Murder Walks the Plank (29 page)

“Carolyn Hart has established herself as the queen of the traditional mystery in America…Nobody does it better than Hart, whose plotting skills rival those of Britain's Agatha Christie…
Murder Walks the Plank
is a skillful and pleasant diversion.”

Cleveland Plain Dealer

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Mary Daheim

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Robert Crais

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Ft. Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel

“In the first eight pages, Hart introduces seven suspects, some of whom will become victims. There's no escape then; a reader is hooked. The book that follows is plotted and written just as efficiently. Hart's writing is a masterful example of the mystery writer's profession…We can only hope that she and Annie keep at their jobs.”

Sunday Oklahoman

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Orlando Sentinel

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Chicago Sun-Times

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Dean James

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Death on Demand

D
EATH OF THE
P
ARTY

M
URDER
W
ALKS THE
P
LANK
• E
NGAGED TO
D
IE

A
PRIL
F
OOL
D
EAD
• S
UGARPLUM
D
EAD

W
HITE
E
LEPHANT
D
EAD
• Y
ANKEE
D
OODLE
D
EAD

M
INT
J
ULEP
M
URDER
• S
OUTHERN
G
HOST

T
HE
C
HRISTIE
C
APER
• D
EADLY
V
ALENTINE

A L
ITTLE
C
LASS ON
M
URDER

H
ONEYMOON WITH
M
URDER
• S
OMETHING
W
ICKED

D
ESIGN FOR
M
URDER
• D
EATH ON
D
EMAND

Henrie O

R
ESORT TO
M
URDER
• D
EATH ON THE
R
IVER
W
ALK

D
EATH IN
P
ARADISE
• D
EATH IN
L
OVERS
' L
ANE

S
CANDAL IN
F
AIR
H
AVEN
• D
EAD
M
AN
'
S
I
SLAND

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.

MURDER WALKS THE PLANK
. Copyright © 2004 by Carolyn Hart. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, down-loaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.

Epub Edition © FEBRUARY 2007 ISBN: 9780061864933

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