Death on Demand

Death on Demand
Author: Carolyn Hart
Publisher: Crimeline
Total Pages: 221
Release: 2010-03-03
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0307574547

WHO COULD PLOT A MURDER BETTER THAN A MYSTERY WRITER? At Annie Laurance’s Death On Demand bookstore on Broward’s Rock Island, South Carolina, murder most foul suddenly isn’t confined to the well-stocked shelves. Author Elliot Morgan’s abrupt demise during a weekly gathering of famous mystery writers called the Sunday Night Regulars is proof positive that a bloody sword is sometimes mightier than a brilliant pen. With Annie is the unenviable position of primary police suspect, the pretty young mystery maven and her wealthy paramour, Max Darling, embark on an investigation into a classic locked-room mystery with high stakes. For failing to unmask a brutal and ingenious killer could mean prison for Ms. Laurance. While success could mean her death. “Irresistible! [Carolyn] Hart drops big names from the mystery world like murderers drop clues and Annie and Max are the most endearing new pair of sleuths since Tommy and Tuppence!” – Nancy Pickard

Death on Demand

Death on Demand
Author: Paul Thomas
Publisher: Hodder Moa
Total Pages: 249
Release: 2012-03-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1869712730

These days Maori cop Tito Ihaka is leading a quieter life in the Wairarapa. Five years earlier he?d sought to step into the shoes of his long-time boss Detective Inspector Finbar McGrail after the latter?s promotion to Auckland District Commander. Dogged by the fall-out from his handling of the hit and run death of a prominent businesswoman, Ihaka was overlooked for a younger, more presentable candidate. After a men?s room confrontation with his new boss?s right-hand man, Ihaka was sent into exile. Out of the blue McGrail summons him back to Auckland. Christopher Lilywhite, the businesswoman?s terminally ill husband whom Ihaka suspected was behind his wife?s death, wants to see him. Lilywhite confesses that he had his wife murdered, but he dealt with the hit-man at arm?s length so has no idea who he is. In quick succession Lilywhite and another potential source of information are murdered. Ihaka?s old rival Detective Inspector Tony Charlton takes control of the case but with more corpses turning up and Auckland Central stretched to breaking point, he agrees to let Ihaka investigate the apparently unrelated murder of a young man about town. As the investigations expand uncovering a blackmail operation preying on married women, gang activities controlled from inside Paremeremo prison and possible police corruption, Ihaka realises that the cases are related and he?s hunting a faceless and prolific hit-man. Or is the hit-man hunting him? Finished reading Paul Thomas's 'Death on Demand' on flight to NY. Big, bruising police procedural set in New Zealand. Excellent. — Ian Rankin (@Beathhigh) January 29, 2014 @HachetteNZ Mazey, gripping plot, terrific maverick cop, violent, profane, funny. — Ian Rankin (@Beathhigh) January 30, 2014

Death's Dirty Demands

Death's Dirty Demands
Author: Sam Crescent
Publisher:
Total Pages: 162
Release: 2021-02-13
Genre:
ISBN: 9780369503039

It's the festive season, and the Chaos Bleeds MC is spending it at the clubhouse, where the women are making it sickly sweet. Death has tried to keep his distance from the redhead, Brianna. He knows there's something different about her, but unlike his brothers before him, he refuses to fall for the woman who plagues his thoughts. Brianna was sold as a sex slave by her uncle, but then in the midst of the fallout from Gonzalez, Devil and his crew saved her. Out of all of the Chaos Bleeds men, Death intrigues her the most. She knows she should keep her distance, but when Devil gives her an ultimatum-to become a club whore, an old lady, or leave-she doesn't have much choice. Death offers his protection. He wants her, but no other brother can have her. She never expects feelings to enter the equation. Keeping Death out of her heart is a lot harder than she anticipated. Can Death bring himself to love a woman with a murky past, or will he pass her on when he grows bored?

A Dirty Job

A Dirty Job
Author: Christopher Moore
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 418
Release: 2009-10-13
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0061801828

Charlie Asher is a pretty normal guy with a normal life, married to a bright and pretty woman who actually loves him for his normalcy. They're even about to have their first child. Yes, Charlie's doing okay—until people start dropping dead around him, and everywhere he goes a dark presence whispers to him from under the streets. Charlie Asher, it seems, has been recruited for a new position: as Death. It's a dirty job. But, hey! Somebody's gotta do it.

