Callie & the Dealer & A Dog Named Jake [Paperback]

Wendy Howell Mills (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 1, 2001

Callie, a restaurateur on North Carolina's Outer Banks, has problems. Someone is stealing from the storeroom, her past is haunting her and a hurricane is blowing in...but things really get interesting when she finds a dead man in her freezer.

Editorial Reviews

Review

A fascinating behind the scenes look at the restaurant business, lovely Outer Banks locale, and a wonderful dog named Jake. -- Carolyn Hart, author of Death on Demand and Henry O series

An auspicious debut. Mills gives us an emotionally vulnerable woman running from her past...This newcomer writes like a pro. -- Margaret Maron, Edgar-winning author of the Judge Deborah Knott Series

The chilling dander of nature on the rampage plus human nature gon sour drive this compelling Outer Banks mystery... -- Elizabeth Daniels Squire, author of the Peaches Dann absent-minded sleuth series

From the Publisher

"Callie..." was a finalist in the 2000 Dark Oak Mystery Contest. The author really grabs the reader with her opening line -- which will always rank among my personal favorites! We are delighted to add this novel to our Spring List.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 204 pages
• Publisher: Oak Tree Press; 1st edition (April 1, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1892343150
• ISBN-13: 978-1892343154
• Product Dimensions: 8.7 x 5.7 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,787,694 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great new series, February 27, 2002

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Dawn Dowdle "Mystery Lovers Corner reviewer" (Lynchburg, VA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Callie & the Dealer & A Dog Named Jake (Paperback)

We have vacationed in Nags Head a lot over the last 6 years. I felt like I was right there again. This was a great first mystery. I look forward to reading the next in the series.

Callie is a great character. She has a haunting past which by the end of the book she is starting to put behind her. I do hope that in future books she will start to make friends who can help her sleuth.

A restaurant at Nags Head is a great location for a mystery series and look forward to a long running of this series.

Highly recommend this book.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Real Thriller, July 29, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Callie & the Dealer & A Dog Named Jake (Paperback)

This was a really an amazing find at a Nags Head book store. It's a perfect read for a summer afternoon "on location" and a great start for the first time author who I met.

I highly recommend this book to all who love a good mystery, great locale and accuracy in detail. The author knows her stuff and it shows. You can almost take the book and drive the Outer Banks with it.

Good job Wendy!

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Callie & the Dealer & A Dog Named Jake, February 15, 2001

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"samiammcl" (Yorktown, VA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Callie & the Dealer & A Dog Named Jake (Paperback)

This book has everything! A wonderfully troubled heroine running from her past, a body in the freezer, a killer on the loose and finally a hurricane to top it all off... It kept me on the edge of my seat and I cried at the end.