MystereBooks is pleased to feature four e-mysteries by Connie Shelton that are available for free — when combined a coupon code; details below — courtesy of the author via Smashwords. Available formats include .mobi (Kindle), .epub (Nook, Sony, Apple), PDF, RTF, and more.
Three are the first books in her "Charlie Parker" series of mysteries; the fourth is the first in her newer "Samantha Sweet" series.
Important Note: All the titles in this post require that you use the coupon code SSWIN at checkout in order for the book to be repriced as free. This code is good through July 31st, 2012.
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Deadly Gamble by Connie Shelton
A Charlie Parker Mystery (1st in series)
Publisher: Smashwords
This first in a series was originally published in hardcover by Intrigue Press in 1995. Since then, the author has written nine other books plus a Christmas novella featuring the character. Connie Shelton is also the author of another mystery series featuring pastry chef — and amateur sleuth — Samantha Sweet.
About Deadly Gamble (from the publisher): Charlie Parker is a reluctant detective. As a partner in RJP Investigations, with her brother Ron, she really only intends to keep up the financial end of the business. He's supposed to be the investigator. But Stacy North, Charlie's former best friend, shows up and wants help in locating a missing watch, so Charlie agrees to help. When people start dying, Charlie knows she's in deep trouble.
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Vacations Can Be Murder by Connie Shelton
A Charlie Parker Mystery (2nd in series)
Publisher: Smashwords
About Vacations Can Be Murder (from the publisher): Off to Kauai for a much-needed vacation, Charlie takes a helicopter tour with a gorgeous and fascinating pilot, Drake Langston. But partway through the tour they spot a body lying on the rocks below. When Drake's boss, Mack, is accused of murdering the victim, Charlie finds herself with another mystery to solve. Romance is in the air, too, as Charlie and Drake work together to find the answers.
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Partnerships Can Kill by Connie Shelton
A Charlie Parker Mystery (3rd in series)
Publisher: Smashwords
About Partnerships Can Kill (from the publisher): Charlie returns from her Hawaiian vacation to discover that her brother Ron is in love. But the younger woman, Vicky, seems manipulative and full of secrets. Meanwhile, Charlie offers to help a friend whose business partner apparently committed suicide. But did he? The questions get tricky as Charlie starts to investigate financial fraud and finds her own life on the line.
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Sweet Masterpiece by Connie Shelton
A Samantha Sweet Mystery (1st in series)
Publisher: Smashwords
Connie Shelton is also the author of the Charlie Parker mystery series. Sweet Masterpiece introduces pastry shop owner Samantha Sweet.
About Sweet Masterpiece (from the publisher): Samantha Sweet breaks into houses for a living — all perfectly legal as a caretaker for the USDA. But her real dream is to open her own pastry shop, Sweet's Sweets.
Life is a little crazy for Sam right now. At one of her break-in properties a dying woman insists that she take a small wooden box. Sam doesn't realize that the old woman was known locally as a bruja, a witch, until she begins to feel some strange effects from the box, herself.
Meanwhile, at another property, she finds an unmarked grave and the authorities come to investigate. The property owner disappeared a few months earlier and Sam wonders — who is the body in the grave? A small mural in the house leads to a connection with a famous artist; a bogus will points to possible fraud; and the handsome deputy investigating the case seems completely enchanted with Sam.
While Sam scrambles to fill bakery orders and keep her properties in order, she's equally intrigued with the idea of a new romance. It all makes for a delightful romantic mystery with elements of the paranormal.
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