A View to Die For

A View to Die For
Author: Cheri Baker
Publisher: Adventurous Ink LLC
Total Pages: 294
Release: 2022-03-18
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1952200172

“Welcome to Butterfly Island! Enjoy our sandy beaches, sapphire blue waters, and achingly beautiful sunsets. We can’t wait to welcome you to the safest and most relaxing destination in the Caribbean…" Paul Gumbs can’t wait for his next chapter to begin. After years serving as security chief aboard the Adventurous Spirit cruise ship, he’s been offered his dream job working in a small town police department. For Paul, there’s never been a better time to put down roots. With his beloved Kameron Achebe at his side, and with their first child on the way, he’s eager to make a good first impression and become a part of the community. Even if his neighbors seem rather... quirky. Horror and fascination ripple through the island when a famous painter is brutally murdered at the luxurious Londonian hotel. Commissioner Yarbury is quick to insist that Butterfly Island has very little crime. But as Paul is about to discover, his new home is not the mellow paradise pictured on the tourist brochures…


A View to Die For

A View to Die For
Author: Richard Houston
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2013-02-14
Genre: Colorado
ISBN: 9781481995832

The story is not your typical murder mystery. The sleuth is not a detective, private eye, or lawyer. He's an ordinary guy with an extraordinary dog. Jacob Martin is trying to make the best of a divorce and mid-life crisis when he gets a call at two o'clock Sunday morning from his mother. His sister has been arrested for the murder of her fourth husband, and his father is near death. Thus begins an adventure that takes Jake and his golden retriever from their Colorado retreat to a backwater town in the Missouri Ozarks, where they search for cold-blooded killers, a cache of gold coins buried by Jesse James, and the love of a beautiful nurse.


A Book to Die for

A Book to Die for
Author: Richard Houston
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2014-03-12
Genre: Colorado
ISBN: 9781497329119

Jake Martin, not your ordinary sleuth, is a divorced, outsourced software engineer, handyman and writer, living in the foothills of Denver with his dog, Fred, a golden retriever. A propane grill explodes at a neighbor's barbeque, injuring a man who later dies. About to be accused of manslaughter, Jake has to prove the accident was really murder. Along the way, he encounters a poaching ring, blackmail and a meth lab, and falls in love with a beautiful game warden.


A Book Club to Die For

A Book Club to Die For
Author: Dorothy St. James
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 321
Release: 2023-11-07
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0593098641

When a member of an exclusive book club is checked out, spunky librarian Trudell Becket must sort fact from fiction to solve the murder. The Cypress Arete Society is one of the town’s oldest and most exclusive clubs. When assistant librarian Trudell Becket is invited to speak to the group about the library, its modernization, and her efforts to bring printed books to the reading public, her friend Flossie tags along. Flossie has been on the book club’s waiting list for five years, and she’s determined to find out why she’s never received an invitation to join. But not long after Tru and Flossie arrive for the meeting, they’re shocked to find the club’s president, Rebecca White, dead in the kitchen. Rebecca was a former TV actress and local celebrity but was not known for being patient or pleasant. She’d been particularly unkind to the book club’s host for the evening, who also happens to be the mother of Detective Jace Bailey, Tru’s boyfriend. And Rebecca had made it clear that she didn’t think Flossie was book club material. With her boyfriend and one of her best friends wrapped up in a murder, Tru has to work fast to figure out who cut Rebecca’s story short before the killer takes another victim out of circulation....


A Pizza To Die For

A Pizza To Die For
Author: Chris Cavender
Publisher: Kensington Publishing Corp.
Total Pages: 351
Release: 2011-10-24
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0758277687

It’s a recipe for murder when a small town pizzeria gets an upper-crust competitor in this Southern cozy mystery by the author of A Slice of Murder. Though it's a crisp and cool October in Timber Ridge, North Carolina, Eleanor Swift is warm and cozy in her scrumptious pizzeria, A Slice of Delight. But she feels a shiver when snooty Judson Sizemore blows into town to open a high-end rival featuring gourmet, wood-fired pies. And the rivalry takes a chilling turn when Judson is found murdered right before his grand opening—and right after making a scene at Eleanor’s eatery. Now Eleanor and her saucy sister Maddy are the prime suspects. As Eleanor digs for clues to prove their innocence, she discovers that Judson had plenty more to hide than his secret sauce recipe. And as she gets closer to uncovering the real killer, life in Timber Ridge heats up like Maddy's five-alarm Volcano pie . . . Includes a delicious pizza recipe! "Cavender is an ace at writing cozies." —Library Journal


