Mint Julep Murder (Death on Demand Mysteries, No. 9) - Softcover

Hart, Carolyn

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0553572024 ISBN 13: 9780553572025

Publisher: Bantam, 1996

Synopsis

One of America's most beloved mystery writers, Carolyn G. Hart, the Agatha, Anthony, and Macavity Award-winning author, returns to her original mystery
series that features Annie Darling, owner of the Death on Demand Bookstore, and her husband, Max, with Mint Julep Murder.

Normally, Annie Laurence Darling would be eagerly awaiting her trip to Head Island, where this year's Dixie Book Festival is being held. But this year Annie has agreed to be the author liaison to five authors honored with the much-coveted Dixie Book Festival Medallions, and she fears she is going to have her hands full juggling murderous egos. What Annie doesn't count on is the untimely death of ambitious Mint Julep Press publisher Kenneth Hazlitt. Hazlitt arrives at the Festival peddling a proposal for Song of the South, a trashy roman  clef that details the indiscretions of some famous Southern authors at a writers' conference--writers who more than resemble the Dixie Festival Medallion winners. When Hazlitt drops dead after drinking a hit of bourbon from his private stock, the evidence points to Annie--the fatal glass is imprinted with her fingerprints. As more and more evidence points her way, Annie and Max must act fast to catch a wily killer...before the police throw the book at Annie!

About this title

From the Publisher

"Hart wraps her light tale in a deliciously inviting setting and offers mystery readers a winsome treat."
--Publishers Weekly

"Hart offers fans another inventive and lively Annie Laurence Darling tale...Hart paints her Southern literary scene with a keen satirical brush and an impish display of colorful comedy."
--Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine

About the Author

An accomplished master of mystery, Carolyn Hart is the New York Times bestselling author of more than fifty-five novels of mystery and suspense including the Bailey Ruth Ghost Novels and the Death on Demand Mysteries. Her books have won multiple Agatha, Anthony, and Macavity awards. She has also been honored with the Amelia Award for significant contributions to the traditional mystery from Malice Domestic and was named a Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America. One of the founders of Sisters in Crime, Hart lives in Oklahoma City, where she enjoys mysteries, walking in the park, and cats. She and her husband, Phil, serve as staff—cat owners will understand—to brother and sister brown tabbies.

Edition details

• Publisher: Bantam
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0553572024
• ISBN 13: 9780553572025
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 256