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A Shay O'Hanlon Caper
Series · 5 books · 2011-2016

Books in series

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#1

Bingo Barge Murder

2011

As co-owner of The Rabbit Hole, a quirky-cool Minneapolis coffee shop, Shay O'Hanlon finds life highly caffeinated but far from dangerous. That is, until her lifelong friend Coop becomes a murder suspect. The victim was Kinky, Coop's former boss and the unsavory owner of The Bingo Barge, a sleazy gambling boat on the Mississippi. The weapon? Kinky's lucky bronzed bingo marker. While unearthing clues to absolve Coop, Shay encounters Mafia goons hunting for some extremely valuable nuts. Looking for the murderer without help from the cops proves risky—especially with distracting sparks flying between Shay and the beautiful yet fierce Detective Bordeaux. When Shay's elderly friend and landlady is held for ransom by the mob, all bets are off. Can Shay find the killer before the stakes get any higher?
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#2

Hide and Snake Murder

2012

Book two in the riotous caper series starring Shay O'Hanlon and her trouble-prone pals When Shay O'Hanlon's ill-mannered friend Baz steals a stuffed snake from a wealthy businessman, he wasn't expecting it to be filled with money. Nor was he expecting his aunt Agnes to take it with her on vacation to the Big Easy. With trigger-happy thugs in hot pursuit, Shay leads her friends on a rowdy rescue mission from Minneapolis to New Orleans and back. Along the way, a bungled burglary puts the gang in a drug cartel's cross hairs, and a beautiful professor offers the only way out. But can Shay and the gang trust her with their lives? Hide and Snake Murder won a 2013 IPPY (Independent Publisher's Book Award) and a 2013 Golden Crown Literary Society Goldie Award "The entourage of loveable and multigenerational characters is just right for those looking for a madcap romp." — LIBRARY JOURNAL "A rip-roaring sequel. Fans of comic cozies are in for a wild, enjoyable ride." — PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
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#3

Pickle in the Middle Murder

2013

Shay is privy to murder in book three of this award-winning series Shay O'Hanlon accompanies JT Bordeaux—her gun-toting, medieval-loving cop girlfriend—to the Minnesota Renaissance Festival, which features thrilling jousts, feisty wenches, and pickle vendors selling tasty tonsil ticklers. Trying to rein in her newest dog's overactive nose, Shay finds a dead body with a bullet hole in his skull. A real dead body. In the privy. Before Shay can shout "Huzzah!" JT is arrested for being the porta-potty body's murderer. Scrambling to prove JT's innocence, Shay must contend with the sheriff's deputy who wants to throw away JT's cell key forever.
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#4

Chip Off the Ice Block Murder

2014

It's the dead of winter in Minnesota, and Shay O'Hanlon can't wait to close up her coffee shop and get out of town with her girlfriend, Minneapolis cop JT Bordeaux. But when she receives a call informing her that her dad is missing, Shay's plans for a romantic getaway are put on ice. Figuring her dad is on one of his periodic benders, Shay is shocked to learn that his gun has been used in a murder. With the dead man found in a giant ice cube unable to provide any answers, Shay and her quirky friends are bound and determined to find her father―and the real killer―before the trail turns cold. "Jessie Chandler's latest Shay O'Hanlon adventure is as sharp as a frigid winter day. A body in a block of ice meant for the Winter Carnival Ice Palace is just the beginning of this wild luge ride as Shay sorts through the clues to clear her father of murder. Like a luge, there are twists and turns throughout, but Jessie saves the bigest twist for (quite literally) the last few seconds. Highly recommended."―John Gaspard, author of The Eli Marks Mysteries
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#5

Blood Money Murder

2016

Secrets. It all begins with secrets. A long-held secret is about to implode with potentially catastrophic results. It’s St. Paddy’s Day, and Shay O’Hanlon is finishing her shift at the Rabbit Hole, anticipating the grand reopening of her father’s bar, the Leprechaun. Two suspicious-looking strangers show up at the Hole demanding to speak to Eddy Quartermaine, the closest person Shay has to a mother. That visit sparks a firestorm spanning twenty-five years in a deadly mix of love gone wrong, stolen money, murder, and betrayal. Will Shay and her sister Lisa pay the ultimate price for Eddy’s sins, or will Eddy confront her twenty-five year secret head-on before time runs out? Blood Money Murder is the fifth installment in the Shay O'Hanlon Caper series.

Author

Jessie Chandler
Jessie Chandler
Author · 7 books

Jessie Chandler is the award-winning author of the Shay O'Hanlon Caper series, the Operation Series, and the Art Thief Series. Chandler lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota with her wife and two mutts, Fozzy Bear and Ollie. In the fall and winter, Jessie writes, and spends her summers selling T-shirts and other assorted trinkets to unsuspecting conference and festival goers. You can visit her at www.jessiechandler.com

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