Can be a real lady killer
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It's best to wear with a beanie in order to hide the inflation nozzle.  Paired with a wolves howling at the moon t-shirt and you've transformed yourself into a lady killer, you'll need to take time off work because you'll be wiped out from all the action.
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A woman stalks sophisticated black men with a flair for easily picking up ladies and just as easily dropping them. Striking back at men has become her mission. She keeps a canine tooth as a token because men are dogs.
The killer's latest victim just happens to be the brother of Detective Jasper "Jaz" Ballantine. GQ had been Jaz's only brother, and their adoptive father was the former chief of police. The current chief of police, on a vendetta, intends to bury the case even when evidence indicates a serial killing.
Dhana knows that it does not make sense to divorce a man for incapability, and three years later fall back in his arms. But when GQ's murder brings her and Jaz back together, irrepressible passion ignites. Jaz and Dhana best step carefully as this case grows even more personal.
Author Gail McFarland lends the term "lady killer" a unique twist in this novel by the same name. LADY KILLER ignites on the first page, twisting escalating violence, unrelenting tension and chilling intentions into a deftly woven tapestry of exhilarating suspense. McFarland's gift for believable characterizations, powerful drama, and shocking events will leave reader's hoping for more from this memorable author. LADY KILLER earns the WordWeaving Award for Excellence.
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Julia and Phoebe are visiting their cousin, a newly minted heiress who is clearly up to something.  Eva and Julia's new maid, who is also up to something, also come along.  The new maid has serious airs about her and left the service of Lady DIana Manners somewhat strangely to Eva's mind.  Cousin Regina is living with her friend Olive in a newly purchased home after inheriting everything from her recently dead father - at the expense of her brother and mother.  She has big plans for the house but won't say quite what they are.  Her estranged family shows up with the family lawyer in tow.  But alas the next morning she is dead in her bed with a hat pin to the back of her neck.  The family tries to blame Olive for being the killer, the one to lead her astray, and every other ill.  This brings Miles to the house to investigate.  Owen and grandparents are only the rare phone call.  Eva and Phoebe of course help to investigate putting themselves in serious danger repeatedly.  I had most figured but not the big part of the who.  Less fun than others because missing some side characters and their usual charm, but interesting developments on the Julia and PHoebe relationship.
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"A Veiled Deception" is a murder mystery with 'shades' of the paranormal by Annette Blair.  Fashionistas will enjoy the attention to detail and name-dropping while mystery lovers will like the heroine who always seems to put her best shoe forward.

Madeira is back home.  She's returned for a visit, but mostly to design her baby sister's wedding dress.  Her visit is apparently none too soon as the groom-to-be's ex has shown up and is trying to hijack the wedding...with the assistance of the groom's mother!

When the pesky ex turns up dead, Madeira vows to chase down the real killer to keep her sister off the list of suspects.  And there appear to be plenty of people who would have loved to kill the victim.  Between hunky copys, sexy old boyfriends, getting visions from old clothes, and trying to finally come to grips with her mother's death--Madeira certainly isn't bored.

I enjoyed reading "A Veiled Deception".  I found it fun and funny if a tad shallow.  If you're not a fashion hound, there will be alot of dialogue that won't 'work' for you.  My own aversion to name-dropping likely also played a part in my distaste for those sections of the dialogue.  Prada, Manolo, Louboutin--it's all about the shoes...and purses.  There are lots of suspects, plenty of clues, but without the author's final reveal there was no way to put them all together.  So even though I liked the mystery portion, I'll likely not go out of my way to read another.
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Ms. Mason  tells a tale  of  ghost chasing with  a mixture  of murderous  attacks, kidnappings , and a little romance . Giselle is a writer with an assignment to  go to Savannah , find  a ghost and do a story . Failure to do so means she will lose her job .Rising to the challenge, Giselle follows a number of leads in search of said ghost . She starts with a visit to  a medium  who sole information consists of a dire warning about a possible future mother-in law . . Further leads take to . a  handsome private  detective,a ghost hunting tour guide , a couple of  " vampires " and other assorted characters . Will Giselle avoid being murdered, discover her true love  and maybe even find a ghost or too before her editor Willie can fire her .Just stayed tuned . A very enjoyable book
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A Masseuse is pulled into a murder that takes place in her office. She is in her forties, her marriage seems dead and her son is emotionally distant and involved in his own teen-age life.  Her life begins to perk up as she investigates various characters who may have some relationship with another death that is ruled an accident but may have been murder. Follow along as Sarah deals with various people who are involved with the victims. As as things get really dangerous see if you can figure out how those who seem the most likely to be guilty may not be and how someone you least expect plays a much bigger part than seems feasible. Interesting character.....
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Rae Cuda is an indy writer and photographer from Wichita, Kansas, and this is the first in her Linda Grayson mysteries. Linda is a 60 year old photographer who witnesses an execution-style shooting while photographing wildlife in a southwestern nature preserve. The investigation quickly shows the killing is gang related and the killer may have friends in the area. Linda is not a woman easily scared and stays in the area with her husband. Small town gossip, social media and small town papers soon turn Linda's secure little world upside and the killer's friends take notice.

