A Sip Before Dying
Title | A Sip Before Dying PDF eBook |
Author | Gemma Halliday |
Publisher | Gemma Halliday Publishing |
Pages | 205 |
Release | 2019-05-07 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1947110721 |
From #1 Amazon, New York Times & USA Today bestselling author Gemma Halliday comes a brand new series full of mystery, laughter, and murder in wine country...The Oak Valley Vineyard has been in Emmy Oak's family for generations. So when the small Sonoma winery is suddenly in financial trouble and in danger of being gobbled up by the corporate giants, Emmy moves home to try to save her legacy with her modern culinary know-how. First step-she throws a party showcasing her latest vintage and signature tasty treats to a group of wine country's most elite enthusiasts. Only when one of her VIP guests sips a glass of poisoned wine and dies in her cellar, Emmy's name is on everyone lips for all the wrong reasons.The victim was the young, boy-toy husband of one of Silicon Valley's most successful female CEOs... and his playboy ways and suspicious spending habits have almost no one mourning his death. Enter Detective Christopher Grant, recent SFPD transplant, who is assigned to the case and immediately hones in on Oak Valley. But Emmy is determined to clear her winery's name-even if Grant's dark eyes, sexy smile, and mysterious past threaten to distract her. After calling in the big guns to help her-a.k.a. her jewelry designer best friend and copious amounts of cookie dough ice cream-Emmy finds herself digging through a slew of suspects to uncover crimes, grudges, and secret affairs that could put a soap opera to shame. Can Emmy find out just which of the upper crust poisoned the victim's vintage...or will Emmy's next sip be her last? **Simple and delicious recipes included!**
A Sip Before Dying
Title | A Sip Before Dying PDF eBook |
Author | Gemma Halliday |
Publisher | |
Pages | 206 |
Release | 2019-04-22 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781090969897 |
From #1 Amazon, New York Times & USA Today bestselling author Gemma Halliday comes a brand new series full of mystery, laughter, and murder in wine country...The Oak Valley Vineyard has been in Emmy Oak's family for generations. So when the small Sonoma winery is suddenly in financial trouble and in danger of being gobbled up by the corporate giants, Emmy moves home to try to save her legacy with her modern culinary know-how. First step-she throws a party showcasing her latest vintage and signature tasty treats to a group of wine country's most elite enthusiasts. Only when one of her VIP guests sips a glass of poisoned wine and dies in her cellar, Emmy's name is on everyone lips for all the wrong reasons.The victim was the young, boy-toy husband of one of Silicon Valley's most successful female CEOs... and his playboy ways and suspicious spending habits have almost no one mourning his death. Enter Detective Christopher Grant, recent SFPD transplant, who is assigned to the case and immediately homes in on Oak Valley. But Emmy is determined to clear her winery's name-even if Grant's dark eyes, sexy smile, and mysterious past threaten to distract her. After calling in the big guns to help her-a.k.a. her jewelry designer best friend and copious amounts of cookie dough ice cream-Emmy finds herself digging through a slew of suspects to uncover crimes, grudges, and secret affairs that could put a soap opera to shame. Can Emmy find out just which of the upper crust poisoned the victim's vintage...or will Emmy's next sip be her last? **Simple and delicious recipes included!** "Ms. Halliday is the undisputed queen of the genre: she knows how to blend fashion, suspense, laughter, and romance in all the right doses." Fresh Fiction"Gemma has a natural flow to her writing, a vibrant, witty voice that makes you want to keep reading. 5 stars!" Futures Mystery Anthology Magazine" Halliday is on top of her game!" BooklistWine & Dine Mysteries: A Sip Before Dying - book #1Chocolate Covered Death - book #2, COMING in July!Victim in the Vineyard - book #3, COMING in Sept!Marriage, Merlot & Murder - book #4, COMING in Jan 2020!Rating: This story does not contain any graphic violence, language, or sexual encounters. It's rating would be similar to PG-13 or what you would find on a Hallmark Channel movie or TV series.
Not a Drop to Drink
Title | Not a Drop to Drink PDF eBook |
Author | Mindy McGinnis |
Publisher | Harper Collins |
Pages | 185 |
Release | 2013-09-24 |
Genre | Young Adult Fiction |
ISBN | 0062198521 |
Fans of classic frontier survival stories, as well as readers of dystopian literature, will enjoy this futuristic story where water is worth more than gold. New York Times bestselling author Michael Grant says Not a Drop to Drink is a debut "not to be missed." With evocative, spare language and incredible drama, danger, and romance, Mindy McGinnis depicts one girl's journey in a frontierlike world not so different from our own. Teenage Lynn has been taught to defend her pond against every threat: drought, a snowless winter, coyotes, and most important, people looking for a drink. She makes sure anyone who comes near the pond leaves thirsty—or doesn't leave at all. Confident in her own abilities, Lynn has no use for the world beyond the nearby fields and forest. But when strangers appear, the mysterious footprints by the pond, nighttime threats, and gunshots make it all too clear Lynn has exactly what they want, and they won't stop until they get it. . . . For more in this gritty world, join Lynn on an epic journey to find home in the companion novel, In a Handful of Dust.
Indulgence in Death
Title | Indulgence in Death PDF eBook |
Author | J. D. Robb |
Publisher | Penguin |
Pages | 263 |
Release | 2010-11-02 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1101445017 |
NYPSD Lieutenant Eve Dallas must discover who’s preying on those who cater to the rich and famous in this thriller in the #1 New York Times bestselling In Death series. When a murder disrupts the Irish vacation she is taking with her husband, Roarke, Eve realizes that no place is safe—not an Irish wood or the streets of the manic city she calls home. But nothing prepares her for what she discovers upon her return to the cop shop in New York... A limo driver is shot through the neck with a crossbow. Then a high-priced escort is found stabbed through the heart with a bayonet. Eve begins to fear that she has come across that most dangerous of criminal, a thrill-killer, but one with a taste for the finer things in life—and death. As time runs out on another innocent victim’s life, Eve’s investigation will take her into the rarified circle that her husband Roarke travels in—and into the perverted heart of madness...
