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Rex ignored Flint’s jab. “You seem to be forgetting that you’re my creation.” Rex snapped off each word as if they were bites of peanut brittle. “Without me you’d still be singing at a honky-tonk, living in your truck, and depending on the tips from a pickle jar to eat.”
“Don’t give me that crap. We both know you didn’t do me any favors.” Flint spat out the words contemptuously. “If I hadn’t been a damn good singer and songwriter, you wouldn’t have raised a finger to help me.”
“There’s more to success in this business than talent,” Rex retaliated, his voice rising.
“Bullshit!” Flint moved until he was nose to nose with the other man. “Now find that little whore, and get her out onstage before I really get mad.” He grasped Rex’s lapels and lifted him off his feet. “I’m not letting you or her ruin this career for me.”
Yikes!
Skye whipped out her cell phone. It was time to call the cops.
Denise Swanson
The Scumble River Mysteries
When Skye Denison left Scumble River years ago,
she swore she’d never return. But after a fight with
her boyfriend and credit card rejection, she’s back to
home-sweet-homicide.
 
MURDER OF A SMALL-TOWN HONEY
MURDER OF A SWEET OLD LADY
MURDER OF A SLEEPING BEAUTY
MURDER OF A SNAKE IN THE GRASS
MURDER OF A BARBIE AND KEN
MURDER OF A PINK ELEPHANT
MURDER OF A SMART COOKIE
MURDER OF A REAL BAD BOY
MURDER OF A BOTOXED BLONDE
MURDER OF A CHOCOLATE-COVERED CHERRY
MURDER OF A ROYAL PAIN
MURDER OF A WEDDING BELLE
 
Available wherever books are sold or at
penguin.com
S394
Kate Collins
The Flower Shop Mystery Series
Abby Knight is the proud owner of her hometown flower shop. She has a gift for arranging flowers—and for solving crimes.
 
Mum’s the Word
Slay It with Flowers
Dearly Depotted
Snipped in the Bud
Acts of Violets
A Rose from the Dead
Shoots to Kill
Evil in Carnations
Sleeping with Anemone
Dirty Rotten Tendrils
 
“A sharp and funny heroine.”
—Maggie Sefton
 
Available wherever books are sold or at
penguin.com
S914
Leann Sweeney
The Cat, the Quilt and
the Corpse
A Cats in Trouble Mystery
Jill’s quiet life is shattered when her house is broken into and her Abyssinian, Syrah, goes missing. Jill’s convinced her kitty’s been catnapped. But when her cat-crime-solving leads her to a dead body, suddenly all paws are pointing to Jill.
 
Soon, Jill discovers that Syrah isn’t the only purebred who’s been stolen. Now she has to find these furry felines before they all become the prey of a cold-blooded killer—and she gets nabbed for a crime she didn’t commit.
 
“A welcome new voice in
mystery fiction.”
—Jeff Abbott,
bestselling author of
Collision
 
Available wherever books are sold or at
penguin.com
 
 
OM0009
Other Scumble River Mysteries
Murder of a Wedding Belle
Murder of a Royal Pain
Murder of a Chocolate-Covered Cherry
Murder of a Botoxed Blonde
Murder of a Real Bad Boy
Murder of a Smart Cookie
Murder of a Pink Elephant
Murder of a Barbie and Ken
Murder of a Snake in the Grass
Murder of a Sleeping Beauty
Murder of a Sweet Old Lady
Murder of a Small-Town Honey

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