Chesapeake Crimes: Invitation to Murder - Paperback

by Donna Andrews (Editor), Barb Goffman (Editor), Marcia Talley (Editor)

The ninth volume in the Chesapeake Crimes series presents an impressive set of tales by new and well-established authors. Included this time are:

INTRODUCTION, by Dana Cameron

THE DAME AND THADDEUS BIRDWHISTLE, by Karen Cantwell

SECRETS TO THE GRAVE, by K.M. Rockwood

THE MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR AT THE ESCAPE ROOM, by Leone Ciporin

THE DO-GOODER, by Adam Meyer

THE PROBLEM WITH OPEN-ENDED INVITATIONS, by Cathy Wiley

MUGGINS, by Josh Pachter

THE KILLING WINDS, by Mary Stojak

MAKE NEW FRIENDS, BUT KEEP THE OLD, by Jane Limprecht

GOOD MORNING, GREEN LEAF CLASS, by Sarah Cotter

THE GREAT BEDBUG INCIDENT AND THE INVITATION OF DOOM, by Eleanor Cawood Jones

GUNS AND YOGA, by Maureen Klovers

RFP/RIP, by Britt Alan

AUMAKUA, by Maddi Davidson

THE COLOR OF ENVY, by Joanna Campbell Slan

TRUE COLORS, by Robin Templeton

ALL TOMORROW'S PARTIES, by Art Taylor

SUNNYSIDE, by Stacy Woodson

"Will you walk into my parlour, said the Spider to the Fly." The nineteenth-century poem warns us that not every invitation is one you should accept. Invitations can be wonderful things, bringing people together or marking an occasion.... But all that changes when crime writers have their way.

-from the introduction by Dana Cameron