Cassandra's Last Spotlight (Charlotte Diamond Mysteries - Christmas)

By Olivia Stowe

A special Christmas Mystery gift from Olivia Stowe.

Nine months after the same sex marriage of retirees FBI senior investigator Charlotte Diamond and movie box-office actress Brenda Brandon/Boynton (See the eighth in the Charlotte Diamond Mystery Series, Horrid Honeymoon) the two are putting on a Christmas program at the Curtain Call retirement home for movie folks. The Christmas concert is intended to bring together the townspeople of the riverside village of Hopewell, Maryland, and the residents of the new retirement home, which has become a major part of the town. Efforts at melding the two communities aren’t looking like they will be successful, though.

The plot thickens when the Christmas program’s lead actress, Cassandra Carlisle, who fancies herself as competition for Brenda Brandon for the queen of the movies spotlight, mysteriously disappears at night in a snow storm and another resident of the home declares that she has been murdered by her visiting son.

Charlotte and Brenda’s canines, Sam the husky and Rocket the boxer, take charge to try to save the day.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Cyberworld Publishing
• Release date: Nov 12, 2013
• ISBN: 9781922187697

Olivia Stowe

Olivia Stowe is a published author under different names and in other dimensions of fiction and nonfiction and lives quietly in a university town with an indulgent spouse.You can find Olivia at CyberworldPublishing.Our authors like to receive feedback and appreciate reviews being posted at distributor and book review sites.All Olivia’s books, except the “Bundles,” are available in paperback and e-book.Mystery RomanceRestoring the CastleFinal FlightThe Charlotte Diamond mystery seriesBy The Howling (Book 1)Retired with Prejudice (Book 2)Coast to Coast (Book 3)An Inconvenient Death (Book 4)What’s The Point? (Book 5)White Orchid Found (Book 6)Curtain Call (Book 7)Horrid Honeymoon (Book 8)Follow the Palm (Book 9)Fowler’s Folly (Book 10Jesus Speaks Galician (Seasonal Special)Making Room at Christmas (Seasonal Special)Cassandra’s last Spotlight (Seasonal Special)Blessedly Cursed Christmas (Seasonal Special)Charlotte Diamond Mysteries Bundle 1 (Books 1&2)Charlotte Diamond Mysteries Bundle 2 (Books 3&4)Charlotte Diamond Mysteries Bundle 3 (Books 5&6)The Savannah SeriesChatham SquareSavannah TimeOlivia’s Inspirational Christmas collectionsChristmas Seconds (2011)Spirit of Christmas (2010)

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Cassandra’s Last Spotlight

A Special Christmas Mystery

by Olivia Stowe

Contents

Cassandra’s Last Spotlight

About the Author

The Charlotte Diamond Mystery Series

Cassandra’s Last Spotlight

I have a son. He’s going to come and get me someday. Maybe you’ll be here when he does.

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