don Aronow. Who bought from him? Well-off businessmen in middle age crisis - and the CIA and the Israeli Mossad - kings, presidents-for-life - and George Bush. If you're thinking James Bond, so was he - he named one of his winning boats 007. He was also Miami incarnate - everything great and dark and impenetrable and fascinating about the place. He was Bond - except he played on both sides of the law. You probably never would have known about Cigarettes had dope smugglers not preferred them. Nobody could catch them in them. Then came the Reagan-era Drug War, and Bush got Don a high-publicity federal contract to build patrol boats that were faster than those he'd sold to the smugglers. They were named Blue Thunder. The Miami Herald wrote: The man who designed the roaring Cigarette speedboats, favorite vehicle of oceangoing drug smugglers, has built a better boat, one that will snuff the Cigarettes. Watch out dopers. A crack of Blue Thunder, faster than a shiver, stable as a platform, is about to become the state of the salt-watery art on the side of the law. What did the smugglers think? Because then Don quietly and bizarrely sold his company with the contract to the biggest pot smuggler on the East Coast, Ben Kramer. It was a quintessential Miami moment - maybe the Miami moment of all time. Why did he do that? At the time, the public didn't know what he did. Years later, NBC News broke the story. Said Tom Brokaw: By the time drug agents on the trail put it all together, the Kramers and the government were already partners. That's right, the boats the Customs Service uses to catch drug smugglers were built for Customs by convicted drug dealers who used laundered drug money to buy the boat company. And you thought you'd heard everything. Actually, the feds had found out and made Aronow undo the sale. But a year later a grand jury was poised to indict Kramer, and subpoenaed Don to testify. The day before he would have, he was murdered in broad daylight. Nobody saw the shots - but they heard them, and then the high-pitched whine of his shiny white Mercedes sports coupe, the gas pedal floored by his dead foot - full throttle. And they saw the shooter's black Lincoln Town Car get away. Somebody was afraid of what he was going to say. The cops concluded it was Kramer - and everyone who thought that was right. But actually, Kramer seemed the least affected by what Don probably would have testified to - and his absence didn't stop two grand juries from indicting Kramer, and two trial juries from convicting him. Were the waters deeper than that?

Download or read book The Dating Game written by Delena Epstein and published by . This book was released on 2016-10-13 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Attractive, educated, and prosperous, many young professionals are tired of one-night stands but too busy to find true love in the big city. Speed dating is the new fad - look potential love in the eyes and bare your soul in five minutes.Four lonely souls are drawn together at a speed dating event, first by physical attraction, and then by a fanatical serial killer who claims that God commanded The Executioner (as God's Angel calls him) to guide His hand and deliver sinners' judgments. Head Detective Ian Bishop is determined to find out who is orchestrating these bizarre atrocities, and equally determined to protect potential victims. Forensics has found no trace evidence at the crime scenes, no DNA, not even a strand of hair. The perpetrator uses the victims' blood to scrawl quotations from the Bible on the walls, the only clue to solve these murders.Living in terror, not knowing who they can trust, Yolanda, Andrew, and Kathy turn to each other for comfort, but find themselves in a love triangle instead. Two of them want out. But no one dares until the murderer is found.

Download or read book Killers of the Flower Moon written by David Grann and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2018-04-03 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A twisting, haunting true-life murder mystery about one of the most monstrous crimes in American history, from the author of The Wager and The Lost City of Z, “one of the preeminent adventure and true-crime writers working today."—New York Magazine • NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST • NOW A MARTIN SCORSESE PICTURE “A shocking whodunit…What more could fans of true-crime thrillers ask?”—USA Today “A masterful work of literary journalism crafted with the urgency of a mystery.” —The Boston Globe In the 1920s, the richest people per capita in the world were members of the Osage Nation in Oklahoma. After oil was discovered beneath their land, the Osage rode in chauffeured automobiles, built mansions, and sent their children to study in Europe. Then, one by one, the Osage began to be killed off. The family of an Osage woman, Mollie Burkhart, became a prime target. One of her relatives was shot. Another was poisoned. And it was just the beginning, as more and more Osage were dying under mysterious circumstances, and many of those who dared to investigate the killings were themselves murdered. As the death toll rose, the newly created FBI took up the case, and the young director, J. Edgar Hoover, turned to a former Texas Ranger named Tom White to try to unravel the mystery. White put together an undercover team, including a Native American agent who infiltrated the region, and together with the Osage began to expose one of the most chilling conspiracies in American history. Look for David Grann’s latest bestselling book, The Wager!

