A Sip Before Dying

A Sip Before Dying
Author: Gemma Halliday
Publisher: Gemma Halliday Publishing
Total 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

A Sip Before Dying
Author: Gemma Halliday
Publisher:
Total 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

Not a Drop to Drink
Author: Mindy McGinnis
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total 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.

The Dying Game

The Dying Game
Author: Asa Avdic
Publisher: Penguin
Total 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?”

Indulgence in Death

Indulgence in Death
Author: J. D. Robb
Publisher: Penguin
Total 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...

A Hopeless Sheriff

A Hopeless Sheriff
Author: Daniel Carson
Publisher: Independently Published
Total Pages: 302
Release: 2021-12-29
Genre:
ISBN:

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

A Witch Before Dying

A Witch Before Dying
Author: Heather Blake
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 322
Release: 2012-08-07
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1101591552

Darcy Merriweather is Salem’s newest resident Wishcrafter—a witch who can grant wishes for others. While Darcy isn’t able to grant wishes for herself, she does possess a certain knack for solving problems—including the occasional murder… When Darcy is hired by Elodie Keaton to clean up her missing mother’s disorderly home, the Wishcrafter is certainly up for the task. After all, the motto of her Aunt Ve’s personal concierge service As You Wish is “No Job Impossible.” But beneath the piles of old newspapers and knickknacks Darcy discovers something much more disturbing—Patrice Keaton’s body. Darcy’s determined to give Elodie peace of mind by investigating her mother’s disappearance and death. Patrice was last seen over a year ago after a fight with her Charmcrafter boyfriend. Was her murder a crime of passion? Or were Patrice’s troubles caused by the Anicula, a wish-granting amulet? Now Darcy has to not only find a killer, she has to find the Anicula—before the power of ultimate wish fulfillment falls into the wrong hands...

Dying for a Drink

Dying for a Drink
Author: Santi Meunier
Publisher: iUniverse
Total Pages: 152
Release: 2007-12
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0595473962

Dying for a drink is a timely and groundbreaking book about the three phases of the disease of alcoholism and brings to light the lastest developments for successful treatment. The book clearly explains what alcoholism is, what it is not, and, most importantly, what steps to take if you or a loved one is affected. -- p. [4] cover.

A Text Before Dying

A Text Before Dying
Author: McGarvey Black
Publisher: Open Road Media
Total Pages: 317
Release: 2021-05-28
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1504069560

When the police don’t believe her, a woman fights to stop the murder plot unfolding outside her window in this thriller by the author of The First Husband. Spying from her window in New York City with high-powered binoculars, conspiracy theorist Zoe spots a man and a woman on a park bench. Zooming in, she finds she can read the texts on the woman’s phone. Her initial excitement turns to alarm when the woman’s texts outline a plan to murder the man she is sitting next to. The police department is trying to manage a pandemic and catch a serial killer who has murdered six women. So, when Zoe reports the conspiracy to commit murder, the police have little time or patience for her theories. Committed to saving the life of the man on the bench, Zoe and her best friend Sean pursue all angles until Zoe finds herself in grave danger. But those around her keep wondering, is there really a murder plot or is it all in Zoe’s head? A perfect choice for fans of authors like K.L. Slater, Lisa Jewell, and Sue Watson.

A Stitch Before Dying

A Stitch Before Dying
Author: Anne Canadeo
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 290
Release: 2010-12-28
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1439191417

The third mystery in Anne Canadeo's winning Black Sheep Knitting series, featuring a fivesome with a knack for knitting—and solving crimes… When Maggie Messina, owner of the Black Sheep Knitting Shop, is invited to give knitting workshops at a Berkshires spa resort, she manages to negotiate a cottage that fits all five of the Black Sheep for what promises to be a weekend of knitting bliss. But while the friends are expert at counting stitches, they haven’t counted on murder. Guests and staff at the Crystal Lake Inn are as varied as a mixed bag of yarn, but most colorful is certainly the owner, charismatic self-help guru and former psychiatrist Dr. Max Flemming. The doctor may have told all in a revealing autobiography, but from his ex-wife to the widow of his former business partner—both employees at the inn—Max seems mired in shad­ows from his past. And when a killer strikes during a mountaintop retreat, the Black Sheep wonder what the good doctor might be hiding. The police seem to be following the wrong thread. But while Maggie’s workshops have given the knitters a unique view of the tensions at the little inn, can they make sense of a crime that is as complexly stranded as a Fair Isle sweater? When the killer murders a second time, the Black Sheep won­der if they’ve dropped a stitch and put themselves in mortal danger...