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Wickedness and Waffles
2022
First Published
4.56
Average Rating
210
Number of Pages

Welcome to The Mad Egg Diner Where the Eggs are Over Easy and the Murder is Hard Boiled Just as Melody Bristol clicks back into a happy work routine, her aging parents arrive and disrupt her life. When they’re not criticizing her business moves, they’re hinting it’s time she marry again, and Melody starts counting the days until they fly back to Florida. To make matters worse, the town gossips think Melody and cowboy cop Gabe snagged the wrong suspect in their last murder case. All Melody wants to do is enjoy the growing heat between her and her detective dandy. Then waitress Vivi freaks when her husband Robbie’s arrested for murder. Melody insists on joining the case, Gabe grumps but agrees, and they team up again to interrogate a greedy girlfriend, a romantic rival, and a furious former boss. But the evidence just doesn’t add up. Did Robbie really do it? Then, as Melody fingers the final piece of the puzzle, someone launches a sneak attack that leaves her scared and shaken. Down but not out, she stubbornly follows the trail of overlooked clues that lead from an unlikely romance to a therapist who moonlights as a thug. That’s when she’s sure. Something is scary wrong in Cascade, Colorado, and she’s right in the thick of it.

Avg Rating
4.56
Number of Ratings
133
5 STARS
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4 STARS
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3 STARS
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Author

Constance Barker
Author · 202 books
Constance Barker lives in the Midwest with her husband and two Akitas where she can look out from her screened porch onto a wooded area brimming with activity. Since she was a young girl she read mysteries, often given to her by her grandmother. She loved figuring out who the culprit was and sometimes she was right and other times startled at who the author picked as the assailant. Now she enjoys writing mysteries herself. When she isn't writing stories, she can be found in her favorite vacation spot, Las Vegas or shopping for bargains.
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