This very short story has been published in an anthology, "How NOT to Survive a Vacation" (Desert Sleuths Sisters in Crime, 2010).
Synopsis: A kind of "Twilight Zone" story inspired by some AZ ghost towns and the Eagles' song Hotel California. My latest published story, it can be found in its entirety in the anthology HOW NOT TO SURVIVE A VACATION (DS Publishing, 2010).
I wouldn't be in this mess if I had walked out after our one-night stand.
I'm thirsty, she said, brushing a scarlet streak onto a long fingernail, then blowing gently.
Last night, in the throes of passion, or whatever, this trip had seemed like a good idea. Romantic, even. Never been out of Arizona, she said. Wanted to see the ocean.
Can something so perfect really be poisonous?
When Rachel and her husband Adam move to Maple Cottage in remote Cheshire, it should be the fulfilment of their dream to start a family.
Haunted by her past and challenged by events around he
Book eight in my Belinda Lawrence Classic Mysteries. Mysteries confront amateur sleuths, Belinda Lawrence and Hazel Whitby in the Somerset village of Milford.
Among the eccentrics is the shadowy Madam Malefic.
The third book in the funny Silver Sisters Mysteries series. The twins and their 80 year-old mother and uncle get into trouble sleuthing in Sin City.
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