April Fool Dead (24 page)

An accomplished master of mystery,
CAROLYN HART
is the author of twelve previous Death on Demand novels, which have won multiple Agatha, Anthony, and Macavity Awards.
Sugarplum Dead
, her most recent excursion to Broward's Rock, won the 2000 Oklahoma Book Award for Fiction. She is also the creator of the highly praised mystery series featuring retired journalist-turned-sleuth Henrietta “Henrie O” O'Dwyer Collins. Ms. Hart lives in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and is one of the founders of Sisters in Crime. Her web address is
www.carolynhart.com
.

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Mary Daheim, author of the Bed-and-Breakfast mysteries

“[A] master of mysteries.”

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“Hart's strong suit is characterization; the people romping through her pages come vividly alive. And the Darlings are appealing co-protagonists, reminiscent of the fictional ‘Mr. and Mrs. North.'”

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Death on Demand

D
EATH ON
D
EMAND

D
ESIGN FOR
M
URDER

S
OMETHING
W
ICKED

H
ONEYMOON WITH
M
URDER

A L
ITTLE
C
LASS ON
M
URDER

D
EADLY
V
ALENTINE

T
HE
C
HRISTIE
C
APER

S
OUTHERN
G
HOST

M
INT
J
ULEP
M
URDER

Y
ANKEE
D
OODLE
D
EAD

W
HITE
E
LEPHANT
D
EAD

S
UGARPLUM
D
EAD

Coming Soon in Hardcover

E
NGAGED TO
D
IE

Henrie O

D
EAD
M
AN
'
S
I
SLAND

S
CANDAL IN
F
AIR
H
AVEN

D
EATH IN
L
OVERS
' L
ANE

D
EATH IN
P
ARADISE

D
EATH ON THE
R
IVER
W
ALK

R
ESORT TO
M
URDER

This book is a work of fiction. The characters, incidents, and dialogue are drawn from the author's imagination and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to actual events or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

APRIL FOOL DEAD
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EPub Edition © FEBRUARY 2007 ISBN: 9780061861826

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