Last Call for a Deadly Diva

Last Call for a Deadly Diva
Author: Flo Anthony
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2021-09-28
Genre:
ISBN: 9781954161696

After marrying Electronics and Racehorse owner Black billionaire Victor Dumas five years ago, Valerie Rollins became an instant widow after her husband succumbed very quickly to a rare form of stomach cancer. Following his death, Valerie, who is the most renowned Black gossip columnist in the United States, found herself in an entirely foreign world of extreme wealth beyond her wildest dreams. Victor left everything to Val, his son, playboy polo player Vance Dumas, and his seven-year old grand-daughter Valencia. Still working daily as a radio host and columnist, along with her trusted business partner, NFL Hall of Famer turned private investigator Rome Nyland, Val also sits at the helm of Dumas Electronics. Because of the Coronavirus Pandemic, with the exception of Vance, who has his own mansion nearby, complete with three live-in strippers, Val and her crew, which includes her college sweetheart, MLB great, Royale Jones, are currently residing on the $54 million dollar compound in Bridgehampton, New York, which Victor gave to Val as a wedding gift. Although this sounds like a perfect world for Valerie, Victor's half-brother, career criminal Valerian "Sincere" Davidson, will do anything to get his hands on the Dumas fortune as well as Royale's millions. Follow the daily dose of death, despair and devastation that Sincere and his cast of sleazy characters dole out to Valerie and her loved ones. However, Sincere has a she-devil surprise in store for him in the form of a mysterious woman by the name of Aurora Darden. Take an electrifying ride this eclectic group of personalities as they navigate lust, love and seemingly never-ending danger through New York City, the Hamptons, Monaco and Las Vegas where there will finally be a last call for a deadly diva......

Diva's Last Curtain Call

Diva's Last Curtain Call
Author: Angela Henry
Publisher: Kimani Press
Total Pages: 311
Release: 2007-06-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1426801874

Part-time GED instructor Kendra Clayton's spring break is proving to be anything but relaxing. First her best friend, Lynette, suffers a major panic attack days before her wedding and vanishes. Then her sister, Allegra, who craves attention the way Kendra craves chocolate brownies, arrives in town determined to land an interview with screen legend Vivianne DeArmond for the TV show Hollywood Vibe. But Allegra's interview plans hit a glitch when she discovers the diva's lifeless body in her dressing room, stabbed in the back with a letter opener. The police peg Allegra as the prime suspect, but Kendra knows her sister is no murderer, even if she is guilty of acting a little too friendly around Kendra's man lately. As Kendra starts to investigate and whittle down the list of Vivianne's enemies, she uncovers some surprising Hollywood secrets. But she'll need to act fast. Because every step toward the truth puts her in danger of becoming the victim of a ruthless killer's encore performance….

Mary Go-Round - a Dear Diva novel

Mary Go-Round - a Dear Diva novel
Author: Ken Ludden
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 310
Release: 2011-11-26
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1105287572

First time in print, this series was called ""America's Favorite Gay Soap Opera"" first published in 1993 in Michael's Entertainment Weekly (later M/W) in Washington, DC and Baltimore, MD as a weekly series in print. Voted the number one favorite of the public, the series developed a near cult-like following, including spontaneous street theater enactments each Thursday afternoon when the current editions first hit the streets. The series was turned into a screen play as a epic dramatic series. The pilot was shot, but the show never aired because of the element of terrorism in the plot, and the events of September 11, 2001 killed all projects involving terrorist threat for nearly a decade. The AIDS scare sub-plot was turned into a stage play called ""A Time Below"" which received rave reviews. It gives an accurate account of the AIDS scare in the early 1980s. Now in novel form, this timeless story comes to book sellers worldwide.

One Last Deadly Play

One Last Deadly Play
Author: Flo Anthony
Publisher: WAHIDA CLARK PRESENTS
Total Pages: 336
Release: 2016-07-19
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1936649179

Almost two years had passed since the discovery of retired baseball player Royale Jones' real identity: Rolondo Jemison. Valerie Rollins, famous Gossip Columnist, never revealed her intimate past with the true Wildcat player. While she and her crime-solving partner Rome Nyland were behind the uncovering of this imposter, one infamous question lingered on: what happened to the real Royale? As if the heavens themselves intervened, a peculiar stranger who has been living in isolation, tucked away in the Bahamas, suddenly awakens from his amnesia. Five years of memorylessness evaporates upon seeing a photo of Rolondo and Valerie's name in a newspaper article. Valerie returns to the Big Apple, with intentions of aiding her fiance, Victor Dumas. Upon discovering the murder of her staff, her home invaded and Rome's fiancee missing, the worst has yet to come. Her fiance's son, Vance, discovers his wife has left him, only to secretly join forces against the Dumas family with Rolondo and Victor's worst enemy: Sincere. In a plot to kidnap Vance's daughter in ransom for billions and kill Victor and Valerie, the dastardly trio is also after a trunk stored in an obscure, Underground Railroad location. Follow these eclectic lives as they navigate the streets of NYC and the glittering Hamptons, all the while making new love connections and rekindling old, dodging bullets and death, but more importantly, Valerie and Rome are once again trying to keep the bad guys from making One Last Deadly Play.