The story is surprisingly short, and the writing is brisk. No long, expansive narratives. The plotting is compact and concise like a tightly edited killer B flick. Easily read in one sitting. There's also an audio version available on Amazon with a well-chosen mature female reader.
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Elizabeth Flynn in her new book Dead Gorgeous Book Two in the A Mystery for D. I. Costello series published by Kregel Publications gives us another thriller with D. I. Angela Costello.

From the back cover:  Fashion model Kirsty Manners is young, beautiful, and recently dead

Kirsty Manners is trying to make it as a model. As the in-house model for the Ivano King fashion house and girlfriend of Ian King, the man behind the label, she believes she is well on her way. But Kirsty is found dead in her flat one Sunday afternoon and D. I. Angela Costello is called to the scene.

First enquiries center on the local gym where Kirsty, her dangerous ex-boyfriend, Darren Carpenter, and her jealous flatmate, Sandra Hodges, worked out. But things are more complicated. Ian King is considered to have lost his edge. Why then is he so buoyant about his latest collection for London Fashion Week? What about his new girlfriend, Eleanor Chandler, who openly admits to having a reason to wish Kirsty dead?

Behind the gleaming smiles and flawless makeup of the glamorous fashion world, Angelas enquiries uncover theft, drug-addiction, prostitution, and imprisonmentand suddenly her own life could be in danger.

Dead Gorgeous is a good old fashioned murder mystery. It never would have occurred to me that the world of high fashion could be such a dangerous place. Treachery, jealousy, prostitution and drug addiction are just some of what Angela is up against as she sets out to solve the murder of Kirsty. However this is not an easy case there are all sorts of twists and turns and just when you think you have the murderer book here comes another twist that proves you wrong. I have confidence in your abilities to solve cases however do not feel badly if you don't solve this one. Really tough case. I am glad I found Elizabeth Flynn and I am so looking forward to the next book in this series.

Disclosure of Material Connection: I received this book free from Kregel Publications.  I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions I have expressed are my own. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commissions 16 CFR, Part 255: Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising.
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The term `black widow' is sometimes used to describe a woman who has killed one or more of her husbands, usually for profit.  Black widow fits Clymene O'Riley.  She murdered her latest husband in the most ingenious way, and would have gotten away with it had it not been for Diane Fallon.  Diane, head of the Rosewood, Georgia crime lab, forensic anthropologist, and director of the local natural history museum, found the tiny piece of evidence that convicted Clymene and sent her to prison for life.  Unfortunately the brilliant Clymene doesn't intend to accept the role of lifetime inmate.  She possesses a unique ability to manipulate people and an amazingly sharp intellect.  She has a plan to regain her freedom and extract some revenge along the way.

Clymene isn't Diane's only current problem.  An anonymous source has informed the local newspapers that her museum has knowingly purchased stolen artifacts.  The rumors spread like fire and when the smoke clears, the reputation of the museum and its employees are likely to be in ruins.

Meanwhile, the board of directors engages in a political power struggle and seems willing to sacrifice Diane and her assistant to mitigate the artifact scandal.  Finding the source and the motive for these rumors isn't going to be easy, but it will be vital if she hopes to save the museum and defend her reputation.

Deadly surprises wait behind every closed door.  Fast paced, well thought out and wonderfully entertaining.  Beverly Connor gives us another excellent mystery.
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Murder, murder everywhere seems to ring in the ears of all those in the Washington D.C. area. Terror floods the streets and parents warn their daughters to beware.  Fear is rampart! Just what is happening? Young women are found dead, raped,  and their spirits are crying out for justice.
Will their killer be caught?  There is  group, "The Alpha Team," a group of experts that come together to solve hard cases and bring to justice the guilty. A group that works along side the police, but not part of them, bringing much needed help. But will it be enough?

 This story has some weird characters in it, and for this story that is a good thing. The story really gets interesting as you learn that the murders are similar to killings from centuries ago by Thuggees, those who worshipped the black goddess, Kali.  The authors description of the interaction between the killer and Kali is sure to curl your hair. Creepy. However, you also learn that not all murders can be lumped up and blamed on one killer, no there is more underfoot than meets the eye.  The plot thickens.

I enjoyed this read, I liked the way the author brings the local into clarity and portrays the victims as real people with families and lives that were stolen from them.  Also bringing into play the creepy worship of darkness never hurts a good murder mystery, and the author definitely brought 'creepy' into play with the worship of this Queen of Darkness and her faithful follower. Yuck! Gave me the chills and definitely is part of the read I will remember for a while!  Our author also did a good job with the characters of the Alpha Team, the description and personality of each one was well defined and their job within the group easy to follow. That helped a lot in understanding how they were proceeding in cracking the case.