Download or read book Murder of a Valentine written by Richard Hewitt and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2022-01-17 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It was supposed to be a night of promise, of a new beginning, but for one unfortunate, rich, socialite it turned out to be the end of her life. Detective Pete Cannatelli had been alone in his office when he was first called to the murder scene, the rest of the team he worked with were away on vacation. This new investigation drew him into contact with some not so honorable people from his past, could they be considered suspects in this murder? But there were also a number of people involved in a special Valentines speed dating event who had all had contact with the victim. Not to mention a fiancé who had broken off their engagement that very evening. To make matters worse, an obnoxious detective from another precinct was making things difficult and insisting on assigning a temporary resource to Pete. So many suspects to interview, no immediate evidence to support the investigation, no witnesses and a new detective. It seemed a fruitless task, how was Pete going to proceed?

Download or read book The Trouble with Trying to Date a Murderer written by Jennifer Cody and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2022-02-22 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Romily: Third time's the charm, right? At least that's what I tell myself when I witness the same hot guy commit mass murder three times in a few days. I'm either the luckiest mute boy ever or possibly the unluckiest. Who knows, maybe him kidnapping me will turn into the greatest love story ever told? Hey, it could happen! You never know how these things will turn out. I happen to believe in love and soulmates, and if nothing else, Arlington Fox doesn't treat my disability like a nuisance. It's not everyday you find someone who just gets you, and I'm not going to look a gift horse in the mouth even if the horse in question is a man so good at killing people that I should probably introspect a bit about why that skews my moral compass and possibly my kinks. But c'mon, competence is sexy, amiright? The Trouble with Trying to Date a Murderer is an MM Paranormal Romance with lots of sass, humor, a ridiculous 3000 year age-gap, and an inordinate number of tables. Praise for The Trouble with Trying to Date a Murderer: "Arlington Fox is so smexy, but if he accidentally gets blood on one of my suits again, we're going to have words." -Romily Butcher, aka the narrator. "I'd never accidentally get blood on any of his suits." -Arlington Fox, aka Future Husband. "Murder? Check. Shenanigans? Double Check. Mute guy with a heart-on for a paranormal assassin? Triple Check. The Trouble With Trying to Date a Murderer is a guffaw-inducing, demented rom-com that will leave you with warm, fuzzy feelings you weren't expecting, and a tingle that will have you saying, "I'll be in my bunk."" -Cameron Craig, MM Author "Fox and Romily are hysterical. I couldn't stop reading. Love the unexpected connection between two such different people and their relationship journey." -Carol H.

Download or read book Murder of the Cat s Meow written by Denise Swanson and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "When ex-Vegas showgirl and local business owner Bunny Reid starts an online dating service called Cupid's Cat's Meow, out-of-town visitors flock to her bowling alley for the speed-dating and cat show events she hosts to bring in extra cash. Bunny's scheme sounds harmless enough, but school psychologist Skye Denison knows all too well that an influx of strangers in Scumble River always spells trouble"--Publisher description.

Download or read book A Rip in Heaven written by Jeanine Cummins and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2004-06-01 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The acclaimed author of American Dirt reveals the devastating effects of a shocking tragedy in this landmark true crime book—the first ever to look intimately at the experiences of both the victims and their families. A Rip in Heaven is Jeanine Cummins’ story of a night in April, 1991, when her two cousins Julie and Robin Kerry, and her brother, Tom, were assaulted on the Old Chain of Rocks Bridge, which spans the Mississippi River just outside of St. Louis. When, after a harrowing ordeal, Tom managed to escape the attackers and flag down help, he thought the nightmare would soon be over. He couldn’t have been more wrong. Tom, his sister Jeanine, and their entire family were just at the beginning of a horrific odyssey through the aftermath of a violent crime, a world of shocking betrayal, endless heartbreak, and utter disillusionment. It was a trial by fire from which no family member would emerge unscathed.