Killer Among the Vines
Title | Killer Among the Vines PDF eBook |
Author | Gemma Halliday |
Publisher | |
Pages | 237 |
Release | 2021-05-12 |
Genre | |
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From #1 Amazon & New York Times bestselling author Gemma Halliday comes a killer new culinary mystery novel in the USA Today bestselling Wine & Dine Mysteries! Emmy Oak's family run winery has been in the headlines one too many times and for all the wrong reasons. Which is why she's decided to hire a night security guard, Bill Buckley, to keep an eye on the place. Only when Buckley calls her in a panic about a tripped alarm, Emmy again fears trouble at Oak Valley Vineyards. A fear that is realized in the worst way when Emmy rushes home to find her security guard dead among the blooming grape vines. Was it poachers? Trespassers? An interrupted would-be burglar? Or was the attack less random and much more personal... Emmy's sorta-maybe boyfriend Detective Christopher Grant worries the killer might have been after her. But as Emmy learns more about her late employee, she realizes Buckley had far more enemies than she. Before becoming a security guard, Buckley was a police officer...who was caught taking bribes to look the other way. A scandal that illuminates a whole host of suspects, including an angry ex-wife, a former partner with a grudge, and a convicted madame turned cookie purveyor with revenge on the mind. Not to mention the surly teenage son of Buckley's live-in girlfriend, who would do anything to get rid of his almost-stepdad. But when Emmy finds out Detective Grant also has his own connection to the dead man, she suddenly wonders what else Grant may be hiding about his past. Can Emmy ferret out the killer among the vines... before they come looking for another victim? **Simple and delicious recipes and affordable wine pairings included!** "Ms. Halliday is the undisputed queen of the genre." ~ Fresh Fiction "I rank A Sip Before Dying as one of my favorite fun reads. I say to Gemma Halliday, well done!" ~ The Book Breeze "The Wine & Dine Mystery series is a definite to read and keep an eye out for more to follow." ~ Cozy Mystery Book Review Wine & Dine Mysteries: A Sip Before Dying - book #1 Chocolate Covered Death - book #2 Victim in the Vineyard - book #3 Marriage, Merlot & Murder - book #4 Death in Wine Country - book #5 Fashion, Rosé & Foul Play - book #6 Killer Among the Vines - book #7 Rating: This story does not contain any graphic violence, language, or sexual encounters. Its rating would be similar to PG-13 or what you would find on a Hallmark Channel movie or TV series.
The Dying Game
Title | The Dying Game PDF eBook |
Author | Asa Avdic |
Publisher | Penguin |
Pages | 290 |
Release | 2017-08-01 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1524705640 |
A masterly locked-room mystery set in a near-future Orwellian state—for fans of Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale, Dave Eggers’ The Circle, and Suzanne Collins’ The Hunger Games Do you live to play? Or play to live? The year is 2037. The Soviet Union never fell, and much of Europe has been consolidated under the totalitarian Union of Friendship. On the tiny island of Isola, seven people have been selected to compete in a forty-eight-hour test for a top-secret intelligence position. One of them is Anna Francis, a workaholic bureaucrat with a nine-year-old daughter she rarely sees and a secret that haunts her. Her assignment: to stage her own death and then to observe, from her hiding place inside the walls of the house, how the six other candidates react to the news that a murderer is among them. Who will take control? Who will crack under pressure? But then a storm rolls in, the power goes out, and the real game begins. . . . Combining suspense, unexpected twists, psychological gamesmanship, and a sinister dystopian future, The Dying Game conjures a world in which one woman is forced to ask, “Can I save my life by staging my death?”
A Hopeless Sheriff
Title | A Hopeless Sheriff PDF eBook |
Author | Daniel Carson |
Publisher | Independently Published |
Pages | 302 |
Release | 2021-12-29 |
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A funny cozy mystery series full of bold women, a quirky and lovable town, and one seriously hopeless romance. A Hopeless Sheriff is Book 9 in the Series and the Fourth Book of Season Two of the Hope Walker Mysteries Investigative reporter Hope Walker doesn't have a problem. She's got lots of them. The mayor is out to get her. The hunky guy she likes just left town. The local bank's been robbed. And now the new sheriff is doing everything to get in her way. And that just might be the biggest problem of all. Because there's been another murder in Hopeless. And as usual, Hope's the only one who can solve this mystery. Buy the ninth book in the Hope Walker Mysteries, A Hopeless Sheriff, today! Five Star Praise For The Hope Walker Mysteries -"I really think this series and each book has the perfect mix of humor, mystery, real life, and suspense." -"I love this series. Carson has me guessing the whole time!" -"This book is every bit as good as the first! I can't get enough of Hope and the rest of the gang. An engaging plot, and laugh out loud humor make it difficult to put this book down." -"I absolutely enjoyed reading this cozy mystery. It had everything I look forward to in a mystery and once started I couldn't put it down." The Hope Walker Mysteries SEASON ONE - Book One: A Hopeless Murder - Book Two: A Hopeless Heist - Book Three: A Hopeless Discovery - Book Four: A Hopeless Game - Book Five: A Hopeless Christmas SEASON TWO - Book Six: A Hopeless Journey - Book Seven: A Hopeless Valentine - Book Eight: A Hopeless Queen - Book Nine: A Hopeless Sheriff - Book Ten: A Hopeless Storm