Maggie Kelly mystery
Kensington
December 2005
Featuring: Maggie Kelly; St. Just; Sterling Balder
288 pages ISBN: 0758208804 Trade Size Add to Wish List
Don’t get me wrong: There was plenty to laugh about
when we
first arrived in Merry Olde England to watch one of my
novels being
shot as a major motion picture. Alex was delighted with the
location (a
seventeeth-century manor house), but horrified with the
surfer-dude
mimbo playing him. I, personally, found the situation
hilarious -- then
the leading lady started rubbing up against "my" hero,
leaving me no
choice but to start a little flirtation of my own with the
lord of the
manor’s nephew. It was all very Regency House Party until the
scriptwriter showed up ... dead.
Lights,
camera...action! No, not that kind of action. Well, maybe a
little
Okay, so things are suddenly getting hot and heavy
between Alex
and me -- and our timing is atrocious as usual, what with
the murder
and mayhem. Suspects? Don’t get me started. There’s Mr.
Contemptuous
Director, Ms. Man-Crazy Production Assistant, Mr. Fancy
Pants English
Actor, Ms. Diva Leading Lady, and -- yours truly. Yep, I was
seen
arguing with the victim right before his unfortunate demise,
so I am,
as the Brits would say, in a bit of a pickle...
It
was a dark and stormy night...
No, seriously. Some truly nasty English weather has
flooded the
property, cutting off the power as well as access to the
roads. Plus,
someone’s stolen all the cell phones. Oh, there’s also that
second body
we just found. And did I mention the ghost? Mm-hmm -- the
place is
haunted. You know, it wasn’t too long ago that a scenario
like this
would have had me reaching for a cigarette. Now, it just has me
reaching for Alex...
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