Carolyn G. Hart

Annie Laurance, the lovely, young owner of the "Death on Demand" bookstore, and her wealthy lover, Max Darling, search for a killer after author Elliot Morgan is murdered during a meeting of famous mystery writers

Death on Demand

A murder occurs during the Mystery Night sponsored by the Historical Preservation Society of Chastain, South Carolina, and Annie Laurance, planner of Mystery Night and owner of a mystery bookstore, is accused.

Design for Murder

When mystery bookstore owner Annie Laurance conducts a class on Agatha Christie and other great female mystery writers, she finds that life sometimes imitates art.

A Little Class on Murder

Just married, Annie Laurance, a mystery bookstore owner, and Max Darling, a police detective, receive a call that leads them to a murder and the disappearance of Annie's store assistant

Honeymoon with Murder

Bookshop owner Annie Laurance investigates when staged theatrical murders during the local amateur production of 'Arsenic and Old Lace' result in real corpses and her fiance Max is the prime suspect.

Something Wicked

A woman able to understand the thoughts of cats becomes an unwitting investigator when her sister's co-worker is murdered and the only witness was her beloved feline, in this new novel from the author of the Pulitzer Prize-nominated Letter from Home. 50,000 first printing.

What the Cat Saw

The murder of a Southern literary icon sends Annie Darling's seaside town spinning in New York Times bestselling author Carolyn Hart's 25th Death on Demand Mystery... Bookstore owner Annie Darling is hosting a party to celebrate former Broward's Rock resident Alex Griffith and his bestselling new novel, Don't Go Home. But after the local paper announces that Griffith aims to reveal the real-life inspirations behind his characters, perhaps the author should take his own advice. Not everyone in town is ready to give him a glowing review. As Annie attempts damage control, her friend Marian Kenyon gets in a heated argument with Griffith. It's a fight Annie won't soon forget--especially after the author turns up dead. Despite an array of suspects to match Griffith's cast of characters--and a promise to her husband, Max, to steer clear of sleuthing--Annie's not about to let the police throw the book at her friend when the real killer remains at large...

Don't Go Home

A husband-and-wife team of bookworm-sleuths, Annie and Max Darling, investigate a murder at a book festival

Mint Julep Murder

Bookstore owner Annie Darling must set aside her shame and do some serious sleuthing when her husband Max becomes the prime suspect in an unspecified crime involving a beautiful blonde. Reprint. PW.

Southern Ghost

An innocent Valentine's Day Ball on Broward's Rock turns deadly, and soon Annie Laurance is investigating a murder for which her own mother-in-law is the prime suspect

Deadly Valentine

When Neil Bledsoe, publishing's most despised critic and a guest at a party for the late Agatha Christie's birthday, announces his intentions to pen a scurrilous bio of Christie, Annie Darling is soon working overtime to prevent Bledsoe's murder. Reprint.

The Christie Caper

Refusing to believe that a local death was a suicide, mystery bookstore owner Annie Darling investigates a series of clues including a hidden towel, a lack of fingerprints on a crystal mug, and a lovers' tryst.

a death on demand mystery

Dead by midnight

When a bloodstained and desperate man breaks into her vacation cabin, Henrie O poses as his aunt and journeys to Tennessee to investigate a town's murderous secret. By the author of Dead Man's Island. 25,000 first printing. $25,000 ad/promo. Tour.

Scandal in Fair Haven

A mystery from the author of Death at the Door finds ghostly gumshoe Bailey Ruth Raeburn investigating a prankster at Adelaide's college library whose escalating mischief is disrupting the matchmaking practices of a gentle ghost. 40,000 first printing.

Ghost Wanted

Mystery bookstore owner, Annie Darling, investigates after a local artist is accused of murdering his wife with a sculpting mallet in the latest addition to the mystery series following Dead, White, and Blue.

Death at the Door

After two locals disappear during the height of tourist season, local mystery bookshop owners Annie and Max Darling investigate a twisted path of adultery, blackmail and betrayal to find the culprit in the third novel of the series following Death Comes Silently.

Dead, White, and Blue

Unable to volunteer at a book signing by a popular local writer, Annie Darling arrives after the event and discovers her fellow volunteer, Gretchen Burkholt, murdered after having left numerous voicemails about some scandalous news she wanted to share.

Death Comes Silently

Merry, merry ghost

An anthology of original mystery stories includes the writings of Annette Meyers, Rochelle Majer Krich, K.K. Beck, Carole Nelson Douglas, P.M. Carlson, Linda Grant, and Ralph McInerny

An Anthology of Original Traditional Mystery Stories

Malice Domestic

Married at fifteen to a man chosen by her father, Camilla has long since resigned herself to the role of dutiful and respectable wife. Hers is a loveless union, however; her husband, Decimus, has no interest in Camilla beyond the money, possessions, and social station she provides him. And then Camilla meets the good and gentle Marcus Julius Paulus and learns for the first time what it means to be cherished by a man. Despite her feelings for Marcus, Camilla would rather give up her true love and lasting happiness than bring scandal on her family. But when she learns of ambitious Decimus's despicable plan to gain favor with the emperor Caligula, Camilla knows she must free herself from her husband's clutches. Now she has become a liability and Decimus is determined to rid himself of the wife he has never loved without giving up either her money or family connections.

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