Annie Darling, owner of the mystery bookstore Death on Demand, jumps at the chance to host a book signing with a local writer. But since it conflicts with her shift at the charity shop Better Tomorrow, Annie asks fellow volunteer Gretchen Burkholt to sub for her. The signing goes well, but Gretchen leaves several voice mails about scandalous news she's dying to share. Annie heads over to Better Tomorrow after the signing - and finds Gretchen murdered....

Pleased with the success of her murder-mystery cruise, Annie Darling and her husband, Max, are suddenly on the hunt for a killer when one of the cruise participants falls overboard, the first in a series of suspicious deaths.

"Summer is a hectic time of the year for Annie Darling. Sun and scorching temperatures never fail to bring swarms of tourists to her mystery bookstore, Death on Demand, for the latest beach reads. But Annie still finds time to enjoy herself. The Broward's Rock Fourth of July dance is just around the corner, and the island is buzzing with excitement--Shell Hurst included ... Shell is the kind of woman wives hate--for good reason--and most of them wish...

When a murder takes place during a gallery opening, at which the gallery owner introduced her neighbors to her much-younger fiancé, Annie Darling pursues her suspicions that someone near to her is responsible.

Three deaths are linked to Broward's Rock Island's youth recreation center, and its director. When she asks Max to help clear her name, Annie is right there with her husband to help.

Something has poisoned a local summer stock production of "Arsenic and Old Lace" as cast members stab each other in the back and props are sabotaged. After the lead actor is murdered, Annie Laurence must prove the killer is not her own leading man, Max, and find the real killer.

"Mystery bookstore owner Annie Laurance and detective Max Darling are finally tying the knot, but a bizarre sequence of events might unravel this blissful marriage before it begins. With the ceremony completed and the champagne goblets emptied, Max sweeps Annie into his arms for an amorous moment when the phone rings and a woman on the other end of the line screams bloody murder."--Page 4 of cover.

Mystery bookstore owner and sleuth Annie Darling of South Carolina searches for the killer of a general whose racism and sexism created many enemies. Suspects range from a black man to a gay librarian. By the author of Mint Julep Murder.