Dear Killer (Marley Clark Mystery Series) [Kindle Edition]

Linda Lovely (Author)

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Product Description

Who is killing residents of a sea island community?

Marley Clark, a retired military intelligence officer, works security for the Dear Island community simply to keep busy. A single night patrol transforms the feisty widow’s yawner of a job into a deadly battle of wits when she finds an islander drowned and bobbing naked amid a potpourri of veggies in a Jacuzzi.

Asked to serve as the lead investigator’s liaison, the 52-year-old heroine is startled to discover she’s become Deputy Braden Mann’s target as well—for romance. Yet their steamy attraction doesn’t deter the pair from sorting through a viper’s nest of suspects as the body count grows and the pun-loving killer plans a grizzly epitaph for Marley.

Product Details

• Format: Kindle Edition
• File Size: 483 KB
• Publisher: L&L Dreamspell (May 22, 2011)
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services
• Language: English
• ASIN: B00528BO8C
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• Lending: Enabled
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #288,007 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

More About the Author

A native of Iowa, Linda has called the South home for more than thirty years. She lives with her husband beside a peaceful South Carolina lake. She's president of the Upstate South Carolina Chapter of Sisters in Crime and a member of Romance Writers of America (RWA) and the South Carolina Writers Workshop.

Her manuscripts have finaled in 15 contests, including RWA's prestigious Golden Heart and Daphne du Maurier competitions, Deadly Ink, Murder in the Grove and Malice Domestic. DEAR KILLER offers a main course of suspense and mystery with a generous side of romance. The mystery/suspense novel is set on a fictional Sea Island in the amazing South Carolina Lowcountry, where the author lived for more than a dozen years. Her hobbies include reading, swimming, kayaking, tennis and gardening.

Customer Reviews

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Real Winner, August 1, 2011

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Deidre Thigpen (Wytheville, VA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dear Killer (Paperback)

As a real fan of mysteries, I thoroughly enjoyed Linda Lovely's book, "Dear Killer." The series looks like a real winner, blending so many appealing elements. Like Carolyn Hart, Ms. Lovely has set her mystery on an island off SC, and it just gets better from there. Her protagonist is of the "hard-boiled" type of crime solver, like P.I. Warshawski by Sara Paretsky, but with softer edges - like Sue Grafton's Kinsey Millhone.

Ms. Lovely took a chance of making her heroine 52 years old and the good-looking good guy cop a lot younger. That's unique to her heroine and should hit the fantasies of a lot of women out there. And (good for her) the heroine can figure out how to get herself out of trouble most dire without help from anyone until it's all over but the shouting.

The sex scenes were realistic, not shocking, sorta middle of the road for today's romantic literature. I get the feeling they were toned down somewhat to meet mainstream expectations.

I look forward to the next book in the series. Ms. Lovely gave enough introductions in this book to build an interest in the crusty old aunt for the sequel. Way to go Linda Lovely. Keep writing them this good and you will have me as a fan for life!

Susan M. Thigpen, Editor

The Mountain Laurel

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Dear Killer rates!, June 14, 2011

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Susan Whitfield "author of The Logan Hunter M... (NC, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dear Killer (Marley Clark Mystery Series) (Kindle Edition)

I just finished Linda Lovely's Dear Killer, set in the beautiful Low Country of South Carolina with plenty of Southern charm and some Gullah history thrown in for good measure. Not only did Lovely hook me right away, but she also kept me blissfully bogged in wet sand while I tried to figure out Marley's next moves. I thoroughly enjoyed plenty of romance mixed in with shovelsful of action including killings, deceit, and cover ups. It's difficult to believe this is Lovely's first novel. I wait impatiently for the next one. I highly recommend this book!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Rollicking Good Read, January 13, 2012

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Polly Iyer "Polly Iyer" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dear Killer (Paperback)

Dear Killer is a fun read with a terrific female role model and a devious villain. The fast moving plot and clever dialogue will keep you entertained until the last page. Highly recommended.