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Fatal Fruitcake: A Christmas Short Story    by Mary Kay Andrews
Price: $0.99 USD. 4670 words. Agented by SKLA  on November 8, 2012. .
(5.00)
Atlanta cleaning lady/private detective Callahan Garrity, the protagonist of the author's eight critically acclaimed mysteries, returns from a long hiatus in this short story to track down the source of a killer fruitcake--and in the process discovers that some forms of Christmas spirit really can be lethal.
Killer Fudge (A Callahan Garrity Short Story)    by Mary Kay Andrews
Price: $0.99 USD. 6020 words. Agented by SKLA  on December 20, 2012. .
In this short story by NY Times best-selling author Mary Kay Andrews, Atlanta private investigator/cleaning business owner Callahan Garrity once again proves her ability to clean up a sticky mess. When the grandson of faithful House Mouse employee Ruby is charged with brutally bludgeoning an elderly antique dealer, Callahan is called on to investigate. What she discovers is a recipe for homicide.
Buried in Quilts    by Sara Hoskinson Frommer
Price: $2.99 USD. 63980 words. Agented by SKLA  on December 19, 2012. .
Joan Spencer, violinist and manager of the Oliver, Indiana Civic Symphony, is busy with preparations for the group’s performance at the hugely popular annual quilt show. But when the body of show organizer Mary Sue Ellett is found under a quilt, the competition takes on a sinister tone.
The Vanishing Violinist    by Sara Hoskinson Frommer
Price: $2.99 USD. 68910 words. Agented by SKLA  on February 6, 2013. .
When a rare Stradivarius is stolen at an international competition, and the seductive violinist who owned it vanishes, Joan Spencer’s daughter Rebecca’s amiable fiancé is the prime suspect. With her own fiancé, Lt. Fred Lundquist, working a fatal hit-and-run in town, it’s up to Joan to uncover the simmering tensions beneath the players and to string together a theft, a disappearance, and a murder.
Murder in C Major    by Sara Hoskinson Frommer
Price: $2.99 USD. 59400 words. Agented by SKLA  on December 19, 2012. .
The Oliver Civic Symphony is just another small-town orchestra, a gathering spot for local amateur musicians. It has weekly rehearsals, punch and cookies, and colorful gossip, and now… it has murder.
Sunburn    by Laurence Shames
Price: $2.99 USD. 84650 words. Agented by SKLA  on May 16, 2011. .
When Vincente Delgatto—an aging Mafia Godfather—decides to spend some time in Key West with his half-Jewish bastard son Joe Goldman (who is decidedly not in the family business, he thinks the worst that can happen is he’ll get a little too much sun. After all, the only thing he wants is peace and quiet, and some time to recover from the recent loss of his sainted wife.
Mangrove Squeeze    by Laurence Shames
Price: $2.99 USD. 86910 words. Agented by SKLA  on November 8, 2011. .
People go to Key West for lots of different reasons. Not all of them are legal, sane, or in the interest of public safety. Tired of selling ad space for a third-rate Key West newspaper, Suki Sperakis hooks up with New Yorker Aaron Katz, who came to the Keys to run a simple B&B. When a handsome Russian accidentally tells Suki the real business operation his string of T-shirt shops, mayhem ensues...
The Naked Detective    by Laurence Shames
Price: $2.99 USD. 65360 words. Agented by SKLA  on May 16, 2011. .
(5.00)
When Pete Amsterdam retired to Key West to live in relative luxury, he thought of his PI license as a simple tax dodge suggested by his accountant. So when a man who's supposedly been dead for two years turns up by the side of Pete's hot tub and asks him to help retrieve the money pouches he buried on a nearby island just before he disappeared, Pete is completely uninterested.
Virgin Heat    by Laurence Shames
Price: $2.99 USD. 74970 words. Agented by SKLA  on May 20, 2011. .
Mafia princess Angelina Amaro has only ever loved one man-and that lone affair was never consummated. Why not? Because her would-be lover, Sal Martucci, fled into the Witness Protection Program…after ratting out Angelina’s father. When Sal is found tending bar in Key West, the wildly dysfunctional Amaro clan heads south-one member with love on her mind, the others with murder in their hearts.
The Big Time: Harvard B-School's Most Successful Class    by Laurence Shames
Price: $2.99 USD. 58480 words. Agented by SKLA  on March 1, 2012. .
The Big Time: The Harvard Business School’s Most Successful Class & How It Shaped America—Shames’ debut book, examining the fabled “class the dollars fell on,” was named one of Newsweek’s 10 Best in 1986, and remains a seminal study of American privilege and power. Starting with elite schools and corporate boardrooms, the volume offers a compelling social history of a confident nation in the 80s.
Murder & Sullivan    by Sara Hoskinson Frommer
Price: $2.99 USD. 69960 words. Agented by SKLA  on January 31, 2013. .
The third in the delightful Joan Spencer mystery series combines a staging of a Gilbert & Sullivan production with murder in a small town. A tornado sweeps through the town of Oliver, Indiana, catching Joan Spencer and a young girl named Laura Putnam in its wake. Joan saves the young girl’s life and receives a hero’s welcome from the members of the Putnam family, including Judge David Putnam.
Welcome to Paradise    by Laurence Shames
Price: $2.99 USD. 62840 words. Agented by SKLA  on May 25, 2011. .
A hilarious novel of mistaken identify and tropical crime that proves that while we all love the idea of a vacation, the truth is we often end up wishing we’d stayed home. Rich in the loopy insights and surprising tenderness that have become Shames's hallmarks, WELCOME TO PARADISE is his best novel yet.
Scavenger Reef    by Laurence Shames
Price: $2.99 USD. 83970 words. Agented by SKLA  on April 11, 2012. .
When artist Augie Silver disappears in a sailing accident, his Key West pals are devastated. They’re devastated again when he turns up alive—at least for a while.
Tropical Depression    by Laurence Shames
Price: $2.99 USD. 72070 words. Agented by SKLA  on May 19, 2011. .
Key West may very well get its first legal gambling parlor if Murray Zemelman, a.k.a. The Bra King, & his new partner Tommy Tarpon, a local Native American, can pull off their kooky, Prozac-induced plan. When a local mafioso and Key West's most crooked politician decide to get a piece of their action, Murray and Tommy fight for their money and lives in a battle of wits, writs and anti-depression.


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