Slay Bells

Slay Bells
Author: Jo Gibson
Publisher: Zebra Books
Total Pages: 228
Release: 1994
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780821747896

Diana and her friends are shopping for Christmas gifts at the newly opened Crossroads Mall when a sudden snowstorm traps them inside. They're having so much fun, they don't mind. That is, until Diana's friends are killed off--one by one. Hiding in the mall is a twisted killer with a Christmas list of his own.

Here to Slay

Here to Slay
Author: Amy Cissell
Publisher: Broken World Publishing
Total Pages: 313
Release: 2022-09-27
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1949410536

Who says vampire slaying is a young woman’s game? When 50-year-old Charlie Williams buys the winery she’s been saving for her whole life, she thought her vessel—wine not sailing—had come in. Sure, there’d been a couple supernatural snafus, but that was behind her. But when she’s ambushed at home by two vampires, all she has to fall back on is witty banter and a hot streak of luck. Avoiding the truth won’t work anymore. The vampires are back, and accepting her calling as a middle-aged Buffy is the only way to save her business—and stay alive. Charlie’s dreams of wine-making success are disappearing faster than a glass of chardonnay at a garden party. Unfortunately, the vampires keep raising the stakes. How much more can her life suck? She’s about to find out… Here to Slay is book 1 in the new Vamps in the Vineyard Paranormal Women’s Fiction Adventure series. If you like strong female characters, all slaying and no laying, and more vampire puns than you can shake a stake at, then this is the series for you! Keywords: contemporary fantasy, best female friends, humorous fantasy, supernatural series, tough heroine books, paranormal women's fiction, characters over 40, women over 40, vampire slayer fantasy, middle-aged vampire slayers, occult fantasy

The Final Girl Support Group

The Final Girl Support Group
Author: Grady Hendrix
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 353
Release: 2021-07-13
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 059320123X

THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER VOTED GOODREADS CHOICE AWARD BEST HORROR NOVEL OF 2021 A Good Morning America Buzz Pick “The horror master…puts his unique spin on slasher movie tropes.”-USA Today A can't-miss summer read, selected by The New York Times, Oprah Daily, Time, USA Today, The Philadelphia Inquirer, CNN, LitHub, BookRiot, Bustle, Popsugar and the New York Public Library In horror movies, the final girls are the ones left standing when the credits roll. They made it through the worst night of their lives…but what happens after? Like his bestselling novel The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires, Grady Hendrix’s latest is a fast-paced, frightening, and wickedly humorous thriller. From chain saws to summer camp slayers, The Final Girl Support Group pays tribute to and slyly subverts our most popular horror films—movies like The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, A Nightmare on Elm Street, and Scream. Lynnette Tarkington is a real-life final girl who survived a massacre. For more than a decade, she’s been meeting with five other final girls and their therapist in a support group for those who survived the unthinkable, working to put their lives back together. Then one woman misses a meeting, and their worst fears are realized—someone knows about the group and is determined to rip their lives apart again, piece by piece. But the thing about final girls is that no matter how bad the odds, how dark the night, how sharp the knife, they will never, ever give up.

The 1001 Outfit

The 1001 Outfit
Author: Douglas D. Murray
Publisher: Infinity Publishing
Total Pages: 409
Release: 2007
Genre: Arizona
ISBN: 0741436132

Apaches, outlaws, thieves and killers bedevil Al Stuart after he finds a fabulous gold mine while riding to establish a new ranch in Arizona Territory's lonely Mogollon Rim forests.

Stakes and Stems

Stakes and Stems
Author: Amy Cissell
Publisher: Amy Cissell
Total Pages: 77
Release: 2023-08-20
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1949410838

There are no vampires. At least that’s what Charlie Williams keeps telling herself. After her winery’s last event nearly turned into supernatural bloodshed, she’s understandably nervous about her Valentine’s winemaker dinner. Things go from bad to worse when alarms go off at the winery and cops discover messages scrawled on the walls in blood. Charlie is barely keeping it together as she rallies her staff and deals with guests, all while avoiding the idea that vampires are infesting her winery. But when her best friend and her events manager go on high alert, Charlie is left wondering if her winery will be a success or die on the vine…

Antiques Slay Belles

Antiques Slay Belles
Author: Barbara Allan
Publisher: Severn House Publishers Ltd
Total Pages: 200
Release: 2024-11-05
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1448309654

