Second installment in this USA Today bestselling author's cozy mystery series. Charlotte "Charlie" Parker's last case (Deadly Gamble) left her tired and emotionally drained. She books a vacation trip to the beautiful garden island of Kauai. In her own words, "Vacations mean different thing to different people. There's the planning, the packing, the anticipation. Then there's the late arrival, the sunburn, the fuzzy pictures. In my case, add a romance...

"... superbly crafted story..." – Gothic Journal "Another delicious read for the beach." –The Pilot, Southern Pines, NC "Three plot strands are capably and grippingly entwined, and Shelton doesn't shirk from confronting big issues" – Crime Time, Birmingham, England "Connie Shelton gets better with every book she writes." —The Midwest Book Review Tucked into the mountains and valleys of northern New Mexico are the hidden...

Charlie and her husband begin the winter with hopes for a honeymoon in a secluded New Mexico mountain cabin. But their plans are disrupted when police locate an old pawn ticket identifying the gun used in a five year old murder and trace the ticket back t

Praise for USA Today bestseller Connie Shelton and the Charlie Parker mysteries: "Connie Shelton gets better with every book she writes." —The Midwest Book Review "Charlie is slick, appealing, and nobody's fool. Just what readers want in an amateur sleuth." —Booklist Charlie and Drake are spending a few months in Scotland, fulfilling a helicopter contract for a friend. Flying over the frigid North Sea is dangerous enough, but they...

"Connie Shelton gets better with every book she writes." — The Midwest Book Review "Charlie is slick, appealing and nobody's fool—just what readers want in an amateur sleuth." — Booklist Charlie, Drake and their dog Rusty want a little time away from it all. A cozy cabin, good books, a little fishing at the lake. It's what Charlie needs to relax and enjoy herself. But the town of Watson's Lake, New Mexico, has a little unsolved...