White Elephant Dead (29 page)

An accomplished master of mystery, CAROLYN HART is the author of eleven
Death on Demand
novels, which have won multiple Agatha, Anthony, and Macavity Awards. She is also the creator of the highly praised
Henrie O
series. One of the founders of Sisters in Crime, Ms. Hart lives in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

You can visit her website at: www.carolynhart.com.

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“An expert at seamless storytelling.”

Ft. Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel

“Carolyn Hart creates a modern version of the classic mystery puzzles of the 1930s…Her secluded island setting is the modern equivalent of the English village so beloved by Agatha Christie, with its closed society of dotty eccentrics…”

Charleston Post & Courier

“Bouncy prose, nifty characters, and frequent references to other mysteries make this ‘heartily’ recommended for series fans.”

Library Journal

“It’s always a delight to find a new book by Carolyn Hart.”

Chattanooga Times

“As always, the joy in Hart’s novels derives from revisiting recurring characters from previous Annie and Max novels——especially Annie’s rambunctious mother-in-law, Laurel, and her two cats, Agatha and Dorothy L.”

San Diego Union-Tribune

“Entertaining…a panoply of vivid characters…Cozy fans should cotton to it well.”

Publishers Weekly

Henrie O

D
EAD
M
AN’S
I
SLAND

S
CANDAL IN
F
AIR
H
AVEN

D
EATH IN
L
OVERS
’ L
ANE

D
EATH IN
P
ARADISE

D
EATH ON THE
R
IVER
W
ALK

R
ESORT TO
M
URDER

Death on Demand

D
EATH ON
D
EMAND

D
ESIGN FOR
M
URDER

S
OMETHING
W
ICKED

H
ONEYMOON WITH
M
URDER

A L
ITTLE
C
LASS ON
M
URDER

D
EADLY
V
ALENTINE

T
HE
C
HRISTIE
C
APER

S
OUTHERN
G
HOST

M
INT
J
ULEP
M
URDER

Y
ANKEE
D
OODLE
D
EAD

W
HITE
E
LEPHANT
D
EAD

S
UGARPLUM
D
EAD

A
PRIL
F
OOL
D
EAD

E
NGAGED TO
D
IE

M
URDER
W
ALKS THE
P
LANK

D
EATH OF THE
P
ARTY

This book is a work of fiction. The characters, incidents, and dialogue are drawn from the author’s imagination and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to actual events or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

WHITE ELEPHANT DEAD
. Copyright © 1999 by Carolyn Hart. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, down-loaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.

ePub edition March 2007 ISBN 9780061756054

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