{"product_id":"lowcountry-bombshell-9781959023203","title":"Lowcountry Bombshell","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eIs it coincidence or\u003c\/em\u003e Deadly Destiny?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrivate Investigator Liz Talbot thinks she's seen another ghost when she meets Calista McQueen. She's the spitting image of Marilyn Monroe. Born exactly fifty years after the iconic bombshell, Calista's life is a déj? vu of Hollywood tragedy. And with the anniversary of Marilyn's death looming, Calista fears she's next in line for a tragic finale.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Liz investigates, suspicious characters swarm around Calista like mosquitoes on a sultry Lowcountry evening: her certifiable mother, a fake aunt, her manipulative psychoanalyst, her peculiar housekeeper, and an obsessed ex-husband. Liz digs in to find a motive for murder, but she's besieged with distractions. Her ex has marriage and babies on his mind and her all-too-sexy partner engages in a campaign of repeat seduction. With the heat index approaching triple digits, Liz races to uncover a diabolical murder plot in time to save not only Calista's life, but also her own. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBoyer, Susan M.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Susan M. Boyer is the USA TODAY bestselling author of twelve novels. Her debut novel, Lowcountry Boil, won the 2012 Agatha Award for Best First Novel, the Daphne du Maurier Award for Excellence in Mystery\/Suspense, and garnered several other award nominations. Subsequent books have been nominated for various honors, including Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance Okra Picks, the 2016 Pat Conroy Beach Music Mystery Prize, and the 2017 Southern Book Prize in Mystery \u0026amp; Detective Fiction. Big Trouble on Sullivan's Island (A Carolina Tale), Susan's latest novel, was released on April 11, 2023. Her next release, The Sullivan's Island Supper Club is due out in April of 2024.Susan loves beaches, Southern food, and small towns where everyone knows everyone, and everyone has crazy relatives. You'll find all of the above in her novels. She and her husband call Greenville, SC, home and spend as much time as possible on the Carolina coast.","brand":"Stella Maris Books, LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50542884421906,"sku":"9781959023203","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_1d6a1e01-1e58-4042-96eb-7470ff820e9b.jpg?v=1748702935","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/lowcountry-bombshell-9781959023203","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}