New Releases by Carolyn G. Hart

Annie''s friend and fellow shop owner Ves Roundtree is a very wealthy woman. Upon her death, several cash-strapped islanders are in line to collect life-changing inheritances. The problem is, Ves is still very much alive. She hosts a dinner for the prospective beneficiaries and, not long after, Ves suffers a bad fall that was no accident. Everyone at the table had a motive but not a shred of evidence was left behind. When one of the suspects is found floating in the harbour and Ves disappears, Annie and her husband Max spring into action to catch a calculating killer before greed takes another life.

Bailey Ruth Raeburn''s latest mission is to guide the spirit of a deceased young man named Jimmy to the next life. But Jimmy is determined to watch over his still-living girlfriend, Megan. As if being haunted by her late boyfriend wasn''t enough, Megan is dealing with an arrogant, manipulative senior partner who threatens to fire Megan''s vulnerable secretary if Megan accepts a partnership at another law firm. Since Jimmy refuses to move on while Megan is being blackmailed, Bailey Ruth agrees to help him. But after the partner turns up dead and Megan is found at the crime scene, Bailey Ruth and Jimmy must uncover a killer before the love of Jimmy''s life is ordered to spend a lifetime behind bars.

A celebration for former Broward''s Rock resident Alex Griffith and the release of his latest novel is overshadowed by a newspaper story about the writer''s plan to expose the real-life people behind his characters.

"Everyone dreams of stumbling upon a long-lost treasure in the attic or inheriting a fortune from some distant rleative. But for Ellen Gallagher, the impoverished owner of a thrift store in South Carolina, that dream comes true when she finds her possession a first edition of Agatha Christie''s Poirot Investigates that has been signed by the author...and inscribed to the Queen of England. When the book disappears from her shop, Ellen must call on her friend, Annie Darling, owner of the mystery bookstore Death on Demand, to track it down"--Front flap of dust jacket.

Married at fifteen to a man chosen by her father, Camilla has long since resigned herself to the role of dutiful and respectable wife. Hers is a loveless union, however; her husband, Decimus, has no interest in Camilla beyond the money, possessions, and social station she provides him. And then Camilla meets the good and gentle Marcus Julius Paulus and learns for the first time what it means to be cherished by a man. Despite her feelings for Marcus, Camilla would rather give up her true love and lasting happiness than bring scandal on her family. But when she learns of ambitious Decimus''s despicable plan to gain favor with the emperor Caligula, Camilla knows she must free herself from her husband''s clutches. Now she has become a liability and Decimus is determined to rid himself of the wife he has never loved without giving up either her money or family connections.

Mystery bookstore owner Annie Darling prefers fictional crime to the real thing. But in one tragic week, two acts of violence shake Broward''s Rock. First, a beloved doctor is found dead, seemingly by his own hand. Days later, a local sculptor''s wife is found bludgeoned to death by his mallet. Then the doctor''s sister turns to Annie for help when she finds a cryptic sketch linking him with the murdered woman. Did someone want them both out of the picture?

After two locals disappear during the height of tourist season, local mystery bookshop owners Annie and Max Darling investigate a twisted path of adultery, blackmail and betrayal to find the culprit in the third novel of the series following Death Comes Silently.

Bailey Ruth loves to return to earth as an emissary from Heaven''s Department of Good Intentions. But she''s a bit of a loose cannon and not high on the go-to list for assignments. So she''s surprised to find herself in Adelaide, Oklahoma, just in time to save Nick Magruder from a bullet. But after materializing to reassure him, she can''t go back. It turns out she''s been tricked by Nick''s late aunt into helping snare the person who wants him dead.

A woman able to understand the thoughts of cats becomes an unwitting investigator when her sister''s co-worker is murdered and the only witness was her beloved feline, in this new novel from the author of the Pulitzer Prize-nominated Letter from Home. (mystery & detective).

Bestselling author Hart continues to dazzle mystery fans with an all new Dead on Demand Mystery. Anne Darling must tread carefully, because a killer is on the loose and works well in the foggy days of winter.

Refusing to believe that a local death was a suicide, mystery bookstore owner Annie Darling investigates a series of clues including a hidden towel, a lack of fingerprints on a crystal mug, and a lovers'' tryst.

Max ignores a woman''s request for help until Annie hears about it and seeks the woman out in time to hear her final words.

A New York Times Bestselling AuthorMurder hits close to home for Death on Demand bookstore owner Annie Darling and her beloved husband, Max. While investigating a new case, Max calls Annie to let her know he may be late getting home. But he never shows up, and Annie knows something dreadful has happened to him. During the search for Max, his car is found on a remote road - with a murder weapon in the trunk and a beautiful but very dead young woman nearby.

Annie and Max Darling find themselves marooned on an island while trying to determine which of their fellow guests murdered an unpopular media magnate.

Mystery bookstore owner, Annie, turns sleuth to protect her beloved from an accusation of murder on the set of the local production of "Arsenic and Old Lace."

Pleased with the success of her murder-mystery cruise, Annie Darling and her husband, Max, are suddenly on the hunt for a killer when one of the cruise participants falls overboard, the first in a series of suspicious deaths.

Bookstore owner Annie Darling is determined to untangle an unholy marriage--even if she has to cross swords with hubby Max and cross paths with a cruelly clever stalker.

Working at the local newspaper during the summer of 1944, Gretchen Gilman investigates the mysterious death of Faye Tatum, found dead in her own living room, supposedly murdered by her husband, a World War II veteran.

To celebrate an April Fool''s Day appearance by the island''s most famous mystery author, Death on Demand Bookstore owner Annie Darling creates a unique promotion that embarrassingly backfires, thanks to an interfering prankster.

A collection of stories from the author.