Title: White elephant dead
Subtitle: a death on demand mystery
First published: 1999
Description: Murder is, surprisingly, not all that uncommon on timy Broward's Rock, an idyllic sea island community off the South Carolina coast. Annie Darling's popular mystery bookshop, Death on Demand, is where the locals come to discuss the juicy details of each criminal offense--under the watchful gaze of a pampered feline prima donna named Agatha. But now Annie's dear friend (and best customer) Henny Brawley stands accused of murdering a Women's Club volunteer-cum-blackmailer. So Annie rouses her husband Max into action, and together they dive into the shark pool of dotty eccentrics and imperious belles who constitute the island's smart set. Because only there can the Darlings prove hapless Henny innocent--by detemining who among the well-heeled had the dirtiest little secret...and would kill to protect it.
Subjects: Women detectives, Detective and mystery stories, Max Darling (Fictitious character), Annie Laurance Darling (Fictitious character), South Carolina in fiction, Fiction, Booksellers and bookselling in fiction, Women detectives in fiction, Extortion in fiction, Booksellers and bookselling, Extortion, Large type books, Fiction, mystery & detective, women sleuths, Darling, max (fictitious character), fiction, Darling, annie laurance (fictitious character), fiction, South carolina, fiction, Broward's rock (s.c. : imaginary place), fiction, Booksellers and bookselling, fiction
Places: South Carolina