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

Connie Shelton

May 2010 · Charlie Parker New Mexico Mystery Series Book 11 · Secret Staircase Books, an imprint of Columbine Publishing Group

About this eBook

Praise for USA Today bestselling author Connie Shelton and the Charlie Parker mysteries:

 Fans of Southwestern mysteries will find that Shelton's engaging story, likable heroine, and comfortable prose make this a good choice.” – Library Journal

 

"Charlie is slick, appealing and nobody's fool." -- Booklist

 

Charlie is invited to a plush Santa Fe spa, a week-long spiritual/nutrition retreat with her friend Dr. Linda Casper. The massages and spa treatments sound great, until she realizes that there is something darker going on at the mountain resort.

 

Meanwhile, Drake has his own set of concerns. He's been asked to testify as an expert witness in a helicopter crash case and it's causing him more anxiety than any feat of flying ever did.

 

It seems that they are each on their own but their two cases overlap and dangers abound, from all sides.

 

"Charlie is just what readers want." -- Booklist

 

"Charlie is a fabulous amateur sleuth." -- Midwest Book Review

 

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

 

"A fun and fast read." -- Small Press Magazine

 
Search words: mystery, crime fiction, mystery series, series books, Santa Fe, New Mexico, Southwestern fiction, Charlie Parker, Connie Shelton, female sleuth, cozy mysteries, dogs in mystery

Ratings and reviews

Was dying to read to read this book. Loved the connect with Sweets Sweet And Charley . tho it truly is fun reading this writers stories .

I didn't like the chapters going back and forth between the main character and her husband.

About the author

Connie Shelton is the USA Today bestselling author of more than two dozen mysteries in two series. The first is the Charlie Parker series featuring Charlotte "Charlie" Parker as an accountant who reluctantly tends to get involved in cases that come into the private investigation firm she owns with her brother, Ron. Connie's second series features Samantha Sweet, a Taos baker with a magical touch, who also breaks into houses for a living.

 

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.