Catalog Search Results
Author
Series
Death on Demand mysteries volume 19
Description
A mysterious young woman returns to the island to make amends, but a ruthless killer fears she will recall one long ago, foggy night.
Author
Series
Death on Demand mysteries volume 18
Pub. Date
c2008
Physical Desc
293 p. ; 24 cm.
Description
A fortune in gold coins stolen from a house filled with visiting family members lies at the root of this Max and Annie Darling mystery.
Author
Series
Death on Demand mysteries volume 1
Formats
Description
At Annie Laurance's Death on Demand bookstore on Broward's Rock Island, South Carolina, murder suddenly isn't confined to the well-stocked shelves. Author Elliot Morgan's abrupt demise during a weekly gathering of famous mystery writers called the Sunday Night Regulars is proof positive that a bloody sword is sometimes mightier than a brilliant pen.
Author
Series
Death on Demand mysteries volume 26
Pub. Date
2017.
Formats
Description
"Annie Darling's friend and fellow shop owner Ves Roundtree is a very wealthy woman. Her rich brother entrusted her with his estate, and upon her death, his fortune is to be divided. Several cash-strapped islanders are in line to collect life-changing inheritances. The problem is, Ves is very much alive. Ves hosts a dinner for the prospective beneficiaries and feels a chill in the air that has nothing to do with the wintry season. Not long after,...
Author
Series
Death on Demand mysteries volume 2
Pub. Date
1988
Physical Desc
311 p. ; 18 cm.
Description
Annie is asked to stage a murder for the annual spring house tour sponsored by the Historical Society of Chastain, South Carolina. Her only problem is deciding which fictional murder to stage--until a corpse turns up in the town pond. The second Annie Laurance/Max Darling novel.
Author
Series
Death on Demand mysteries volume 24
Formats
Description
"Annie Darling--owner of the mystery bookstore, Death on Demand--prefers fictional crimes as opposed to the real things. But in one tragic week, two acts of violence shake the island community of Broward's Rock. First, a beloved doctor is found shot dead, seemingly by his own hand. Only days later, a local artist is arrested after his wife is found murdered, bludgeoned by her husband's sculpting mallet. Convinced her brother did not commit suicide,...
Author
Series
Death on Demand mysteries volume 22
Description
When her fellow charity shop volunteer Gretchen Burkholt is murdered, Dead on Demand Mystery shop owner Annie Darling enlists the help of her husband, Max, to piece together a puzzle involving an overturned kayak, a stolen motorboat, a troubled love affair, and a reckless teenager.
Author
Series
Death on Demand mysteries volume 11
Pub. Date
c1999
Physical Desc
277 p. ; 22 cm.
Description
Murder is, surprisingly, not all that uncommon on tiny Broward's Rock, an idyllic sea island community off the South Carolina coast. Annie Darling's popular mystery bookshop, Death on Demand, is where the locals come to discuss the juicy details of each criminal offense--under the watchful gaze of a pampered feline prima donna named Agatha. But now Annie's dear friend (and best customer) Henny Brawley stands accused of murdering a Women's Club volunteer-cum-blackmailer....
Author
Series
Death on Demand mysteries volume 13
Description
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-- a free book to anyone who can solve a series of clues about popular whodonits. But an April Fool prankster is distributing a counterfeit flyer, complete with not-so-fague accusations of murder. Annie, is out to find the culprit, but it's no laughing matter when murder is added to the mix....
Author
Series
Death on Demand mysteries volume 23
Pub. Date
2013
Formats
Description
"Summer is a hectic time of the year for Annie Darling. Sun and scorching temperatures never fail to bring swarms of tourists to her mystery bookstore, Death on Demand, for the latest beach reads. But Annie still finds time to enjoy herself. The Broward's Rock Fourth of July dance is just around the corner, and the island is buzzing with excitement--Shell Hurst included... Shell is the kind of woman wives hate--for good reason--and most of them wish...
Author
Series
Death on Demand mysteries volume 4
Formats
Description
Mystery bookstore owner Annie Laurance and detective Max Darling are finally tying the knot, but events threaten to unravel this marriage before it begins.
12) Deadly valentine
Author
Series
Death on Demand mysteries volume 6
Pub. Date
1998
Physical Desc
281 p. ; 25 cm.
13) Southern ghost
Author
Series
Death on Demand mysteries volume 8
Pub. Date
c1992
Physical Desc
229 p.
Author
Series
Death on Demand mysteries volume 21
Pub. Date
c2011
Physical Desc
282 p. ; 24 cm.
Description
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.
Author
Series
Death on Demand mysteries volume 10
Formats
Description
The most delectable sleuthing couple since Nick met Nora, Annie and Max Darling manage to find quite a bit of murder in their allegedly safe and serene South Carolina island resort town. After all, murder is Annie's business -- well, sort of. She's the proprietor of the popular Death on Demand mystery bookstore and cafe, and her establishment seems to attract trouble like Annie's pesky felines, Dorothy L. and Agatha, attract hairballs. Now, Annie...
Author
Series
Death on Demand mysteries volume 20
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
282 p. ; 24 cm.
Description
Three deaths are linked to Broward's Rock Island's youth recreation center, and its director. When she asks Max to help clear her name, Annie is right there with her husband to help.
17) Something wicked
Author
Series
Death on Demand mysteries volume 3
Formats
Description
Something has poisoned a local summer stock production of Arsenic and Old Lace as cast members stab each other in the back and props are sabotaged. Someone decides to draw his final curtain. A pompous prosecutor tries to pin the murder on Max, Annie Laurance's own leading man. Unless Annie can prove Max's innocence, their wedding date's off. Annie checks the greasepaint and glitter of backstage life. She'll be next to star in a knock-'em dead scene...
Author
Series
Death on Demand mysteries volume 17
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
451 p. (large print) ; 22 cm.
Description
Bookstore owner Annie Darling goes undercover to pursue a clever killer who has framed her husband Max for murder, when Max mysteriously vanishes en route home and his car is found with a murder weapon in the trunk and a beautiful young woman dead nearby.
19) Sugarplum dead
Author
Series
Death on Demand mysteries volume 12
Pub. Date
p2000
Physical Desc
10 sound discs (ca. 72 min. each) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Annie Darling's yuletide preparations have been put on hold because her mother-in-law, Laurel, has taken to chatting up ghosts in the local graveyard. And, onetime movie star Marguerite Dumaney Ladson has called together all of her kin and exes for a gala celebration. Among the honored guests are Annie's deadbeat father and Dr. Emory Swanson, a New-Age-pseudo-occult charlatan. Right after the announcement that she's leaving her fortune to Swanson's...
Author
Series
Death on Demand mysteries volume 16
Pub. Date
2005
Physical Desc
423 p. (large print) ; 23 cm.
Didn't find it?
Can't find what you are looking for? Request an item not in the catalog. Submit Request