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Death of a Dj: A Mystery

Jane Rubino

An unpleasant job turns deadly when shock jock Jerry Dudek is gunned down after an interview with entertainment writer Cat Austen, but now a handsome detective with an eye for more than just the case must protect Cat from a killer who thinks she knows too much. Reprint.
Deadly Morsels (4 novels in 1)

Takis Iakovou, Judy Iakovou, Jane Rubino, Peter Abresch

The table is set for murder . . .
ANOTHER'S CURSE Takis & Judy Iakovou
Could things get any worse for the Oracle Cafe owners, Nick and Julia Lambros, when rats appear in the Dumpster and moonshine turns up in the lettuce crates? Unfortunately, yes -- when the health inspector who shuts them down is found dead!
RED OR GREEN? Steven F. Havill
When Bill Gastner, newly retired sheriff of Posadas County, New Mexico, finds his oldest friend dead of an apparent heart attack, he takes it with a grain of salt. George died after eating the famous Burrito Grande from the Don Juan de Oñate restaurant, and it takes the well-seasoned Gastner to find out who done it.
CAKE JOB Jane Rubino
Reporter Cat Austen is covering a lush bridal expo in Atlantic City and helping her future sister-in-law pick out a wedding cake. Cat soon finds herself in the middle of a mafia shakedown involving pastry chef Patty Cake, a hired killer and the discovery that the way to a hit man's heart is through his stomach . . .
SHEEP IN WOLF'S CLOTHING Peter Abresch
Jim Dandy and Dodee Swisher head for North Carolina's scenic shores for a weekend Elderhostel on culinary magic. They stumble across the body of a local priest and follow a trail of murder most fishy -- only to end up in dangerously deep waters . . .
Cheat the Devil (Cat Austen Mysteries)

Jane Rubino

Fully recovered from the gunshot wound that landed Cat Austen in the hospital in Death of a DJ, and over the shock of stumbling upon the corpse of Santa Claus in Fruitcake, Cat has reluctantly agreed to take off with Victor Cardenas (Lieutenant, ACPD) for a four-day weekend in San Juan -- but fate steps in to save her from having to back out at the last minute when Victor is called to the murder scene in what looks to be number three in a serial-killer case.
Cat just has time to heave a guilty sigh of relief when she realizes that the murdered woman was involved with her brother Dominic's Church of St. Agnes--and so were the others. Within a matter of days, three more women are murdered; again, all have some involvement with St. Agnes. Could it be, was it even conceivable, that Cat's beloved priest/brother could be a murderer?
Back again to enliven the pages are Cat's six brothers, her mother; Ellice; and Cat's two children, Mats and Jane. The crew from Cop Watch is in town, too, to shoot the Death of a DJ episode; and of course Ritchie Landis wants Cat to get him the goods on The Slasher for the Chronicle....
Fruitcake: A Mystery

Jane Rubino

As Christmas approaches, writer Cat Austen, recuperating from her last "adventure" (Death of a DJ), is sent to Atlantic City to do a fluff piece on the party of the year at the new Phoenix Hotel and Casino. She is shown the door when she asks about the owner's marital and financial problems.
Leaving the hotel, via the parking garage, Cat narrowly escapes a speeding car and stumbles over a recently deposited, but not so recently departed corpse dressed as Santa Claus. Teaming again with police lieutenant Victor Cardenas of the Major Crimes unit, they find a bizarre conspiracy that has gone crazily and dangerously awry.
Knight Errant : The Singular Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

Jane Rubino

From time to time, in his narration of the many and varied cases of Sherlock Holmes, Dr Watson would make reference to incidents and other cases, of which he tantalisingly told us nothing more.
There was, for instance, the help Holmes was able to give to Mrs Cecil Forrester; Holmes's notes on Merridew (of abominable memory); and the famous Smith-Mortimer succession case.
In this stunning collection of new cases involving Sherlock Holmes, we finally learn the facts that Watson never disclosed.
Written in true canonical style, KNIGHT ERRANT: THE SINGULAR ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES will appeal to all those who enjoy further adventures of the Master Detective.
Plot Twist: A Cat Austen/Victor Cardenas Mystery (Cat Austen Mysteries)

Jane Rubino

"Reality is what we make of it."
The motto of screen goddess Tommi Ann Butler becomes the mantra for entertainment reporter Cat Austen, when Cat is attached to Tommi Ann's latest project: the Oscar nominee is Cat's Alter-ego, amateur sleuth Kate Auletta, in Death of a Shock Jock, a TV movie based on the Jerry Dudek murder. Cat's status as "the real Kate Auletta" gives her an advantage over all but one of her rabid colleagues, fellow reporter Ron Spivak. Dying for an inside scoop, he has managed to snag a bit part as the victim, which will have him playing out the DJ's murder scene with the celebrated actress. During the recreation of the fatal quarrel between Cat and Dudek, the prop gun misfires and art imitates death.
Mishap or murder?
Homicide Lieutenant Victor Cardenas arrives to find key players gone, the big picture fragmented by conflicting points of view, and a roster of most unusual suspects: Tommi Ann's powerful agent/Husband, Ben Butler; her "gatekeeper," Diane King; her prot‚g‚é and double, Cici Bonaker; struggling writer/actor Harold Anderson; weapons manager, Wally Reid; director/actor/activist Red Melendez; frenzied producer April Steinmetz; easy-going rapper Big Phat P.I.G.; and the retinue of fawners, followers and flunkeys orbiting the star.
Rubino once again offers a brillant blend of the domestic with the deadly in this fourth Cat Austen mystery, which offers a gutsy and hilarious satire on reality vs. illusion and celebrity obsession -- and her own debut novel, Death of a DJ!
Raise The Dead

Jane Rubino