Killer Classics

Small-town life in Hazel Rock becomes a Texas-size crime scene when murder takes a page from Charli Rae Warren's book club's latest mystery . . . <P>Charli takes great pride in running one of the few independent family-owned bookstores insmall-town Texas. She vets everything carefully with an eye to the eclectic tastes of the locals. That includes the Book Barn's weekly book club selection. This time out it's a mystery whose characters bear a striking resemblance to local citizens including Charli's friend Sugar . . . who's the prime suspect when her real-life nemesis is found dead in a hotel's water tank. <P>With help from her pet armadillo Princess Charli campaigns to clear Sugar's sweet name-literally-when the up-for-election mayor becomes a killer's next target. Murder and politics make scandalous bedfellows as Charli discovers that fiction may be fatal but reality could be just as deadly . . . <P>A well written fast-paced cozy mystery that has well developed and likable characters with good humor and a bit of romance. -Fresh Fiction on<i> Perilous Poetry</i><P>An electrifying tale.-Fresh Fiction on <i>A Reference to Murder</i></p>