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Nachos, a Stun Gun, and a Wedding Ring: Guns + Tacos, Book 23

Sun, 09 Jan 2022 04:30:46 +0200

How far would you go to get revenge?

Sam Wilkins is an up-and-coming Chicago lawyer. He's rich, handsome, married. And a cheater.

He has a type. Beautiful, dark-haired, blue-eyed women. One of them decides she doesn't want to share.

A bartender tells her about Jesse's Taco Truck in Melrose Park. How she could get a gun if she asks for the daily special. Everything seems to be falling in place—until the stun gun. She could have changed her mind then. She could have walked away. But when best laid plans go astray, turn to Plan B.

Karen E. Olson - Annie Seymour 01 - Sacred Cows

Fri, 16 Jun 2006 13:06:23 +0300

Pulled from her bed by an early morning phone call from her boss, local police reporter Annie Seymour finds herself at a crime scene staring at the naked body of a Yale student. Just the thing her bosses and readers don't want to know about—especially when Annie learns the girl was a student by day and a high-priced escort by night.

Stonewalled by her cop boyfriend and tailed by overeager but incompetent cub report Dick Whitfield, Annie stumbles onto a network of corruption that even her own mother seems to be involved in. But Annie isn't the only one investigating—a Frank Sinatra look-alike who used to be the biggest geek in Annie's high school is hot on the trail as well. And to top it all off, New Haven, Connecticut, is being infiltrated by a parade of ceramic cows. Pulled off the story by her boss, Annie must discover the truth—before she becomes the next big headline.

An Inconvenient Wife

Fri, 14 Jun 2024 15:51:44 +0300

This astonishing crime novel—inspired by the Tudor era—takes the reader into the world of Kate Parker, who has just married billionaire Hank Tudor when a headless body is discovered near their summer home . . .
Kate Parker knows what she's getting into when she marries billionaire businessman Hank Tudor—she's his sixth wife, after all, and was by his side (as his assistant) when his fifth marriage to actress Caitlyn Howard fell apart.

But honeymoon plans go awry when a headless body is discovered near Hank's summer home, forcing Kate to contend with two more of his exes: Catherine Alvarez—the first—who lives as a shut-in with her computers, carefully following Tudor Enterprises; and Anna Klein—the fourth—who runs a bed-and-breakfast where she and her wife keep a steady eye on things—particularly Hank's children, Lizzie and Teddy.

In this clever and suspenseful reimagining of Tudor era betrayals, these...

A Defiant Woman

Sat, 25 Apr 2026 21:37:22 +0300

Kate Tudor's marriage to billionaire Hank Tudor continues to fray when his ex-wife resurfaces in the wake of their daughter's kidnapping, in the latest novel in this genre-defying crime series.
Eight years ago, Nan Tudor escaped her husband, billionaire businessman Hank Tudor, afraid for her life and leaving a dead body behind—but in doing so, she abandoned her three-year-old daughter, Lizzie. Still wracked with guilt for that decision, she is living a quiet life as a restaurant cook in France with her son when she receives a mysterious text: "We have your daughter."

Lured back to the scene of the crime on Martha's Vineyard by a threat against Lizzie's life, Nan believes the kidnapper is exacting revenge against her, stopping at nothing to do so—and discovers that she and her daughter may not be the only targets. Kate Parker—Hank's sixth and latest wife—is also on the island and drawn into the kidnapper's elaborate web of retaliation.
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Shot Girl

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 07:42:41 +0200

New Haven police reporter Annie Seymour has a talent for running into trouble. So it should come as no surprise when her co-worker's bachelorette party at a local club quickly turns into a crime scene. What is surprising is that the dead club manager in the parking lot happens to be Annie's ex-husband-and the bullet shells around his body match the gun she has in her car...

Secondhand Smoke

Mon, 20 Nov 2006 07:42:40 +0200

Awakened by a loud commotion, New Haven reporter Annie Seymour wanders outside to discover a favorite Italian eatery engulfed in fire. Even more shocking is the bullet-ridden body found in the debris. Then things get personal. Annie's father, a Vegas casino boss, suddenly arrives in town and the restaurant hires hunky private eye Vinny DeLucia, with whom she has some unfinished business. Now trying to cut through the smoke to uncover the real story, Annie questions her father's connection to the crime. Between the FBI, her would-be hero Vinny, and some raucous animal rights protestors, Annie must peer through the familiar town houses, worn-out sidewalks, and back alleys of her youth to determine a killer's motives-and avoid being burned next...