Dead by Popular Demand

Dead by Popular Demand
Author: Teddy Hayes
Publisher: Justin, Charles & Co.
Total Pages: 241
Release: 2005
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1932112235

"Devil Barnett, ex-CIA wet-ops agent turned Harlem tavern owner, is a modern day ronin, a highly skilled, highly trained street samurai who no longer fights for "the company," but picks his own battles. A London rap group hs been flown into New York by their record label, Grooveline Records, and are poised to take America by storm, when two of their members turn up dead on the same night."--Cover.

Death on Demand/Design for Murder

Death on Demand/Design for Murder
Author: Carolyn Hart
Publisher: Bantam
Total Pages: 562
Release: 2011-09-07
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0307805085

This delightfully intriguing pair of full-length mysteries by award-winning author Carolyn G. Hart delivers a novel approach to murder that is sure to enthrall you until the last killer is caught.. . . Death on Demand At Annie Laurance’s Death on Demand bookstore in Broward’s Rock, South Carolina (“the finest mystery bookstore north of Miami”), murder suddenly isn’t confined to the shelves. An author’s abrupt demise during a gathering of famous mystery writers is proof positive that a bloody sword is sometimes mightier than a brilliant pen. But now Annie is in the unenviable position of prime suspect, which means that she and her wealthy paramour, Max Darling, must unmask a brutal and ingenious killer. For Annie, failing could mean prison . . . while success could mean her death. Design for Murder When Annie stages a Mystery Night for Chastain, South Carolina’s annual antebellum house tour, she finds herself the lead in a deadly drama wherein the curtain falls on a mean-spirited grande dame. But while fingers point at Annie as the murderer, the perpetrator lurks within the cast of Murder-Most-Make-Believe. Guilty until proven innocent, Annie hopes to clear her name with Max’s help—until her chief witness is killed. Now it will take all of Annie’s sleuthing skills to unmask the evil in the hearts of Chastain’s Beautiful People.

Death on Demand

Death on Demand
Author: Jim Kelly
Publisher: Severn House Publishers
Total Pages: 250
Release: 2015-11-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1780106947

The stunning new Shaw & Valentine mystery When the newspapers turn up to cover Ruby Bright’s 100th birthday, they find her seaside care home is a murder scene. Someone spirited Ruby away by wheelchair down to the water’s edge on the idyllic north Norfolk coast, and strangled her. But why kill a harmless centurion? As Detective Inspector Shaw and Detective Sergeant Valentine investigate, it’s clear Ruby wasn’t the first victim, and nor is she the last. All trails seem to lead back to the old Parkwood Springs estate, close to the docklands. There’s only one way in and one way out of the estate – through the derelict Lister Tunnel. But what is the secret within ...?

Death on Demand

Death on Demand
Author: Inger Gammelgaard Madsen
Publisher: Lindhardt og Ringhof
Total Pages: 378
Release: 2023-07-11
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 872688478X

Unveil the darkness lurking beneath the surface. When two young boys make a gruesome discovery in a swamp outside a small Danish village, Detective Inspector Roland Benito and his colleagues embark on a relentless pursuit of justice in a race against time. Having to use what scant evidence they have to solve this decade-old murder, their investigation leads them to Africa, where Benito confronts his own fears about the rapidly changing world. But when reporter Anne Larsen gets an anonymous call from someone who delivers a shocking revelation, the haunting question lingers: When will the next victim will fall? "Death on Demand" is the second book in the hugely popular Danish crime series about Detective Inspector Roland Benito. Inger Gammelgaard Madsen is a prolific Danish crime writer, most famous for her Rolando Benito detective series. Madsen is also the author behind the "Teilmann" series, which was picked as an Audible Original title and published in four languages.

Three Dirty Women and the Garden of Death

Three Dirty Women and the Garden of Death
Author: Julie Wray Herman
Publisher: The Overmountain Press
Total Pages: 196
Release: 2000
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9781570721267

Professional landscaping company, Three Dirty Women, unearths more than they bargain for when Amilou Whittier finds her philandering husband buried under a client's azaleas.

A Dirty Death

A Dirty Death
Author: Rebecca Tope
Publisher: Allison & Busby
Total Pages: 377
Release: 2012-05-28
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0749040130

When irascible farmer Guy Beardon meets a very dirty death in his own farmyard, at first it seems like an accident - despite the fact that he was widely disliked. Only his daughter Lilah is prepared to defend his memory. And when, slowly, Lilah begins to suspect foul play, no one is eager to help her investigate. Suspicion becomes certainty when two more deaths occur - and both of them are unmistakably murder. The difficulty lies in discovering who, among Guy's many enemies, hated him enough to want him dead - and who went on killing to conceal the truth. There is certainly no shortage of suspects and it falls to local policeman Den Cooper to investigate the mysterious deaths.