Bøger af Christine Matthews

A frontier con man who claims he can raise the dead...a prisoner desperate to escape from the hellhole of Yuma Prison...a legendary Texas Ranger...a famous gunfighter and peace officer turned newspaperman...a family that's both dangerous and strange...These are only some of the characters who inhabit the tales in STORIES ALONG...THE HUNGRY TRAIL by Christine Matthews. Poignant, expertly plotted, and filled with compelling characters, these stories capture the human drama of the Old West and the people who lived in that time and place, and will stay with the reader long after the hungry trail has come to an end.

When Gil and Claire Hunt signed up to attend a mystery writers' convention, the last thing they expected to encounter was a real-life murder. But when the convention's star attraction, prominent hardboiled writer Robin Everly, is found dead in his hotel room, Gil and Claire find themselves hunting for a clever killer.

When Claire Hunt is sent to host her home shopping program on location in the Big Easy she and her husband, Gil, cannot resist having him come along. A book dealer back home in St. Louis, Gil is eager for the chance to poke around in the French Quarter's shops. The food, the history, the mystique--all of it delights the couple . . . until they're meeting with the Voodoo Queen, Auntie Laveau. The strange woman presents the duo with a collection of miniature Mardi Gras masks, hoping Claire will sell them on the air during her show. However, when the real Auntie Laveau is found murdered the police begin an official investigation. As the Hunts unwittingly become entangled with Louisiana's supernatural subculture Gil finds himself embroiled in the search for a missing girl who may or may not become the next victim. As he, himself, becomes endangered Claire and her son, Paul, frantically search the French Quarter for her husband before he can become a victim of the Voodoo Queen as well. But wait. Auntie Laveau is dead-or is she?

Three women are found smothered to death in front of their televisions in a curious manner: each was found staring blindly at the screen while Claire Hunt, the host of "Home Mall, encouraged them to pick up the phone for the deal of the day. Not one to sit by and let her good reputation--or that of her top-rated show--go down the drain, Claire and her devoted husband, Gil, decide that it's time to go shopping... for a killer! And soon Claire is bargaining for her life with a murderer."Surprising and exciting conclusion . . . Gil and Clair are fun. Let's hope we see them again." -- Booklist"A fun, sweet mystery, suspenseful and so full of love between the characters I nearly cried while reading." -- Pat Tracy.

A heart-stopping mystery anthology from fourteen of today's best-loved and bestselling female mystery and suspense writers. In the expert hands of fourteen unsurpassed storytellers, being a housewife takes on a whole new meaning.