{"product_id":"bones-and-roses-9781504035538","title":"Bones and Roses","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn amateur sleuth attracts the right clients, the wrong boyfriends--and a kinky killer--in this cozy mystery by \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e-bestselling author Eileen Goudge.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e After wrecking her real estate career in a booze-fueled blowout, Cypress Bay property manager and recovering alcoholic Tish Ballard thought she had put her past behind her. But when she opens an old trunk, a bequest from an anonymous benefactor, she finds it filled with bones and roses. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Suddenly Tish is plunged into a murder case that dates back to her childhood. Pitted against her high school crush, homicide detective Spence Breedlove, she finds herself in jeopardy--in more ways than one. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Can Tish unmask a killer before the man who broke her heart puts her behind bars or, worse, she becomes a corpse herself? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Author Nora Roberts raves that Eileen Goudge \"writes like a house on fire\"--and with \u003ci\u003eBones and Roses\u003c\/i\u003e, the first book in the Cypress Bay Mysteries, the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times-\u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eGarden of Lies\u003c\/i\u003e delivers a suspenseful plot, memorable characters, and delectable touches of romance. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eBones and Roses\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eis the 1st book in the Cypress Bay Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGoudge, Eileen:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Eileen Goudge (b. 1950) is one of the nation's most successful authors of women's fiction. She began as a young adult writer, helping to launch the phenomenally successful \u003ci\u003eSweet Valley High\u003c\/i\u003e series, and in 1986 she published her first adult novel, the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestseller \u003ci\u003eGarden of Lies\u003c\/i\u003e. She has since published twelve more novels, including the three-book saga of Carson Springs, and \u003ci\u003eThorns of Truth\u003c\/i\u003e, a sequel to \u003ci\u003eGardens of Lies\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives and works in New York City. \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Open Road Media Mystery \u0026 Thri","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50339525886226,"sku":"9781504035538","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ebc1ad29-31c0-4266-878f-944d7fe6fd6a.jpg?v=1728006665","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/bones-and-roses-9781504035538","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}