Balloons Can Be Murder: A Girl and Her Dog Cozy Mystery

· Charlie Parker New Mexico Mystery Series Book 9 · Secret Staircase Books, an imprint of Columbine Publishing Group
4.7
15 reviews
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"Connie Shelton gets better with every book she writes." --The Midwest Book Review

 

USA Today bestseller Connie Shelton puts her own real-life experience as a balloonist to work in this, the ninth Charlie Parker mystery.

 

Three days before the start of the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta, balloon pilot Rachael Fairfield walks into the offices of RJP Investigations. She has received threatening notes, which she believes came from her father, a convicted felon whom she sent to prison fifteen years earlier. To complicate matters, her brother has initiated a huge publicity campaign for the world altitude record Rachael plans to attempt on the final Sunday of the Fiesta.

 

It seems simple enough. Charlie and Ron will locate William Fairfield and keep him away from Rachael for the duration of the Fiesta. But as they follow leads on William Fairfield, the threats escalate and Ron and Charlie start to wonder whether he's really the stalker. Amid the color and beauty of the world's largest ballooning event, Charlie also finds herself at odds with her husband and reassessing her life's priorities. Only when she nearly loses her own life do the answers begin to fall into place.

 

Reviews for the Charlie Parker mystery series:

 

"...Shelton's engaging story, likable heroine, and comfortable prose make this a good choice." -- Library Journal

 

"This is a dandy. Don't miss it!" -- Book Talk

 

"Readers can only hope the likable characters, fast-paced plots and local color will continue...." -- Albuquerque Journal

 

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Ratings and reviews

4.7
15 reviews
Tabatha Heitzman
April 9, 2024
Nobody was murdered so I am not sure the title is appropriate.
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About the author

Connie Shelton spent 16 years in the world of hot air ballooning, where she set national and international women’s high altitude records for size AX-4 balloons. Today, she is the USA Today bestselling author of more than two dozen mysteries. Her Charlie Parker series is based in Albuquerque, and her new Samantha Sweet series is set in the northern New Mexico town of Taos. In addition to her full-time writing career, Connie has taught writing, is the creator of the Novel In A Weekend writing course, and was a contributor to Chicken Soup for the Writer's Soul. She and her husband reside in northern New Mexico with their two dogs. Visit her website at connieshelton.com and get her free mystery newsletter.

 

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