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It's summertime in Rock Creek Village, Colorado, and the blooming wildflowers and colorful sunsets make life feel picture perfect. But inside Sundance Studio, a murder has developed?Former big-city photojournalist Callie Cassidy is finally feeling at home again in the mountainside village where she grew up. She's bought her own townhouse, made friends, and rebooted a romantic relationship with her long-ago boyfriend. She's even entered her lovable golden retriever and cantankerous tabby cat into the upcoming Fireweed Festival pet pageant. Best of all, her new photography business is poised on the precipice of success. So when a group of journalists from her old newspaper come to town for a r...
Now that prize-winning photojournalist Callie Cassidy has returned to the mountainside village of her youth, she believes she's put crime scenes and corpses in her rear view mirror. So how does she end up-once again-focused on murder? Callie Cassidy is no stranger to dead bodies. Two decades as a photojournalist landed her face to face with so many of them that her colleagues at The Washington Post dubbed her Queen of the Dead. But these days, having resigned in disgrace from her prestigious career, Callie believes her days of hanging out with corpses are behind her. She has returned to Rock Creek Village, Colorado, the mountainside town of her youth, where she licks her wounds in a cabin on...
A murder at the local hockey rink leaves photographer Callie Cassidy nursing a few injuries of her own, but that won't stop her from trying to catch the killer-before someone else gets iced?When hockey coach Renata Sanchez asks for Callie's help exposing her ex-husband's nefarious activities, Callie hesitates. After all, Renata's brother, Detective Raul Sanchez, has been known to bristle at Callie's interference. But with her own second-chance romance on rocky turf and her best friend's engagement to a man Callie doesn't entirely trust, she could use the distraction of an investigation.Before she can even begin her research, a confrontation involving the ex, Renata, and Raul erupts right outside Sundance Studio. Then later in the day, the ex-husband literally drops dead and falls from the hockey arena catwalk-landing with a thud on top of Callie. Renata immediately takes the top spot on the suspect list, with Raul's name not far behind. With time running out to save her friends, Callie enlists the help of her inquisitive cat and her loyal golden retriever to develop a picture of the true culprit.
Wedding bells are ringing in Rock Creek Village. But when a venomous villager crashes the nuptials, events take a toxic turn... The long-awaited day has arrived-photographer Callie Cassidy's best friend is tying the knot. With a gentle snow falling outside and family and friends gathered inside, the wedding couldn't be more perfect. Even Callie's golden retriever, Woody, and her tabby cat, Carl, have donned tuxes for the occasion. And the icing on the cake? Callie's trainee, Braden, is acting as official photographer, with the assistance of his twin brother, Banner. Callie is as proud as if she were their mother. But as the ceremony ends, an uninvited and apparently inebriated visitor barges...
Edited by Linda M. Rodrigues and featuring an introduction by Susan Van Kirk, The Fish That Got Away is the latest anthology from the Guppies Chapter of Sisters in Crime. This volume selects 20 great new stories from the rising stars of mystery fiction! Included are: TO EVERY SEASON, by Mary Adler BLACK ON BLACK IN BLACK, by MB Dabney THE PEARL NECKLACE, by E.B. Davis KNOW NOTHING, by C. M. Surrisi GREETINGS FROM THE BOARD, by Mary Dutta QUARRY, by Susan Alice Bickford CATCH AND RELEASE, by Mark Thielman DEAD ARMADILLOS DON’T DANCE, by Kari Wainwright THE CASE OF THE ABUSED ARTICHOKE, by Cynthia Sabelhaus WILD ABOUT SAFFRON, by Marcia Adair GOOD NEIGHBORS, by Victoria Kazarian STRESS KILLS, by Cheryl Marceau GRANDDAD’S BLOOD BAIT, by Gene Garrison THE LEGEND OF BAHAMA BOBBY, by Melinda Loomis RELEASING LIVES, by P. A. De Voe KILLER’S CRUISE, by Joseph S. Walker BOOK DROP, by Sarah A. Bresniker THE LAST LAUGH, by Lori Roberts Herbst THE CANINE CAPER, by Michele Bazan Reed TRUE COLORS, by C. M. West
Nestled in the foothills of the Colorado Rockies, Rock Creek Village is an idyllic hamlet with hardly any crime to speak of-unless you count murder...
"Debut author S.A. Kazlo has penned a delightful small-town mystery that will leave you 'howling' for more!" ~ Gemma Halliday, New York Times bestselling mystery author After a nasty divorce, Samantha Davies has finally gotten her life back on track. She enjoys her hobby of hooking—rug hooking, that is—and is fulfilling a lifelong dream by writing her first children’s book, featuring her dachshund, Porkchop. But the pleasant pace of her life in small-town Upstate New York is suddenly shattered when she finds the dead body of the local pet shelter owner—murdered and covered in kibble! While Calvin Perkins wasn't the most beloved man in town, Samantha's shaken to think there's a killer...
Seventeen years ago, Eden Moran blocked out a murder. Heaven help her, she's about to remember. Nine-year-old Eden thought she was saying good-bye to her mentor that fateful day in St. Patrick's. She had no idea she'd witness the nun's demise, or that her child's mind would compensate. Now seventeen years later, Albuquerque cops have unearthed human remains at a construction site, and the evidence points to Eden as being the key to solving Sister Beatrice's murder. When a hell-bent cop applies pressure, Eden stands firm. She doesn't remember the woman. Unfortunately for Eden, Sister Beatrice's killer will do whatever it takes to keep it that way.
Social worker Caleb Knowles' ties to two separate murders are both personal and professional, and he soon finds himself a reluctant witness and victim to dark and dangerous events in the underbelly of his hometown.
A photo assignment at the cemetery leads Callie Cassidy to a corpse-this one above ground. Now, her search for the killer unearths some long-buried secrets... Callie's mother Maggie, a notorious hobby jumper, has embarked on a new pursuit-grave rubbing. When she recruits her daughter to photograph her first endeavor at the local cemetery, Callie brings golden retriever Woody and tabby cat Carl along for the outing. It's a breathtaking autumn morning in Rock Creek Village, Colorado. Golden aspen leaves rustle in the cool breeze, and the air is filled with the scent of pine. What could go wrong on a day like this? Then, a ghostly woman emerges from the trees, bleeding from a head wound and cla...