Category: Mystery/Suspense Publisher: Berkley Prime Crime
Type: Fiction
Pages: 277
Copyright: November 2008
ISBN-13: 9780425225011
Glassblower Emmeline Dowell has made a home for herself among the artists of Tucson's Warehouse District. Between teaching her craft and selling her wares, she has plenty to do–not to mention the occasional murder that shatters her routine...
When Emmeline is asked to help out on a commission for enigmatic software mogul Peter Ferguson, she finds it hard to say no. It doesn't hurt that Peter is much better looking than the average computer nerd, or that he's giving her the opportunity to work on his multimillion-dollar stained glass collection. Em thinks she's hit the artistic jackpot—until she finds the glass missing, and its owner dead in a pool of blood.
Next thing Em knows, she's been accused of murder and her police chief boyfriend is questioning her as the prime suspect. Now she has to solve the murder and find the stolen glass before the life she's forged cracks into a million pieces.
Excerpt
He lay on his back, surrounded by a pool of what had to be blood, though at the moment it was no more than a tarry stain. A lone fly buzzed around it. My knees went weak, and I sank to the floor. I didn't need to go any closer, because there was no doubt in my mind that he was dead. That gray color didn't belong on a living person. Besides, the cause of death was obvious: a large shard of glass protruding from his chest.
This was my second...no, third body. How was it that I had made it through more than forty years without even a hint of violence in my life, and now within the space of a couple of months I had encountered three corpses? What had I done to deserve this?
All Carson Reno Mystery Series Books are standalone novels. It is not necessary to read them in any particular order.
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