The Perfect Place to Die

The Perfect Place to Die
Author: Bryce Moore
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.
Total Pages: 199
Release: 2021-08-03
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 172822912X

"Fans of true-crime murder mysteries won't want to miss this one."—Booklist, STARRED Review Stalking Jack the Ripper meets Devil in the White City in this terrifying historical fiction debut about one of the world's most notorious serial killers. In order to save her sister, Zuretta takes a job at an infamous house of horrors—but she might never escape. Zuretta never thought she'd encounter a monster. She had resigned herself to a quiet life in Utah. But when her younger sister, Ruby, travels to Chicago during the World's Fair, and disappears, Zuretta leaves home to find her. But 1890s Chicago is more dangerous and chaotic than she imagined. She doesn't know where to start until she learns of her sister's last place of employment...a mysterious hotel known as The Castle. Zuretta takes a job there hoping to learn more. And before long she realizes the hotel isn't what it seems. Women disappear at an alarming rate, she hears crying from the walls, and terrifying whispers follow her at night. In the end, she finds herself up against one of the most infamous mass murderers in American history—and his custom-built death trap. With real, terrifying quotes in front of each chapter, strong female characters, and unbearable suspense, The Perfect Place to Die is perfect for fans of true crime, horror, and the Stalking Jack the Ripper series.


A Day to Die For

A Day to Die For
Author: Graham Ratcliffe
Publisher: Random House
Total Pages: 387
Release: 2011-02-03
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1907195998

On the night of 10-11 May 1996, eight climbers perished in what remains the worst disaster in Everest's history. Following the tragedy, numerous accounts were published, with Jon Krakauer's Into Thin Air becoming an international bestseller. But has the whole story been told? A Day to Die For reveals the full, startling facts that led to the tragedy. Graham Ratcliffe, the first British climber to reach the summit of Mount Everest twice, was a first-hand witness, having spent the night on Everest's South Col at 26,000 ft, sheltering from the deadly storm. For years, he has shouldered a burden of guilt, feeling that he and his teammates could have saved lives that fateful night. His quest for answers has led to discoveries so important to an understanding of the disaster that he now questions why these facts were not made public sooner. History is dotted with high-profile disasters that both horrify and capture the attention of the public, but very rarely is our view of them revised to such devastating effect.


No Time to Die: The Making of the Film

No Time to Die: The Making of the Film
Author: Mark Salisbury
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2021-10-12
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 1789093597

This lavish coffee table hardback takes readers behind the scenes of the 25th official James Bond film and reveals the locations, characters, gadgets, weapons, and cars of No Time To Die. Bond has left active service and is enjoying a tranquil life in Jamaica. His peace is short-lived when his old friend Felix Leiter from the CIA turns up asking for help. The mission to rescue a kidnapped scientist turns out to be far more treacherous than expected, leading Bond onto the trail of a mysterious villain armed with dangerous new technology. This lavish coffee table hardback takes readers behind the scenes of the 25th official James Bond film and reveals the locations, characters, gadgets, weapons, and cars of No Time To Die, with exclusive on-set photography, concept art, costume designs, stunt breakdowns, and more, accompanied by cast and crew interviews.


To Die For

To Die For
Author: Mark Svendsen
Publisher: Random House Australia
Total Pages: 210
Release: 2013-04
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1742757456

An epic battle between a boy, a boat, and a shark, with extra material including a fact page on tiger sharks, a black and white diagram of a dory, and a list of suggested reads For his birthday, Christos takes his father's mackerel dory on his first solo trip. He plans to fish and then camp overnight on a local island. But things go terribly, terrifyingly wrong when Christos runs the dory aground on a reef, attracting a 12-foot tiger shark as company for the most harrowing night of his life--a night during which he decides what he would be willing to die for.