Engaged to DieAn ageing heiress’s surprise engagement leads to murder in the Agatha Award–winning author’s New York Times bestselling series. Wealthy, widowed art patron Virginia Neville has fallen head over heels for Jake O’Neill, her handsome, charming, and much younger fiancé. But when she announces their engagement at a gala gallery opening, not all the gathered friends and stepfamily are pleased. And before the last champagne bubble pops, murder disrupts the grand celebration. Bookstore owner Annie Darling is shocked to learn that her employee Chloe Martin is the prime suspect. Now she’s determined to untangle an unholy marriage of jealousy, blackmail, and malicious mischief to clear Chloe’s name—even if it means having to cross swords with her policeman hubby Max and cross paths with a cruelly clever stalker. |
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... light , cool , sardonic voice as she glanced up at the painting . " The Chatelaine , " Irene had drawled . " How about The Usurper . Or perhaps The Bitch . " Each word was light and uninflected , even the last . Virginia felt uplifted ...
... light , cool , sardonic voice as she glanced up at the painting . " The Chatelaine , " Irene had drawled . " How about The Usurper . Or perhaps The Bitch . " Each word was light and uninflected , even the last . Virginia felt uplifted ...
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... lights that illuminated the dark feathers of Edgar , the stuffed raven who watched over the glass- encased collectibles , and the cheerful pop and crackle of the fire in the fireplace near the coffee bar . " Chloe ? " Annie slipped off ...
... lights that illuminated the dark feathers of Edgar , the stuffed raven who watched over the glass- encased collectibles , and the cheerful pop and crackle of the fire in the fireplace near the coffee bar . " Chloe ? " Annie slipped off ...
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... light just for her . He gestured toward his burly companion . " We've got the goods . " As he bent forward , there came an eager whisper for her ears alone . “ That means you can take the afternoon off . " To Mackey , he announced ...
... light just for her . He gestured toward his burly companion . " We've got the goods . " As he bent forward , there came an eager whisper for her ears alone . “ That means you can take the afternoon off . " To Mackey , he announced ...
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... Light filtered through drawn blinds. A stocky man lay on the dining room floor, his right arm outstretched, his right hand folded around the blue- and-white handle of an ice pick that was embedded in the left breast of a dead woman. She ...
... Light filtered through drawn blinds. A stocky man lay on the dining room floor, his right arm outstretched, his right hand folded around the blue- and-white handle of an ice pick that was embedded in the left breast of a dead woman. She ...
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... light . A moon face stared down at her , ghostly in the dim illumination . Overlong black hair flowed onto his shoulders . He filled the doorway , a hulking figure in a wool plaid shirt , bright swaths of red against black , and baggy ...
... light . A moon face stared down at her , ghostly in the dim illumination . Overlong black hair flowed onto his shoulders . He filled the doorway , a hulking figure in a wool plaid shirt , bright swaths of red against black , and baggy ...
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Page 161 - Ay, there are some good things in life, that fall not away with the rest. And, of all best things upon earth, I hold that a faithful friend is the best. For woman, Will, is a thorny flower : it breaks, and we bleed and smart : The blossom falls at the fairest, and the thorn runs into the heart. And woman's love is a bitter fruit ; and, however...
Page 195 - They that fawn'd on him before Use his company no more. He that is thy friend indeed, He will help thee in thy need : If thou sorrow, he will weep; If thou wake, he cannot sleep ; Thus of every grief in heart He with thee doth bear a part. These are certain signs to know Faithful friend from flattering foe.
Page 141 - Of one thing the reader can be certain: the more easily anything reads, the harder it has been to write.
Page 164 - He bustled importantly past the living room to the right and the dining room to the left.
Page 82 - LADIES AND GENTLEMEN: It is a pleasure to be with you tonight and especially to hear this Choral Society that has so notably entertained us.
Page 126 - She looked like a wax doll that had been left out in the sun. Carl took her home. Anyway, I don't know where they keep things.