Twenty-Eight and a Half Wishes: A Rose Gardner Mystery - Hardcover

Swank, Denise Grover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1629532193 ISBN 13: 9781629532196

Publisher: Crooked Lane Books, 2015

Synopsis

The first in the New York Times and USA Today bestselling series.

For Rose Gardner, working at the DMV is bad even before she has a vision of herself dead. She's had plenty of visions, but this one is different. She's never seen herself before. When her overbearing momma winds up murdered instead of Rose, there's only one thing that's certain: Rose is the prime suspect.

With prison looming, Rose realizes she's wasted her life and makes a list on the back of a Wal-Mart receipt: twenty-eight things she wants to accomplish before everything falls apart. From drinking a glass of wine to doing “more” with a man, Rose is well on her way to committing a good number of the seven deadly sins, with the help of her hot and mysterious neighbor Joe. Joe is new to town, and it doesn't take a vision for Rose to realize he's got plenty of dangerous secrets of his own.

When her house is broken into and someone else she knows is murdered, Rose realizes that dying in the county jail may not be her biggest worry after all in Denise Grover Swank's sparkling and romantic mystery series debut, Twenty-Eight and a Half Wishes.

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Free ebook with purchase of print book*

The first in the New York Times and USA Today bestselling series.

For Rose Gardner, working at the DMV is bad even before she has a vision of herself dead. She’s had plenty of visions, but this one is different. She’s never seen herself before. When her overbearing momma winds up murdered instead of Rose, there’s only one thing that’s certain: Rose is the prime suspect.

With prison looming, Rose realizes she’s wasted her life and makes a list on the back of a Wal-Mart receipt: twenty-eight things she wants to accomplish before everything falls apart. From getting cable TV and drinking a glass of wine to doing more” with a man, Rose is well on her way to committing a good number of the seven deadly sins, with the help of her hot and mysterious neighbor Joe. Joe is new to town, and it doesn’t take a vision for Rose to realize he’s got plenty of dangerous secrets of his own.

When her house is broken into and someone else she knows is murdered, Rose realizes that dying in the county jail may not be her biggest worry after all in Denise Grover Swank’s sparkling and romantic mystery series debut, Twenty-Eight and a Half Wishes.

*While supplies last|Praise for the New York Times and USA Today bestselling series:

"Readers will root for the appealing heroine."
--Publishers Weekly

"Light, fluffy, southern fun."
--Booklist

"TWENTY-EIGHT AND A HALF WISHES is a nice mix of darker elements with some lightheartedness as balance...the light tone and smooth prose keep the story moving."
--Noir Journal

"This was one of those books that I kept telling myself one more page, then I need to put it down. Instead I found myself tearing through the book instead, needing to know the outcome."
--Just Jump Book Reviews on Twenty-Eight and a Half Wishes

"Readers will enjoy this lighthearted romantic suspense novel with a dash of comedy. The characters are memorable, the pace is fast and the dialogue is witty."
--RT Book Reviews on Twenty-Nine and a Half Reasons

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Praise for the New York Times and USA Today bestselling series:

"This was one of those books that I kept telling myself one more page, then I need to put it down. Instead I found myself tearing through the book instead, needing to know the outcome."
--Just Jump Book Reviews on Twenty-Eight and a Half Wishes

"Readers will enjoy this lighthearted romantic suspense novel with a dash of comedy. The characters are memorable, the pace is fast and the dialogue is witty."
--RT Book Reviews on Twenty-Nine and a Half Reasons

About this edition

• Publisher: Crooked Lane Books
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1629532193
• ISBN 13: 9781629532196
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 288