Former sheriff, talented thespian and delightfully eccentric true-crime author Vivian Borne hunts down a Christmas killer in the new Trash 'n' Treasures cozy mystery - "one of the funniest cozy series going" (Ellery Queen Magazine) It's five days before Christmas, and Vivian Borne - septuagenarian antiques dealer, true-crime writer and enthusiastic amateur sleuth - and her long-suffering daughter Brandy are preparing a presentation of holiday antiques at the local country club's annual Christmas luncheon. Distracted by their secret Santa gifts, the ladies of the club, to Vivian's dismay, are not giving her and her antique sleigh bells the attention they deserve. But when Norma Crumley, socialite and world-class gossip, falls face first into her plum pudding, it seems Santa has also delivered the sleuthing mother and daughter a present: a cracker of a case! Christmas in small-town Serenity is (usually) a magical time. Can Vivian and Brandy - not forgetting Shih Tzu sidekick Sushi - make a killing from their holiday antiques, catch a devious murderer, and wrap up the case in time to eat their festive microwave turkey dinners? This light-hearted, laugh-out-loud cozy mystery also features mother-daughter sleuths Brandy and Vivian's witty tips for buying and selling antiques, along with a selection of tasty recipes. Perfect for getting you into the holiday spirit - whatever the time of year!

Antiques Flee Market

Antiques Flee Market
Author: Barbara Allan
Publisher: Kensington Publishing Corp.
Total Pages: 324
Release: 2009-11-03
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0758249888

An antiques dealer browses for suspects: “Lively…this bubbly tongue-in-cheek cozy also includes flea market shopping tips and a recipe.”—Publishers Weekly Winner of a Romantic Times Award for Most Humorous Mystery As the Christmas season gets into full swing in the Mississippi River town of Serenity, Iowa, antiques connoisseur Brandy Borne finds herself in the midst of holiday mayhem when Walter Yeager, an old flame of her mother’s—and a fellow antiques dealer—becomes a victim of Yuletide homicide. And his precious first edition of Tarzan of the Apes has disappeared… “Brandy and her eccentric mother make a hilarious team of snoops.”—Joan Hess “Surely one of the funniest cozy series going.”—Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine

Twisted

Twisted
Author: Jo Gibson
Publisher: Kensington Books
Total Pages: 560
Release: 2014-07-01
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 1617732419

From master of suspense Jo Gibson comes three novels of year-round terror--where the holidays are more than a little nerve-wracking. They're totally twisted. . . My Bloody Valentine It's Valentine's Day, and everyone at Hamilton High is excited about the big dance. Six girls are competing to be Queen of Hearts. Unfortunately, someone is taking aim at the contestants--and it's not Cupid. Unless Cupid is a deranged killer with a sharp knife and a deadly message. Be mine. . .or else. The Séance There's nothing like a killer party on Halloween--especially when it's in a secluded lodge in the woods. But when Jennifer Larkin's friends insist on holding a seance--in spite of the warnings of a local psychic--it's anything but a game. For the spirits are vengeful. The partiers are prisoners. And no one gets out of here alive. . . Slay Bells The new Crossroads Mall is the place to shop this Christmas. So when a snowstorm traps Diana Connelly and her friends inside, they don't even mind staying the night. Until the accidents start to happen. And Diana's friends begin to die. One by one. Naughty or nice. ‘Tis the season. . .to be murdered.

The Tommy Two Shoes Mysteries

The Tommy Two Shoes Mysteries
Author: Thomas Beck
Publisher: Laurel Highlands Publishing
Total Pages: 251
Release: 2015-11-10
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1941087264

When Tommy worked as a Pittsburgh Police Homicide Detective, whiffs of cleaning supplies and a whisper in his ear aided him in solving murders. Retired, he tackles mysteries surrounding his family while remembering the cases of Christmases past and how his Uncle Aidan LeClerc inserted himself as Tommy’s ghostly partner.

Ringing In Murder

Ringing In Murder
Author: Kate Kingsbury
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 257
Release: 2008-11-04
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1101078944

Book a room at the Pennyfoot Hotel this holiday season for a charming mystery that “combines the feel of an Agatha Christie whodunit with a taste of Upstairs Downstairs”(Cozy Library). A merry hustle and bustle heralds the holidays at the Pennyfoot—and this year is doubly busy. Even as Cecily Sinclair Baxter prepares for the holidays, she’s also helping her friend Madeline plan her impending wedding. This year, Cecily has a cracking holiday surprise for her guests—gorgeous Christmas crackers handmade for the Pennyfoot. And once the crackers pop, one lucky guest will discover a beautiful pearl brooch. But things soon turn less than jolly. A mysterious fire breaks out in an upstairs room, killing the mood—and two guests. And at the bottom of it all: a missing Christmas cracker. Who would deliver such a murderous gift? Cecily’s dead-set on solving this mystery before another deadly present turns up, and Madeline’s nuptials come unwound...