All in all a very good read, full of all the elements needed with characters that blended well in each part they played in the saga, allowing the story to flow smoothly and bring it to a satisfying conclusion. Very well done, great mystery read, even though it was  tad creepy.
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Paula Sims just about got away with murder, even though her stories were far fetched. No one wants to believe that a mother could kill her own babies, but this cold woman proves that it does happen. This is an exceptional true crime where the cops and prosecutors go above and beyond to put the evil behind bars. Well told story, this strange family dynamic seemed to just set up the climate for murder.
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Ginger Salinski, a professed bargain hunter and garage sale maven, readily teaches her penny-pinching skills to a trio of friends. They form a quartet of shoppers that would make any coupon aficionado proud. Apart or together they share their finds with one another in enjoyable gatherings. But the fun takes a nose dive when, Mary Margaret, one of the bargain hunters, winds up dead.

Mary Margaret leaves behind garage sale clues that the Bargain Hunter Network must follow if they have any hope of solving her murder. The police are of no help in the murder investigation so between sales and life struggles, the group sets out to catch a killer.

Laced with humor, even in the face of death, Sharon Dunn's Death of a Garage Sale Newbie, keeps you reading until the end. Her characters are real and the book is filled with their interpersonal struggles. The Bargain Hunter Network is made of women of various ages and Dunn nails each age with authentic style. Whatever your age, you can easily identify with the characters problems and root for them to work through their issues. I especially enjoyed the contrast of Ginger's trials with the rest of the group. As the mother figure of the group, she ably helps her friends work through their problems, but hasn't a clue how to rev up her own marriage.

The plot keeps moving at a steady pace, not too fast to sacrifice character development but not too slow to become boring. Faith messages are woven through the character's everyday lives.

Dunn has another winner here. If you haven't read any of her other books, you'll want to pick those up as well, as Dunn knows how to write a humorous mystery.

Check out Sharon Dunn's bio to see all of her suspense titles.
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She is definately out to villify hunters. I know plenty of hunters and am one myself. I do not know of one that would act in the way she described the hunters in her book. Besides all that, even if they were as disrespectful and criminal as she described in real life they would be arrested, fined and/or at the very least have their hunting privelages revoked before they ever got as bad as murdering anyone.
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Sasha McCandless is a feisty likable heroine with admirable self-defence skills. If only all small framed women could so easily disarm an assailant or put a would-be killer out of action!
I enjoyed this thriller - it was fast paced and compelling. I didn't want to put it down.
The story was fairly credible, but I found the confession by the bad guys was too easily elicited. Would a psychopath talk as easily as this one does? I doubt it. But maybe the fear invoked by Sasha's crippling defence and attack skills is enough to tame the psychopath.
That being said, I enjoyed the novel even though parts of it are not fully credible. I would certainly read another offering by this author. She has an easy style and her characters are engaging.
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In some ways it's Fatal Attraction but mostly it's its own story. Women will find this tale of a busy wife; a bored, straying husband; and a bad-to-the-bone best friend one of those 'it could happen to anyone' stories, but add in the intrigue and it becomes more. The murder angle isn't the main story, but it certainly makes you take notice! Pace is perfect, characters realistic (even the children, which is difficult), and the plot...well, it could happen to anyone.
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In This Dame for Hire, Faye Quick becomes an ersatz private eye when all able-bodied men have been drafted by Uncle Sam. 1943 New York can be a rough place: Claudette West, a student at NYU, is brutally murdered on a cold, snowy night, and Faye is the one who literally stumbles across her body.

Filling in for her boss Woody Mason, Faye and her trusty secretary Birdie are hot on the trail of Claudette's killer, but the case quickly becomes more than the open-and-shut case expected. Claudette was having affairs with a number of men, including a lecherous literature professor, a sinister, controlling actor with a disreputable side profession, and other, more shadowy suspects. Claudette's upper-crust family insists that Claudette's most recent boyfriend, Richard Cotten, killed her in order to grab a share of her family's money, but the evidence (and Faye's gut instinct) leads her elsewhere across the city.

Faye's WWII New York is filled with popular WWII standards, automats, and vintage slang that really give life to the setting. The supporting cast includes a group of gamblers, Faye's spunky Yiddish-spouting neighbor Dolores, with her crazy outfits and changing wigs, and Anne the psychic. She also strikes up a relationship with the handsome detective Johnny Lake, and the two share information on the case.

There are several delicious twists and turns that kept me guessing until the very end. The numerous red herrings add to the sense of mystery as Faye tracks down every possible lead, only to find that most of her tips fizzle out, and that the father of the murdered girl is trying to sabotage her investigation by trailing her and reinterrogating her suspects.

A delightful read that felt right at home with a strong cup o' joe and some Frankie tunes on the radio, This Dame for Hire will delight fans of film noir and WWII pop culture.
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It is amazing that loneliness can end up killing someone.  An upstanding citizen who was mourning his wife's death gets caught in the web of an evil, self-centered crazy lady who ultimately kills him.  It was refreshing that her daughters were able to finally get beyond their mother's control, and hopefully a leading "normal" productive lives.