The Last Word

The Last Word
Author: Gerri Lewis
Publisher: Crooked Lane Books
Total Pages: 246
Release: 2024-02-20
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1639106324

An obituary writer finds one of her neighbors dead before her time in this debut cozy mystery perfect for fans of Jenn McKinlay and Eva Gates. Obituary writer Winter Snow is no stranger to grief, and writing obituaries for the citizens of Ridgefield, Connecticut, is her way of providing comfort to those who have been in her shoes. But funerals and eulogies are meant for the dead, so when the very much alive Leocadia Arlington requests her own obituary by the end of the week, Winter’s curiosity is piqued. Even more so when she finds Mrs. Arlington dead soon after. Officer Kip Michaels and his relentless partner Tom Bellini make it clear that Winter is under suspicion for the death. Drafting an obituary for someone who hadn’t died yet certainly looks bad, but Winter knows that it wasn’t her, and she becomes obsessed with trying to figure out the real killer. She dives headfirst into the investigation to give Mrs. Arlington and herself some peace. When Winter realizes Mrs. Arlington was working on a revealing memoir that has now gone missing, Winter begins to wonder if the death wasn’t exactly random–accident or otherwise. With the help of her foodie Uncle Richard, her wise octogenarian neighbor Horace, her best friend Scoop, and Diva, the Great Pyrenees puppy she inherited from Mrs. Arlington, Winter must uncover the killer before the next obituary written is her own.

Deadly Vows

Deadly Vows
Author: Jody Holford
Publisher: Lyrical Underground
Total Pages: 171
Release: 2019-04-09
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1516108701

Molly Owens is happily settling into her new life in the seaside town of Britton Bay—and into new her job as editor-in-chief of the local paper—until a wedding at the B&B where she stays gets a jump start on death do us part . . . Britton Bay is buzzing with preparations for a wedding at the bed and breakfast where Molly rents a small carriage home. Molly is even helping out and plans to interview the rising star caterer—until the woman is found dead. And then the bride-to-be goes missing. To make matters worse, the venue is owned by Molly’s new boyfriend’s mother—and Molly was among the last people to see the victim alive. All of which makes solving the crime her top priority . . . With the nuptials indefinitely on hold, Molly will have to sift through a sticky mix of suspects, including a rival caterer with a short fuse, a groom with an illicit secret, and a wedding party riddled with personal drama. And if she doesn’t discover the truth soon, Molly might be her own front-page news . . . Praise for Deadly News “The news is all good for this cozy mystery! Deadly News will make you want to pack up and move to the seaside town of Britton Bay, Oregon. The characters are vividly brought to life, there’s a perfect touch of romance, and the mystery has enough twists and turns to keep the reader guessing. Don’t miss out on a charming new series—grab this cozy while it’s hot off the press!”—Sarah Fox, USA Today bestselling author

Deadly Impulse

Deadly Impulse
Author: Olga Bicos
Publisher: Harlequin
Total Pages: 381
Release: 2014-07-15
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1460364023

Famed nature photographer Clayton Chase survived alightning strike—only to discover his wife brutally slain.Clay can recall nothing of that fateful night. But whenan autopsy revealed that his wife was pregnant withanother man’s child, the headlines screamed that he gotaway with murder. Now a second trial is looming and,more than ever, he needs to remember. Piper Jordan has a personal—and tragic—understandingof the natural but deadly phenomenon. And now, in herrole as a therapist specializing in victims of lightningstrikes, she agrees to help Clay. Despite the rumorsthat he killed his wife, Piper sees only a man fightinghis demons. But as the mystery behind his wife’sdeath unfolds, she must face a startling possibility:could she be passion’s next victim?

Deadly Dues

Deadly Dues
Author: Linda Kupecek
Publisher: TouchWood Editions
Total Pages: 242
Release: 2011-02-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1926741595

When former TV star Lulu Malone finds her evil union representative stabbed to death, her first instinct is to run. Unfortunately, the exit is crowded, as she has four actor friends with her. Without much choice, Lulu becomes enmeshed in the real-life detective hunt, one that she has only experienced as an actor on TV. With her life in danger, and her beloved dog Horatio kidnapped, Lulu’s days are filled with threats, thrift store finds, and hindrances by unknown, overweight assailants. Get ready for the Lulu Malone mysteries, a gutsy new detective series that presents meditations on the life of the artist, in between muggings, murders and mayhem.

Pagan Light

Pagan Light
Author: Jamie James
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
Total Pages: 199
Release: 2019-03-19
Genre: Travel
ISBN: 0374715564

A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice "Pagan Light is mesmerizing. Every detail is compelling. I felt I was reading a family history of a family far more interesting than mine." --Edmund White, author of Our Young Man A rich, intimate embrace of Capri, which was a magnet for artistic renegades and a place of erotic refuge Isolated and arrestingly beautiful, the island of Capri has been a refuge for renegade artists and writers fleeing the strictures of conventional society from the time of Augustus, who bought the island in 29 BC after defeating Antony and Cleopatra, to the early twentieth century, when the poet and novelist Jacques d’Adelswärd-Fersen was in exile there after being charged with corrupting minors, to the 1960s, when Truman Capote spent time on the island. We also meet the Marquis de Sade, Goethe, Mark Twain, Oscar Wilde, Compton Mackenzie, Rilke, Lenin, and Gorky, among other astonishingly vivid characters. Grounded in a deep intimacy with Capri and full of captivating anecdotes, Jamie James’s Pagan Light tells how a tiny island served as a wildly permissive haven for people—queer, criminal, sick, marginalized, and simply crazy—who had nowhere else to go.

Angel: a Hustling Diva with a Twist

Angel: a Hustling Diva with a Twist
Author: Brenda G. Wright
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Total Pages: 177
Release: 2012-04-12
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1469185016

ANGEL: A HUSTLING DIVA WITH A TWIST was created from men hustlers; they c created the game. This time the hustling diva, Angel, is taking over big time; she was born and raised to be a killer-turned-assassin. This book is all fiction.