Miz Scarlet and the Holiday Houseguests


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The third book in the popular cozy mystery series laced with humor and romance… "A great story with returning characters. There is suspense, lots of family and real life drama. I would love some time at the Four Acorn Inn.” Divorced parents who won’t stop bickering, a sassy teenager, and a killer stalking her are just what homicide investigator Laurencia “Larry” Rivera doesn’t need for Christmas! The short-handed state police investigator can't get a handle on the latest murder case...things just keep going wrong. Is someone trying to intimidate Larry and her team, to protect the killer and prevent him from being caught? Innkeeper Scarlet Wilson is a good friend. That’s why she invites the entire Rivera family to spend Christmas at the Four Acorns Inn. But a killer comes a-calling in the middle of their holiday preparations. "Miz Scarlet" may not have Larry's professional cop training, but that doesn't stop her from enlisting boyfriend Kenny Tolliver and Larry's former partner, Max, to rescue the uncooperative damsel in distress. If only she stuck to guest services....Before the Rivera visit to the Four Acorns Inn ends, not only will a killer be sent packing, everyone will learn two things: the shocking reason for the bitter divorce of "The Spitball King" and the "Queen of Clean", and how the granddaughter of a Red Sox assistant coach came to be named after a famous Yankee center fielder.




Miz Scarlet and the Scandalous Secret


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The eighth book in the cozy mystery series laced with humor and romance… Scarlet Wilson is beginning to look like the Jessica Fletcher of Cheswick, Connecticut when she stumbles upon yet another dead body. What are the odds of that happening? Just when the Four Acorns Inn proprietor launches her new party business, she find out that she has a stalker, a con man with a fondness for impersonating serial killers who is hired to menace her. Who is the mastermind behind this plot? Kenny, Scarlet’s security expert husband, is convinced she has something in common with fictional hero Sherlock Holmes. Is there a Professor Moriarty lurking in the shadows, setting Miz Scarlet up for a deadly end in a real-life version of a popular board game? With Christmas and New Year’s Eve just around the corner, time is running out. If Kenny and Scarlet can’t solve the crime quickly, there may soon be more bodies headed to the morgue.




Scarlet Wilson Mysteries Presents Miz Scarlet Cracks the Cases


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Have you met innkeeper-turned-amateur sleuth known as Miz Scarlet? She’s a doozy! Unable to resist a mystery, the funny, feisty puzzle-solver often finds herself stumbling across one body after another as she evades an assortment of determined killers, much to the chagrin of her family and friends, including heartthrob Kenny Tolliver, head of Mercer Security, and Laurencia “Larry” Rivera, an experienced homicide investigator. This digital box set contains six mysteries in the popular series and is perfect for binge reading! Miz Scarlet and the Imposing Imposter #1: Murder comes to the Four Acorns Inn unexpectedly because of a dangerous secret in Scarlet’s past. She’s not the only one with something to hide. Miz Scarlet and the Vanishing Visitor #2: Scarlet rescues a teenager on the Jersey Shore and brings her home, never expecting that trouble will follow orphan Jenny Mulroney to Connecticut. Miz Scarlet and the Holiday Houseguests #3: When “Larry” Rivera tackles a tough homicide case as her divorced parents arrive for a Christmas visit, they join a killer at the inn. Miz Scarlet and the Bewildered Bridegroom #4: When someone decides to wreak havoc for a wedding at the Four Acorns Inn, malicious mayhem puts Scarlet and everyone else in danger. Miz Scarlet and the Perplexed Passenger #5: A cruise to Bermuda turns deadly when a passenger is tossed overboard. Can Scarlet prove the widow’s innocence and catch the culprit? Miz Scarlet and the Acrimonious Attorney #6: When Scarlet’s attorney is murdered, Kenny whisks her away to the Florida Keys, never suspecting the killer is there, ready to kill again. What readers are saying about the Scarlet Wilson Mysteries: “I loved every minute of this book!” “Purely addictive. I love these books.” “A great story with returning characters.” “It had me chuckling so much I had to pause the reading.”




Like a Bad Penny at Christmas


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Angus McDonald is a man once suspected of murdering his soon-to-be ex-wife. Annie Colston is a murder mystery author with a knack for character profiles. They’re not your typical amateur sleuths. When Angus’s brother, Duncan, starts to fall apart, the pair of determined sleuths hit the road. Is Duncan’s manipulative wife planning to murder him and take over his company? How do you prove a man is being slowly driven mad with dangerous drugs? Angus and Annie race against the clock, desperate to extract him from the woman they call the lady vulture. And along the way, they indulge their inner foodies with culinary delights. What better way is there to celebrate Christmas Eve than with a Feast of the Seven Fishes? This will be a December they’ll never forget!