Annie Seymour 01 - Sacred Cows

Tue, 20 Nov 2007 07:42:40 +0200

Pulled from her bed by an early morning phone call from her boss, local police reporter Annie Seymour finds herself at a crime scene staring at the naked body of a Yale student. Just the thing her bosses and readers don't want to know about - especially when Annie learns the girl was a student by day and a high priced escort by night. Stonewalled by her cop boyfriend and tailed by overeager but incompetent cub report Dick Whitfield, Annie stumbles onto a network of corruption that even her own mother seems to be involved in. But Annie isn't the only one investigating - a Frank Sinatra look-alike who used to be the biggest geek in Annie's high school is hot on the trail as well. And to top it all off, New Haven, Connecticut is being infiltrated by a parade of ceramic cows. Pulled off the story by her boss, Annie must discover the truth - before she becomes the next big headline.

Hidden

Fri, 20 Nov 2015 07:42:40 +0200

This tense and twisting novel of identity and suspense marks an intriguing new departure for cozy mystery writer Karen E. Olson.
Nicole Jones – if that is her real name - lives off the grid. She doesn't have a licence, passport or bank account. She definitely doesn't own a computer. She hasn't left her refuge, Block Island, in fifteen years. She's hidden from the world and she likes it that way. Nicole doesn't use a computer, not because she's afraid of it, but because she's afraid of what she – a badass hacker in her past life – would do with it.
When the last person Nicole wants to see suddenly reappears, using a name he knows will draw her out, Nicole realizes that her time hidden is now ending. Her past secrets tumbling into the open and her carefully-constructed new life set to fall apart, Nicole must re-hone her long-suppressed computer skills in order to escape from an island that is no longer a haven, but suddenly a prison.

Ink Flamingos

Sun, 20 Nov 2011 07:42:43 +0200

Driven to Ink

Sat, 20 Nov 2010 07:42:42 +0200

Annie Seymour 01-Sacred Cows

Sun, 20 Nov 2005 07:42:42 +0200

Police reporter Annie Seymour tries to solve the mystery of a murdered Yale-student-by-day, escort-by-night. If things weren't bizarre enough, New Haven, Connecticut, is being infiltrated by a parade of ceramic cows.

From Publishers Weekly

A phone call summons New Haven, Conn., crime reporter Anne Seymour from a beer-fogged sleep to cover a breaking story at the start of Olson's spirited debut, the winner of the first Sara Ann Freed Memorial Award. The dead body of a Yale undergrad lies at the foot of a luxury high-rise condo. Anne faces the usual stonewalling by the detective-on-the-scene;which smarts a little extra as he has recently vacated her bed. Dogged by a pesky fellow reporter, Anne struggles to keep her byline to herself, while she's warned off the case by her boss, her cop boyfriend and the university higher-ups. The plot thickens when she learns that the student was a high-priced escort, as is the next young female Yalie found murdered. A slave to her hormones, the smell of garlic and her driving ambition, the spunky, imperfect Anne is an engaging protagonist. Several other well-realized characters, some bovine humor and an amiable sense of the Yale/New Haven community round out this enjoyable first.
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From Booklist

The first winner of the Sara Ann Freed Memorial Award is a worthy choice to honor the late Mysterious Press editor who was known for her ability to discover new talent. Olson, travel editor for the New Haven Register, sets her debut novel in a world she knows well: journalism. Annie Seymour, a thirtysomething crime reporter for the New Haven Herald, is spinning her wheels on the job and in her personal life. Then a Yale coed, who was moonlighting for an escort service, is murdered. Annie smells Big Story, but she's barely able to start sniffing the trail before her publisher, her cop boyfriend, and her lawyer mother all attempt to put her off the scent. Further distractions appear in the form of a PI on the case who arouses more than Annie's competitive juices. Olson succumbs to the occasional cliche ("My life was hanging in the balance"), but she's onto to something good in Annie, whose dry wit and frenzied manner recall various female sleuths (Millhone to Plum) without seeming purely imitative. Expect much more from Olson and Seymour. Bill Ott
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The Missing Ink: A Tattoo Shop Mystery

Sun, 20 Nov 2011 07:42:41 +0200

The Missing Ink

Thu, 24 Nov 1994 21:33:38 +0200

Murder leaves a mark Brett Kavanaugh is a tattoo artist and owner of an elite tattoo parlor in Las V egas. When a girl makes an appointment for a tattoo of the name of her fiancé embedded in a heart, Brett takes the job but the girl never shows. The next thing Brett knows, the police are looking for her client, and the name she wanted on the tattoo isn't her fiancé's…

Pretty In Ink

Wed, 24 Nov 1999 21:33:39 +0200

Murder in the city of sin… Brett Kavanaugh is a tattoo artist and owner of Vegas's hottest tattoo shop, The Painted Lady. And in her spare time, she does some sleuthing. After Brett and company ink Sin City's newest drag queens, they're invited to opening night at the strip's glamorous Nylon and Tattoos show-which ends in disaster when a stranger with a Queen of Hearts tattoo fatally injures Britney Brassieres with a champagne cork. And when another drag queen is found poisoned, it looks like someone's targeting Vegas's fabulous femmes…