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Murder at the Holiday Flotilla (Magnolia Mysteries, Volume 9)
Murder at the Holiday Flotilla - Magnolia Mysteries, Volume 9 Author:Ellen Elizabeth Hunter Why can't the Wilkes sisters enjoy a quiet, joyful Christmas season like everyone else? Why do their best laid plans get derailed by murder and mayhem? All Ashley wants is to celebrate a quiet Christmas with Jon and their precious babies. Melanie is about to be inaugurated as the president of the North Carolina Association of Realtors. Her plans... more » include entertaining the state's social elite at her lavishly restored hunting lodge. How could she foresee that a wealthy developer would take a header down her stairs? It looks like an accident, but is it? Then as Melanie is showing off her latest listing, a fabulous six-million-dollar waterfront property, who does she find in the four-poster bed but a highly controversial state senator, dead by mysterious means. A Colonial-era family will has surfaced that bequeaths a treasure to the descendants. Are Ashley and Melanie heirs to a family fortune? And just what is that fortune and where is it hidden? Is anyone else searching for it? And will they kill to get it!"Crumbling bricks and rotting floorboards are the least of Ashley's problems. Corpses turn up in the most inconvenient places." - Our State Magazine
About the Author:
Ellen Elizabeth Hunter lives on the beautiful Carolina Coast, a setting that inspires her mysteries. She is the author of nine traditional contemporary mysteries published by Magnolia Mysteries and reprinted by Harlequin's Worldwide Mysteries. Her interests include fiction writing, history, and genealogy research. She is a member of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, P.E.O., and the Episcopal Church. Ellen is dedicated to helping others, and uses book sales to raise funds for worthy causes. Her books are lighthearted, fun reads that feature historic preservationist Ashley Wilkes and her irrepressible sister Melanie, Wilmington's star realtor. Ellen has completed her ninth novel, a holiday murder mystery, Murder at the Holiday Flotilla.« less