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Lisa (Harmonybites)
A "cozy mystery" and first in a series set in an island off South Carolina. Annie Laurance owns a mystery bookshop there, Death on Demand popular with a bunch of mystery writers who regularly meet there. Soon after one odious author among them threatens to tell their secrets, he's killed and Annie finds herself a suspect. She's helped by Max Darling, an old flame who comes to visit her from New York City. A lot of the fun of this book is all the references to classic mysteries and writers, but i ...more
MJ
Feb 13, 2008 rated it liked it
Annie Lawerence runs a little mystery bookstore called Death on Demand and something sisnter is going on in her Sunday night mystery writters group. When Elliot Morgan is killed in her shop when it is full of people and noone saw a thing Annie is the prime suspect. With the help of her sometimes lover Max they will discover the secrects everyone has been hiding and the real killer.

While I figured out who the killer was early on as a avid mystery book reader I enjoyed all the literary references
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