Dated to Death

Casey Brandt #3

by Carolyn J. Rose

Vacations Can Be Murder
When Death Doesn't Take a Holiday

Albuquerque TV News Director Casey Brandt and deejay Stu McKnight need a vacation. But before they unpack at their Catskill Mountain retreat, their host discovers the body of a prom queen who vanished 26 years earlier. When an autopsy reveals she'd been pregnant, fingers point at her prom-night escort. The district attorney rushes in to arrest him, but Casey believes he's innocent. She and Stu delve into the past to uncover the secret life of the slain prom queen and a series of suspects including a cantankerous caretaker, a social-climbing stepfather, an aging actor and a jealous runner-up. Before they learn the truth, someone tries to kill Casey, another member of the prom court dies, and a can't-fail plan to catch the killer does just that.

240 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 2005

About the author

Carolyn J. Rose grew up in New York's Catskill Mountains, graduated from the University of Arizona, logged two years in Arkansas with Volunteers in Service to America, and spent 25 years as a television news researcher, writer, producer, and assignment editor in Arkansas, New Mexico, Oregon, and Washington. She lives in Vancouver, Washington, and her interests are reading, gardening, swimming, and NOT cooking.