Desert Run

Betty Webb

Patriot's Blood Press publisher Gloriana Alden-Taylor keels over and dies at a Scottsdale book convention after someone sprinkled her salad with hemlock. Private investigator Lena Jones takes a personal interest in the case when the accused killer turns out to be the cousin of her partner at Desert Investigations.

Desert Shadows (A Lena Jones Mystery)

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Mystery

Worldwide

2013, mass market paperback reprint edition, Worldwide. 301 pages. Mystery-suspense authors can always be counted on for coming up with something different. Like this one, set in a zoo. Teddy Bentley works there and is taking care of the resident diva, a pregnant anteater named Lucy. Lots of fun; interesting setting.

The Anteater of Death - A Gunn Zoo Mystery

Worldwide Library Worldwide Mystery

When zoo keeper Theodora "Teddy" Bentley fishes the body of Koala Kate out of Gunn Landing Harbor, she discovers that her fellow zoo keeper didn't drown; she was strangled. The clues to Koala Kate's killer implicate other animal keepers at the Gunn Zoo, including Outback Bill, marsupial keeper and Kate's Aussie ex-boyfriend; and Robin Chase, the big cat keeper who's got it in for Teddy. Also displaying suspicious behavior are several "liveaboarders" at the harbor; Speaks-To-Souls, a shady "animal psychic"; and even Caro, Teddy's much-married, ex-beauty queen mother. But murderers aren't all Teddy has to worry about. Her embezzling father is still on the run from the Feds, and the motor on the Merilee, her beloved houseboat is failing. To pay for the repairs, Teddy agrees to appear on a weekly live television broadcast featuring misbehaving animals that range from Wanchu, a cuddly koala, to Abim, a panicky wallaby - and all hell breaks loose in the TV studio. To add to Teddy's woes, the killer zeroes in on her with near-fatal results. The Koala of Death brings a return to Gunn Zoo and the social-climbing humans and eccentric animals that made the prize-winning The Anteater of Death so popular. Readers will enjoy this behind-the-scenes peek at zoo life, and learn that poor little rich girls like Teddy lead much more complicated lives that they'd ever imagine - especially when they're tracking killers.

The Koala of Death - A Gunn Zoo Mystery

The Llama of Death

Worldwide Library

The Otter Of Death

[MP3CD Audiobook format in vinyl case][Read by Hillary Huber] When zookeeper Theodora ''Teddy'' Bentley fishes the body of Koala Kate out of Gunn Landing Harbor, she discovers that her fellow zookeeper didn't drown; she was strangled. The clues to Koala Kate's killing implicate other animal keepers at the Gunn Zoo, including Outback Bill, marsupial keeper and Kate's Aussie ex-boyfriend; and Robin Chase, the big cat keeper who's got it in for Teddy. Also displaying suspicious behavior are a shady ''animal psychic'' and even Caro, Teddy's much-married, ex-beauty-queen mother. Meanwhile, to pay for repairs on the motor on her beloved houseboat, Teddy agrees to appear on a weekly live television broadcast featuring misbehaving animals. Between a cuddly koala, a panicky wallaby, and a killer zeroing in on her, all hell is about to break loose.

The Koala of Death (Gunn Zoo Mysteries (Audio))

Blackstone Audiobooks

Theodora ''Teddy'' Bentley, zookeeper at the Gunn Zoo, takes the zoo's llama, Alejandro, to a Renaissance fair in the Monterey Bay area. That is where Teddy discovers the still-warm body of the Reverend Victor Emerson, owner of the local wedding chapel, dressed in his costume as Henry the Eighth. At first it appears that Alejandro stomped the man to death, but a closer look shows a crossbow dart in the man's back. Teddy's investigation reveals that Reverend Victor wasn't really a reverend at all but an escaped convict, which means that every marriage he performed in the past twenty years is null and void. Teddy's mother, Caro, a spoiled ex- beauty queen, becomes the chief murder suspect and is immediately jailed when she causes a riot in the courtroom. The ''reverend'' had twice married Caro to wealthy men, and when both marriages failed, Caro received large financial settlements that she may now have to give back -- certainly a motive for murder. But Caro wasn't the only person gunning for Victor. The child of the man that Victor the convict once murdered may have wanted to kill him too. Then even Teddy herself is handcuffed and jailed. Even worse, Teddy's embezzling father flies in from exile in Costa Rica to help spring Caro from jail, putting his own freedom in jeopardy. As Teddy continues her investigation, she finds herself up to her ears in Renaissance fair actors and stuntmen, assorted animals, squabbling boat live-aboarders, and gang members.

The Llama of Death: A Gunn Zoo Mystery (Gunn Zoo Mysteries (Audio))

Literature & Fiction

United States

Desert Rage (Lena Jones Mysteries, Book 8)

Blackstone Audio,Inc.

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