Murder, She Wrote: Murder in Red

Zusatztext Praise for the USA Today bestselling Murder! She Wrote Series: "A tight! twisty tale that keeps you guessing until the final page and gasping when you've finally turned it. Jessica Fletcher has never been better!"Lisa Scottoline! #1 New York Times bestselling author "Series fans will be pleased to find this popular franchise in Land's able hands." Publishers Weekly "Land takes the action and suspense to a new level! one not found in previous installments in the series. This is more than just another whodunit! it's an action book that brings Jessica's character into a whole new light." Suspense Magazine "A great book for fans of Jessica Fletcher! combining the complex plots of an Agatha Christie with the gripping characters of a Pelacanos and the atmosphere of a Shirley Jackson! but at the end 100% original." Strand Magazine Fresh and appealingextremely satisfying. It pulled me in right from the beginning. Open Book Society "Jessica Fletcher! mystery writer and amateur sleuth! always has me coming back for more."A Cozy Girl Reads Informationen zum Autor Jessica Fletcher is a bestselling mystery writer who has a knack for stumbling upon real-life mysteries in her various travels. Jon Land , author of more than 50 books, coauthors this bestselling series. Klappentext In the latest entry in this USA Today bestselling series, Jessica loses a loved one to unnatural causes and sets her sights on the mysterious local hospital before more people wind up dead on arrival... Jessica Fletcher's favorite gin rummy partner, Mimi Van Dorn, checks into the brand-new Clifton Care Partners, a private hospital that's just opened up shop in town, for a simple procedure-one that leads tragically, and inexplicably, to her death. Seeking justice in her inimitable fashion, Jessica decides to pursue her own investigation on the hospital and its shadowy business dealings. On the trail of what initially appears to be medical malpractice, Jessica digs deeper and learns her friend was actually a victim of something far more sinister. Death is bad for business, but murder is even worse, and Jessica will find plenty of both as she races to bring down Clifton Care Partners before someone else flatlines...This excerpt is from an advance uncorrected copy proof Copyright © 2018 Jessica Fletcher and Jon Land Chapter One Well, Jessica, at least I wasn't murdered. The quote read by the priest presiding over Jean O'Neil's funeral was received with a smidgen of laughter from those who'd packed the Cabot Cove Community Church. She'd been the town's librarian from the time I'd first moved to our town, fond of greeting me with lines such as What will it be, Jessicamore books on poisons? She retired a few years ago when her multiple sclerosis finally grew too bad for her to continue negotiating the stacks. In lieu of a eulogy, Jean had penned brief snippets directed at any number of town staples. I thought mine would take the cake, until Sheriff Mort Metzger'sWell, Mort, I guess I'm going to get away with not paying those parking tickets, after allgot a louder laugh. Meanwhile, the snippet for Seth Hazlitt, Cabot Cove's resident family doctor, raised merely a collective giggle: I think you can cancel my next appointment, Seth. But then Sorry, but I don't have a forwarding address to send my bill got a louder reception. I hate funerals, but then again, I don't know anyone who likes them. Jean's was different in the sense that she'd beaten the odds at every turn: first by outlasting the dreaded disease's debilitating effects and then by drastically outliving her expected life span. She'd even enjoyed a final renaissance of sorts, thanks to an experimental new treatment provided by the Clifton Clinic, aka Clifton Care...

Praise for the USA Today bestselling Murder, She Wrote Series:

"A tight, twisty tale that keeps you guessing until the final page and gasping when you've finally turned it. Jessica Fletcher has never been better!"—Lisa Scottoline, #1 New York Times bestselling author

"Series fans will be pleased to find this popular franchise in Land's able hands."—Publishers Weekly

"Land takes the action and suspense to a new level, one not found in previous installments in the series. This is more than just another whodunit, it’s an action book that brings Jessica’s character into a whole new light."—Suspense Magazine

"A great book for fans of Jessica Fletcher, combining the complex plots of an Agatha Christie with the gripping characters of a Pelacanos and the atmosphere of a Shirley Jackson, but at the end 100% original."—Strand Magazine

“Fresh and appealing…extremely satisfying. It pulled me in right from the beginning.”—*Open Book Society

• "Jessica Fletcher, mystery writer and amateur sleuth, always has me coming back for more."—A Cozy Girl Reads

  Autorentext

  Jessica Fletcher and Jon Land

  Klappentext

  In the latest entry in this USA Today bestselling series, Jessica loses a loved one to unnatural causes and sets her sights on the mysterious local hospital before more people wind up dead on arrival...

  Jessica Fletcher's favorite gin rummy partner, Mimi Van Dorn, checks into the brand-new Clifton Care Partners, a private hospital that's just opened up shop in town, for a simple procedure-one that leads tragically, and inexplicably, to her death. Seeking justice in her inimitable fashion, Jessica decides to pursue her own investigation on the hospital and its shadowy business dealings.

  On the trail of what initially appears to be medical malpractice, Jessica digs deeper and learns her friend was actually a victim of something far more sinister. Death is bad for business, but murder is even worse, and Jessica will find plenty of both as she races to bring down Clifton Care Partners before someone else flatlines...

  Zusammenfassung
  In the latest entry in this USA Today bestselling series, Jessica loses a loved one to unnatural causes and sets her sights on the mysterious local hospital before more people wind up dead on arrival...

  Jessica Fletcher's favorite gin rummy partner, Mimi Van Dorn, checks into the brand-new Clifton Care Partners, a private hospital that's just opened up shop in town, for a simple procedure—one that leads tragically, and inexplicably, to her death. Seeking justice in her inimitable fashion, Jessica decides to pursue her own investigation on the hospital and its shadowy business dealings.

  On the trail of what initially appears to be medical malpractice, Jessica digs deeper and learns her friend was actually a victim of something far more sinister. Death is bad for business, but murder is even worse, and Jessica will find plenty of both as she races to bring down Clifton Care Partners before someone else flatlines...

  Leseprobe
  This excerpt is from an advance uncorrected copy proof

  Copyright © 2018 Jessica Fletcher and Jon Land

 

Chapter One

“Well, Jessica, at least I wasn’t murdered.”

The quote read by the priest presiding over Jean O’Neil’s funeral was received with a smidgen of laughter from those who’d packed the Cabot Cove Community Church. She’d been the town’s librarian from the time I’d first moved to our town, fond of greeting me with lines such as “What will it be, Jessica—more books on poisons?” She retired a few years ago when her multiple sclerosis finally grew too bad for her to continue negotiating the stacks.

In lieu of a eulogy, Jean had penned brief snippets directed at any number of town staples. I thought mine would take the cake, until Sheriff Mort Metzger’s—“Well, Mort, I guess I’m going to get away with not paying those parking tickets, after all”—got a louder laugh.

Mean…