Like A Ghost In The Woods


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Angus McDonald is a man once suspected of murdering his soon-to-be ex-wife. Annie Colston is a murder mystery author with a knack for character profiles. They’re not your typical amateur sleuths. As passionate cooks and members of the Golden Fork Club, they’re always on the hunt for great cuisine. But when Angus’s dog, Truffles, and Annie’s dog, Cinnamon, find a dead body in the woods, solving the murder becomes imperative, especially after the killer realizes they know too much about him. This is not your typical killer. He’s well-acquainted with the woods and has all kinds of tricks up his sleeve to evade the police. Angus and Annie don’t even know his name or what he looks like, but he knows them. How can they stop him from getting away with murder?




Like a Thief in the Night


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Angus McDonald is a man once suspected of murdering his soon-to-be ex-wife. Annie Colston is a murder mystery author with a knack for character profiles. They’re not your typical amateur sleuths. As passionate cooks and members of the Golden Fork Club, they’re always on the hunt for great cuisine. When Angus and Annie attend an elegant party at a hotel, murder is on the menu. Annie comes face to face with a distraught woman in the ladies’ room who later turns out to be one of two murder victims. Weeks later, when Annie meets another distraught woman in the ladies’ room of another hotel a thousand miles away, she and Angus recognize there is a link between the two crimes. As they dig into a nasty kickback scheme, Annie suddenly discovers she has a stalker. Is he after her because of the murders or is this something entirely different? Annie and Angus must work quickly to uncover the truth before anyone else dies.




Like A Fish Out Of Water


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Angus McDonald is a man once suspected of murdering his soon-to-be ex-wife. Annie Colston is a murder mystery author with a knack for character profiles. They’re not your typical amateur sleuths. When Annie is offered a 3-book publishing deal with Bonne Joie Books, she delves into the possibility of signing the contract. But she just doesn’t trust the publisher, Randall Collins. When she finds out that several authors want to sue him because their royalties are missing, she and Angus take a closer look and discover dangerous people targeting authors in a scheme to launder money for organized crime. As the body count goes up, escape to the Bahamas, only to find that trouble got there before they did!




Like a Horse of a Different Color


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Angus McDonald is a man once suspected of murdering his soon-to-be ex-wife. Annie Colston is a murder mystery author with a knack for character profiles. They’re not your typical amateur sleuths. Annie’s secret past comes back to haunt her when she’s accused of murdering Frank and Marjorie Welter, two people who dared to eavesdrop on her private conversation. Someone is determined to ruin her, but who? Is it the man from her past who turned her life upside down twenty years ago and nearly destroyed her or is it one of his enemies? Now that Annie is accused of murder, will this ruin her blossoming romance with Angus? Thrust into the world of polo matches and high-stakes bets, the dedicated foodies find themselves not only facing ruthless competitors who would do anything to win, but a killer determined not to be caught, all while indulging their passion for good cuisine.




If We Were Villains


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“Much like Donna Tartt’s The Secret History, M. L. Rio’s sparkling debut is a richly layered story of love, friendship, and obsession...will keep you riveted through its final, electrifying moments.” —Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney, New York Times bestselling author of The Nest "Nerdily (and winningly) in love with Shakespeare...Readable, smart.” —New York Times Book Review On the day Oliver Marks is released from jail, the man who put him there is waiting at the door. Detective Colborne wants to know the truth, and after ten years, Oliver is finally ready to tell it. A decade ago: Oliver is one of seven young Shakespearean actors at Dellecher Classical Conservatory, a place of keen ambition and fierce competition. In this secluded world of firelight and leather-bound books, Oliver and his friends play the same roles onstage and off: hero, villain, tyrant, temptress, ingénue, extras. But in their fourth and final year, good-natured rivalries turn ugly, and on opening night real violence invades the students’ world of make-believe. In the morning, the fourth-years find themselves facing their very own tragedy, and their greatest acting challenge yet: convincing the police, each other, and themselves that they are innocent. If We Were Villains was named one of Bustle's Best Thriller Novels of the Year, and Mystery Scene says, "A well-written and gripping ode to the stage...A fascinating, unorthodox take on rivalry, friendship, and truth."




The Personality of a House


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