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Balloons Can Be Murder: A Girl and Her Dog Cozy Mystery
Balloons Can Be Murder: A Girl and Her Dog Cozy Mystery
Balloons Can Be Murder: A Girl and Her Dog Cozy Mystery
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Balloons Can Be Murder: A Girl and Her Dog Cozy Mystery

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"Connie Shelton gets better with every book she writes." --The Midwest Book Review

USA Today bestseller Connie Shelton puts her own real-life experience as a balloonist to work in this, the ninth Charlie Parker mystery.

Three days before the start of the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta, balloon pilot Rachael Fairfield walks into the offices of RJP Investigations. She has received threatening notes, which she believes came from her father, a convicted felon whom she sent to prison fifteen years earlier. To complicate matters, her brother has initiated a huge publicity campaign for the world altitude record Rachael plans to attempt on the final Sunday of the Fiesta.

It seems simple enough. Charlie and Ron will locate William Fairfield and keep him away from Rachael for the duration of the Fiesta. But as they follow leads on William Fairfield, the threats escalate and Ron and Charlie start to wonder whether he's really the stalker. Amid the color and beauty of the world's largest ballooning event, Charlie also finds herself at odds with her husband and reassessing her life's priorities. Only when she nearly loses her own life do the answers begin to fall into place.

Reviews for the Charlie Parker mystery series:

"...Shelton's engaging story, likable heroine, and comfortable prose make this a good choice." -- Library Journal

"This is a dandy. Don't miss it!" -- Book Talk

"Readers can only hope the likable characters, fast-paced plots and local color will continue...." -- Albuquerque Journal

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Connie Shelton spent 16 years in the world of hot air ballooning, where she set national and international women’s high altitude records for size AX-4 balloons. Today, she is the USA Today bestselling author of more than two dozen mysteries. Her Charlie Parker series is based in Albuquerque, and her new Samantha Sweet series is set in the northern New Mexico town of Taos. In addition to her full-time writing career, Connie has taught writing, is the creator of the Novel In A Weekend writing course, and was a contributor to Chicken Soup for the Writer's Soul. She and her husband reside in northern New Mexico with their two dogs. Visit her website at connieshelton.com and get her free mystery newsletter.

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Release dateNov 3, 2009
ISBN9781452403137
Balloons Can Be Murder: A Girl and Her Dog Cozy Mystery
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Connie Shelton

Connie Shelton has been writing for more than twenty years and has taught writing (both fiction and nonfiction) since 2001. She is the author of the Charlie Parker mystery series and has been a contributor to several anthologies, including Chicken Soup For the Writer's Soul. "My husband and I love to do adventures. He flew helicopters for 35 years, a career that I've borrowed from in my Charlie Parker mysteries. We have traveled quite a lot and now divide our time between the American Southwest and a place on the Sea of Cortez. For relaxation I love art -- painting and drawing can completely consume me. I also really enjoy cooking, with whatever ingredients I find in whatever country we are in at the moment. We walk every day and love watching and photographing wildlife."

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