A Quizzical Corpse

A Quizzical Corpse
Author: Kate Irving
Publisher: Authors On Line Ltd
Total Pages: 216
Release: 2004-06
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780755201273

When quiz queen Babs Beaumont is killed by a hit-and-run driver minutes after scooping the 10,000 prize on a new TV quiz show, the police decide it was an accident. Fellow-contestant Molly Massey is not so sure. She knows Babs had uncovered a dark secret about one of the other players. But which? Molly is faced with a line-up of oddball suspects. There's bird-brained TV wannabe Shellee; foul-mouthed photographer Roger; feisty PR girl Kimmi; mild-mannered schoolmaster Alan; Cozza, drummer with the aptly named rock band Rigor Mortis, hot-tempered taxi driver Rick; and finally Myles, author of the worst spy thrillers ever written. Then there's a second contestant death, and this time it's definitely murder.. Molly enlists the help of fellow-quizzer Peter Bestwick, and the amateur sleuths lurch from crisis to crisis as they pursue their investigation. Always just one step away from disaster, they stagger gamely on. Will they uncover the truth and trap the double killer? And can you beat them to the solution?"

Better Homes and Corpses

Better Homes and Corpses
Author: Kathleen Bridge
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 306
Release: 2015-08-04
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0425276589

After Meg Barrett found her fiancé still had designs on his ex-wife, she decided it was time to refurbish her life. Leaving her glamorous job at a top home and garden magazine, she fled Manhattan for Montauk, only to find decorating can sometimes lead to detecting… In between scouring estate sales for her new interior design business, Cottages by the Sea, Meg visits the swanky East Hampton home of her old college roommate, Jillian Spenser. But instead of seeing how the other half lives—she learns how the other half dies. Jillian’s mother, known as the Queen Mother of the Hamptons, has been murdered. Someone has staged a coup. When she helps a friend inventory the Spensers’ estate for the insurance company, Meg finds herself right in the thick of things. Cataloging valuable antiques and art loses its charm when Meg discovers that the Spenser family has been hiding dangerous secrets, which may have furnished a murderer with a motive. As Meg gets closer to the truth, the killer will do anything to paint her out of the picture… FIRST IN A NEW SERIES

Candy, Corpses, and Classified Ads

Candy, Corpses, and Classified Ads
Author: J L Wilson
Publisher: The Wild Rose Press Inc
Total Pages: 298
Release: 2008-02-29
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1612174868

Twenty years ago, JT McCord jilted Molly Lawford. She survived and moved on to marry twice, but her first husband died and her second husband ran off with a hairdresser. Molly gave up on romance and settled down in Tangle Butte, Minnesota, as a small town reporter. Now JT McCord is back in town as the Chief of Police. His first official act is to investigate how Molly's thought-to-be-vanished husband turned up buried next to the septic tank in Molly's back yard, dug up by a neighbor's marauding pig. While helping JT unravel the facts, Molly's resolve about keeping him at bay unravels, too. If she can survive a couple of attempts on her life (and maybe arm wrestle a couple of town hussies for JT's affection) she might find the love of her life'all because of a pig and some plumbing.

Calypso, Corpses, and Cooking

Calypso, Corpses, and Cooking
Author: Raquel V. Reyes
Publisher: Crooked Lane Books
Total Pages: 299
Release: 2022-10-11
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1639101071