Download or read book Red Velvet Cream Murder An Oceanside Cozy Mystery written by Susan Gillard and published by Oceanside Cozy Mystery. This book was released on 2019-02-13 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Could speed dating actually end in murder? "Another great cozy Mystery!" ★★★★★As Valentine's Day approaches, Heather is happy to cater a speed dating event. She even suggests it to her single friend, Bernadette, to try. However, when one of the male singles winds up murdered, Heather regrets this suggestion. Everyone at the event is a suspect and Heather must find out if anyone had a motive. Who thought a date was so bad that it was worth killing over? Armed with her Red Velvet Cream Donuts, Heather is determined to get to the bottom of this. Join Heather as she tries to "speed" through this murder case before Valentine's Day!Praise for Susan Gillard: "Another fun book in this series. With another yummy sounding donut." ★★★★ Sonnysmom"I thoroughly enjoyed this book!" ★★★★★ Sandybar57"A Highly Recommended Read!!! " ★★★★★ Amazon Customer"The description of this donut sounds really good!" ★★★★★ Amazon Customer Book 67 in the Oceanside Cozy Mystery series can be read as a standalone but will be enjoyed more as part of the seriesA light, cozy mystery read with a dog loving and donut shop owning female private investigator, in a small town setting with quirky characters.-No cliffhanger!-No swearing!-No gore!-No graphic scenes!Click the "buy now with 1 click" button at the top of the page!

Download or read book Murder Has a Public Face written by Larry Millett and published by Minnesota Historical Society. This book was released on 2008 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In his popular "Strange Days, Dangerous Nights," Millett has delivered images of Midwestern noir from the photo files of the "St. Paul Pioneer Press." He returns with a focus on the "dangerous murder cases from the 1940s and 50s, memorialized in these telling photographs.

Download or read book A Date with Death written by Michele R. McPhee and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2010-05-25 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a luxury Boston hotel on April 14, 2009, police discovered the body of a beautiful young woman—her head battered, a bullet through her heart. Within hours, the story exploded, making headlines across the nation. The victim, a masseuse named Julissa Brisman, had advertised her erotic services on popular classified ads Web site Craigslist. A twenty-two-year-old medical student named Philip Markoff was her last-known client... The Boston Police Homicide Unit followed a digital trail that led to Markoff's home, where investigators found a gun, prepaid cell phones, plastic handcuffs, and other evidence linking Markoff to Brisman. They also uncovered a stash of women's undergarments, raising even more questions about their suspect: How many other women did Markoff meet before Brisman? And what happened to them? This is the true story of one woman's DATE WITH DEATH.

Download or read book Christmas Fudge Fatality Murder in the Mix Mysteries written by Addison Moore and published by Addison Moore. This book was released on 2020-01-22 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A baker who sees the dead. One too many suitors. And a killer. Living in Honey Hollow can be murder. A laugh out loud standalone cozy mystery by New York Times Bestseller Addison Moore* All books in the series can be read individually but are best enjoyed in order. ***Includes RECIPE*** My name is Lottie Lemon, and I see dead people. Okay, so I rarely see dead people, mostly I see furry creatures of the dearly departed variety who have come back from the other side to warn me of their previous owner’s impending doom. The holidays have arrived, and the Jolly Holly Tree Lot is hosting a special event that has pets and people alike bustling to get a picture with the jolly old elf himself. My sweet cats are just as anxious as I am to get to the front of the line, but that body I stumble upon threatens to take the joy right out of the season. Lottie Lemon has a brand new bakery to tend to, a budding romance with perhaps one too many suitors, and she has the supernatural ability to see the dead—which are always harbingers for ominous things to come. Throw in the occasional ghost of the human variety, a string of murders, and her insatiable thirst for justice, and you’ll have more chaos than you know what to do with. Living in the small town of Honey Hollow can be murder.

Download or read book Murder Maisey Oopsi Daisies written by Pamela DuMond and published by Pamela DuMond Media. This book was released on with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: USA Today Best author featured on “ABC 20/20” brings you another hilarious Annie Graceland mystery! Annie Graceland: Cheesehead. Unwed. Hi-LAR-ious baker who speaks to 'The Dead!' __ I’m interviewing with nice-guy, Venice Beach tech millionaire Mason Callaway to cater the desserts at his birthday bash. His name can open doors and I really want this gig. So, I go for it. I pop on Instagram and research his foodie posts. I spend hours concocting confections for him to taste. I’m waiting at a microbrewery to meet up with him when a Boho-styled brunette clutching a beer trips on her six-inch platforms. She hurtles through the air and douses me in pale ale, before catching herself on top of the pastry box. My samples are smashed. Chocolate is everywhere. “Oopsi-daisy,” she says. “I’m Maisey.” Maisey is Mason’s ex-GF who’s been semi-stalking him. He filed a temporary restraining order. She doesn't care. I still get the birthday bash catering gig. What could possibly go wrong? ** "Publishers Weekly calls Annie Graceland stories “…blithe and funny contemporary cozy mystery..." Murder, Maisey, & Oopsi-Daisies contains a recipe and is also available in Print. Annie Graceland novels can be read as STAND ALONES! 1 Click Oopsi-Daisies now!