Lindsay is left with an image of Rick's green SUV flying around the neighborhood along with pieces of Rick-a blue contact lens in Mrs. Prisoners, murderers, crazy relatives and strippers are all part of the chaos in this second book of the Death by Chocolate series.īONUS! Chocolate recipes included. On the positive side, sales skyrocket for the special dessert Lindsay calls Murdered Man's Brownies. Lindsay enlists the aid of her enigmatic neighbor, Fred, to help solve the mystery while trying to keep her police detective boyfriend, Trent, from getting in their way with his insistence on all those silly cop rules. Is there oil under the basement, plans to bring the railroad through, pirate treasure buried in the basement? A second break-in occurs and causes her cat, King Henry, to launch into full attack mode, taking a few chunks out of the intruder. Suddenly everybody wants Lindsay's house. Next her almost-ex-husband offers to sign the divorce papers, but only if she'll give him her small, old house and take his big, new house instead. Then someone breaks into her house and tries to dig up her basement. Rodney Bradford comes into Lindsay's restaurant, offers to buy her small house for double its value, eats her brownies, and drops dead on the sidewalk in front. Charley blackmailed his murderer, blackmailed Amanda's father, lied about his family being dead when he is actually related to half the town of Silver Creek, Texas, and, with his treachery, has stirred up secrets that will change Amanda's life.Īmazon Barnes&Noble Smashwords iTunes Kobo She can't even be certain he isn't peeking when she undresses for bed.Īs Amanda puts her life in danger in an effort to bring Charley's murderer to justice and send him into the light or the dark or anywhere away from her, she learns her knowledge of Charley's misdeeds is only the tip of a toxic iceberg. The situation was bad enough when he was alive and trying to charm his way back into her life, but now he claims to be unable to go more than a few yards away from her. He was rejected, kicked back, not allowed to go into the light. On the good side, at least they are no longer married.īut she's the primary suspect in Charley's murder and, as if that isn't bad enough, Charley's ghost shows up in her apartment. Then she discovers he'd been dead for several hours at the time she thought he rescued her. When Amanda's lying, cheating, scam-artist husband, Charley, saves her life in a near-fatal motorcycle accident, she can almost forgive him for dragging his feet on their divorce.

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