Kate Jasper visits her chiropractor for a simple spinal adjustment but, instead, finds a dead man on one of the tablesοΏ½dead of a broken neck. Maggie, Kate's friend and chiropractor, has known Scott Younger for years, as has her staff. Her receptionist, Renee, even dated him. Devi knew Scott fro
Jaqueline Girdner - Kate Jasper 09 - Death Hits the Fan
β Scribed by Girdner, Jaqueline
- Book ID
- 109017569
- Publisher
- Berkley
- Year
- 1998
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 226 KB
- Series
- Kate Jasper 9
- Category
- Fiction
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
Kate and her fiancΓ©, restaurateur Wayne Caruso, visit Ivan Nakagawa's bookstore for an author signing. The event features three authors, and only a few more audience members, but the small audience doesn't stop Yvette Cassell from reading on and on as fellow author S.X. (Shayla) Greenfree's eyelids droop and she slumps forward.
Kate is shocked by Shayla's novel approach to boredom. But it turns out that Shayla isn't just dozing, she's dead. Is the murderer's unique signature the bracelet that Shayla snapped on before falling over? The police read an accusation into Shayla's last utterance of "Kate, I..." before Shayla slumped, though Kate's sure they never met. Who did it, Kate wondersβan obsessed fan? a disgruntled bookstore employee? She wants to find outβespecially after the plot thickens with yet another murder...
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A Kate Jasper mystery--Cover
"A Kate Jasper mystery"--Cover