Murder on Wheels (22 page)

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When Jill's elderly friend, Miss Emily, calls in a fit of pique, she
already knows the city council is trying to force Emily to sell her
dilapidated old house. But Emily's gumption goes for naught when
she dies unexpectedly and leaves the house to Jill—along with all
of her problems . . .
and
her enemies. Convinced her friend was
murdered, Jill is finding the list of suspects longer than the list of
repairs needed on the house. But Jill is determined to uncover the
culprit—especially if it gets her closer to South Cove's finest,
Detective Greg King. Problem is, the killer knows she's on the
case—and is determined to close the book on Jill
permanently
. . .

 

 

 

Jill has discovered that the old stone wall on her property might be a
centuries-old mission worthy of being declared a landmark. But
Craig Morgan, the obnoxious owner of South Cove's most popular
tourist spot, The Castle, makes it his business to contest her claim.
When Morgan is found murdered at The Castle shortly after a
heated argument with Jill, even her detective boyfriend has to ask
her for an alibi. Jill decides she must find the real murderer to clear
her name. But when the killer comes for her, she'll need to jump
from historic preservation to self-preservation . . .

 

 

 

As owner of Coffee, Books, and More, Jill Gardner looks forward to
the hustle and bustle of holiday shoppers. But when the mayor ropes
her into being liaison for a new work program, 'tis the season to be
wary. Local businesses are afraid the interns will be delinquents,
punks, or worse. For Jill, nothing's worse than Ted Hendricks—the
jerk who runs the program. After a few run-ins, Jill's ready to kill
the guy. That, however, turns out to be unnecessary when she finds
Ted in his car—dead as a doornail. Detective Greg King assumes it's
a suicide. Jill thinks it's murder. And if the holidays weren't stressful
enough, a spoiled blonde wants to sue the city for breaking her heel.
Jill has to act fast to solve this mess—before the other shoe drops . . .

 

 

 

Of course everyone is expecting a “dead” body at the dress rehearsal
. . . but this one isn't acting! It turns out the main suspect is the
late actor's conniving girlfriend, Sherry . . . who also happens to be
the ex-wife of Jill's main squeeze. Sherry is definitely a master
manipulator . . . but is she a killer? Jill may discover the truth only
when the curtain comes up on the final act . . . and by then, it may
be far too late.

 

 

 

Jill has somehow been talked into sponsoring a 5k race along the
beautiful California coast. The race is a fund-raiser for the local
preservation society—but not everyone is feeling so charitable . . .
The day of the race, everyone hits the ground running . . . until a
local business owner stumbles over a very stationary body. The
deceased is the vicious wife of the husband-and-wife team hired to
promote the event—and the husband turns to Jill for help in clearing
his name. But did he do it? Jill will have to be
very
careful, because
this killer is ready to put her out of the running . . . forever!

New York Times
and
USA Today
bestselling author Lynn Cahoon is an Idaho expat. She grew up living the small-town life she now loves to write about. Currently, she's living with her husband and two fur babies in a small historic town on the banks of the Mississippi River, where her imagination tends to wander.
Guidebook to Murder
, Book One of the Tourist Trap series, won the 2015 Reader's Crown Award for Mystery Fiction.

 

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First Electronic Edition: February 2016
eISBN-13: 978-1-60183-419-5
eISBN-10: 1-60183-419-5

 

ISBN: 978-1-6018-3419-5