Third Time's a Crime

Zusatztext Praise for the Love or Money Mysteries   “Daring! funny! and unforgettable! Georgia is a protagonist you’ll identify with.”—Nancy J. Parra! author of Bodice of Evidence   “A fresh take on the cozy norm. The setup is unique and topical. The structure is clever! as the competition not only drives the pace but also provides structure and conflict.”— Crimespree Magazine   “Orgain smartly reboots the format by taking Georgia on yet another reality competition show teeming with strife and ripe for satire...The action kicks into high gear by the perilous conclusion! and Georgia won’t be the only one gasping for breath.”—Kings River Life Magazine Informationen zum Autor Diana Orgain is the USA Today bestselling author of the Love or Money Mysteries ( A Second Chance at Murder and A First Date with Death )! the Maternal Instincts Mysteries! and coauthor of Gilt Trip with Laura Childs in the New York Times bestselling Scrapbooking Mystery series. She holds an MFA and BA in Creative Writing from San Francisco State University with a minor in Acting. Diana’s plays have been produced at San Francisco State University! GreenHouses Productions! and PlayGround in San Francisco. She lives in the city with her husband and their children. Klappentext Ex-detective Georgia Thornton returns to reality TV in the third mystery from the USA Today bestselling author of A Second Chance at Murder- POOL YOUR RESOURCES... After two hit reality TV shows brought ex-detective Georgia Thornton into America's living rooms! audiences can't get enough of her quest for love and justice. Now producers have come up with an all-new show set in a haunted castle in Golden! California. Georgia and nine other contestants will need to solve the mystery of a young woman who disappeared at the castle in 1960. Except there's one rather substantial problem waiting for everyone when they arrive: a groundskeeper is found drowned at the bottom of the castle's empty pool. Now Georgia and the other contestants will need to work together! because there's a different sort of game afoot-and it's not one they can afford to lose... One The raven swept down upon us in a terrifying plunge, talons outstretched, screeching at an ear-shattering pitch. Instinctively, I jumped out of the way and reached for my gun, only remembering too late that I hadn't carried one in eighteen months, since I'd been let go from the San Francisco Police Department. The bird's massive wings flapped so close to me that the breeze lifted my hair and I fought the urge to strike out at it. Suddenly, the bird arched up and flew to the top point of the castle, perching itself overhead. The woman next to me gasped. "A raven? That's a bad omen." Cheryl Dennison, our executive producer, yelled, "Did you all catch that?" "I got it," one of the cameramen shouted excitedly. "I got a great shot." "Good," Cheryl said, a self-satisfied smile playing on her face. "We'll want to use that in the promos." "Cheryl probably shipped that bird in from Hollywood," I said under my breath to the woman next to me. "Just to capture that shot." The woman, a former FBI profiler, made a face. As if she disapproved of Hollywood histrionics. We were on location at the Golden Castle, said to be haunted and the scene of an unsolved murder. During its heyday, it'd doubled as a reform school. It stood nestled on the hill overlooking the charming old mining town of Golden, California. But the castle was far from charming. It was so large it blotted out the sun and the windows were dark and murky. The exterior bricks had been built in San Quentin Prison and they projected a feeling of doom and gloom. Overall, the castle had such an ominous presence that it screamed "horror film," or in our case, "bad rea...

Product details

• Authors: Diana Orgain
• Publisher: Berkley Publishing Group
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 31.01.2017, delayed
• EAN: 9780425271704
• ISBN: 978-0-425-27170-4
• No. of pages: 304
• Series: Love or Money Mystery; A Love or Money Mystery; Love or Money Mystery; A Love or Money Mystery
• Subject: Fiction > Suspense