It’s time for a savory soirée—but something sinister is stewing—in Raquel V. Reyes’s second delightful Caribbean Kitchen mystery, perfectly delicious for fans of Mia P. Manansala. Fall festivities are underway in Coral Shores, Miami. Cuban-American cooking show star Miriam Quiñones-Smith wakes up to find a corpse in her front yard. The body by the fake tombstone is the woman that was kicked out of the school's Fall Festival the day before. Miriam's luck does not improve. Her passive-aggressive mother-in-law puts her in charge of the Women's Club annual gala. But this year, it's not canapes and waltzes. Miriam and her girlfriends-squad opt for fun and flavor. They want to spice it up with Caribbean food trucks and a calypso band. While making plans at the country club, they hear a volatile argument between the new head chef and the club's manager. Not long after, the chef swan dives to his death at the bottom of the grand staircase. Was it an accident? Or was it Beverly, the sous chef, who is furious after being passed over for the job? Or maybe it was his ex-girlfriend, Anastasia? Add two possible poisonings to the mix and Miriam is worried the food truck fun is going to be a major crash. As the clock ticks down and the body count goes up, Miriam's life is put in jeopardy. Will she connect the dots or die in the deep freeze? Foodies and mystery lovers alike will savor the denouement as the truth is laid bare in this simmering stew of rage, retribution, and murder.

Death Switch

Death Switch
Author: David J. Pettigrew
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Total Pages: 180
Release: 2001-03-21
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9781469111698

David Pettigrew has written and published extensively in the horror, mystery and SF genres. Works include short stories that have appeared in numerous magazines and comics, including Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine and Haunts, a radio play produced for PBS, and a mystery novel that has appeared on audio tape. He is also the author of two science fiction comic series: a cyberpunk trilogy and one emphasizing good healthy eating for children.

The Lady's Guide to Death and Deception

The Lady's Guide to Death and Deception
Author: Katherine Cowley
Publisher: Tule Publishing
Total Pages: 310
Release: 2022-09-06
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1956387935

What is a spy willing to do when both her heart and her country are at risk? Life changes once again for British spy Miss Mary Bennet when Napoleon Bonaparte escapes from the Isle of Elba. Mary quickly departs England for Brussels, the city where the Allied forces prepare for war against the French. But shortly after her arrival, one of the Duke of Wellington’s best officers is murdered, an event which threatens to break the delicate alliance between the Allies. Investigating the murder forces Mary into precarious levels of espionage, role-playing, and deception with her new partner, Mr. Withrow—the nephew and heir of her prominent sponsor, and the spy with whom she’s often at odds. Together, they court danger and discovery as they play dual roles gathering intelligence for the British. But soon Mary realizes that her growing feelings towards Mr. Withrow put her heart in as much danger as her life. And then there’s another murder. Mary will need to unmask the murderer before more people are killed, but can she do so and remain hidden in the background?

Death on the Loper (Book 1 of The Jorinde Schuiters Mysteries)

Death on the Loper (Book 1 of The Jorinde Schuiters Mysteries)
Author: Alicia Warne
Publisher: Alicia Warne Books
Total Pages: 200
Release: 2023-07-13
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

All Jorinde wants is to make a success of the business her father left to her. Then the weatherworker hired to fill the sails of her barge as it travels upriver is found dead. Almost everyone on the barge, passengers and crew, seems to have had a reason to be angry with the dead man. Can Jorinde discover which of them is a murderer, prevent them from killing again to hide their crime and get everyone else safely to their final port on time?

The Body Cartel

The Body Cartel
Author: Alan Spencer
Publisher: Damnation Books
Total Pages: 243
Release: 2009-09
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 161572026X

Jericho and Maddy Healey move into their dream home in Ray City, Arizona, when blood-chilling screams emanating from the basement ruin the experience. Only two days later, Maddy vanishes, and two seedy policemen are caught covering up a hole in the basement. Fleeing the police, Jericho enlists his cousin, a tactical drug officer, to help locate his missing wife. When the investigation takes them to a secret hideaway in the Red Desert, the drug cartels involved are the least of their worries.

Tenant for Death

Tenant for Death
Author: Cyril Hare
Publisher: DigiCat
Total Pages: 190
Release: 2022-08-10
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

"Tenant for Death" is a thrilling crime novel by Cyril Hare in which he introduced his readers to the formidable Inspector Mallett of Scotland Yard. It starts when an estate agent's two young clerks go to review an inventory on the house in Daylesford Gardens, South Kensington, where they find a corpse. Moreover, the mysterious tenant, Colin James, has vanished.