Throw Darts at a Cheesecake

Ellie Bernstein joins forces with homicide detective Peter Miller to investigate the murder of Jeannie Dobson and the "accidents" that are befalling her fellow members of Weight Winners. Reprint.

Throw Darts At A Cheesecake

Literature & Fiction

Denise Dietz

Contemporary

Worldwide Library

Ellie Bernstein is still a fan of the TV series M*A*S*H. So are a lot of other people in Colorado Springs. In fact, years ago at a M*A*S*H bash to watch the show's finale, everyone came as their favorite character. Now, after having lost fifty-five pounds, Ellie sure looks a lot more like Hot Lips. But that claim to fame might be dangerous. There's a killer on the loose, and the show's look-alikes are being murdered. What twisted motive lies behind the killings? Ellie's dying to see the ending of this serial killer's saga...  "Bernstein is a wonderful heroine...now that she's gotten rid of her philandering husband and kept off those extra 55 pounds, she can revel in her job, her earthy affair with Lt. Peter Miller, and her search for the killer." --Kirkus Reviews

Beat Up a Cookie: An Ellie Bernstein Mystery

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Mystery

Wildside Press

Weight Winners is a support group for people who want to lose weight. Ellie Bernstein is its group leader. When Ellie's significant other, Peter Miller, a homicide detective with the C.S.P.D., invites her to vacation with him for one "stress-free" week at a dude ranch outside Aspen, she accepts with trepidation. A dead body found near the ranch's ravine would ordinarily jump-start Ellie's sleuthing skills. Only this time she's in unfamiliar territory. She's never been to Aspen before; she knew and adored the victim-a world-renowned Aspen artist-and to make matters worse, the wife who jump-started his career seems to be missing. Nevertheless, Ellie desperately needs to find the "art patron" who murdered her friend, and she needs to make friends with a black stallion named Satan...before the weight loss she's achieved becomes permanent in a way she's never imagined.

Chain A Lamb Chop To The Bed (Ellie Bernstein/Lt. Peter Miller, Book 3)

[Narrated by a Full Cast] A high school reunion turns deadly in this full-cast adaptation of Denise Dietz's charming mystery. Ingrid Beaumont's thirtieth high school class reunion turns up a few surprises. Her friend, world-renowned artist Wylie Jamestone, turns up dead; her ex-husband turns up alive; and her high school sweetheart turns up at her door. Wylie's love of riddles forces Ingrid to turn sleuth if she wants to keep the killer from turning her life completely upside down.

Footprints in the Butter (Ingrid Beaumont Mysteries, Book 1)(Audio Theater)

Literary

Siren Audio Studios and Blackstone Audio

Sydney St. Charles is descended from a long line of witches. She owns an apothecary shop in Manitou Falls, Colorado, where she sells spells, potions and talismans. Sydney's charms are very popular, but it isn't witchcraft that has the town buzzing. Clive Newton, a member of the rock band The Newts, has been murdered. Then the band's manager dies in a fire. Sydney finds her attempts to help with the investigation are complicated by her growing attraction to amnesiac, "John Elway." She is also drawn into an ancient family mystery: a parallel murder that happened in Salem in 1692. Through an ancestor's journal, she learns far more than she expected about her own heritage - and also about the modern-day killer. In the end, Sydney must outwit a murderer who will go to any lengths to silence her.  Denise Dietz lives on Vancouver Island with her husband, novelist Gordon Aalborg.

Eye of Newt (Five Star First Edition Mystery)

Five Star

Weight Winners, in Colorado Springs, is a support group for people who want to lose weight. Ellie Bernstein is its group leader. When Ellie's significant other, Peter Miller, a homicide detective with the C.S.P.D., invites her to vacation with him for one "stress-free" week at a dude ranch outside Aspen, she accepts with trepidation. She suffers from acrophobia and tends to avoid such sports as sky diving, skiing, bungee jumping, and horseback riding. Just before Peter and Ellie leave for Aspen, an elderly man is killed in his home. What makes the crime unique is that the face on the victim's advertised, for-sale painting was slashed with a knife. What makes the crime even more unique is that the woman with the slashed face is a dead ringer for Ellie. Ellie, who feels she gets along with just about anybody, quickly makes four enemies: the ranch manager, Duke Dombroski, who has a John Wayne fetish; the riding instructor, Kit Halliday, who wears a size three and has a crush on Peter; the plump cook, Rosa Hamilton, who loathes Ellie for no apparent reason; and a fat white horse named Buttermilk. A dead body found near the ranch's ravine would ordinarily jump-start Ellie's sleuthing skills. Only this time she's in unfamiliar territory. She's never been to Aspen before; she knew and adored the victim - a world-renowned Aspen artist - and, to make matters worse, the wife who jump-started his career seems to be missing. Nevertheless, Ellie desperately needs to find the "art patron" who murdered her friend, and she needs to make friends with a black stallion named Satan . . . before the weight loss she's achieved becomes permanent in a way she's never imagined.  Denise Dietz is the bestselling author of several novels, including Eye of Newt. She lives on Vancouver Island with her husband, novelist Gordon Aalborg, and her mostly Norwegian Elkhound, Pandora.

<p>Ingrid Beaumont, flaky but prolific songwriter for B-movie soundtracks, attends her high school reunion for a wild night of fun. However, the morning-after hangover proves sobering indeed when news of the murder of Wylie Jamestone, a popular local artist and genuine creep, reaches the ears of his classmates. He leaves a mile-long list of enemies and a challenge for Ingrid to find his killer. </p>
<p> Available only in Wheeler Softcover 4.</p>

Footprints in the Butter: An Ingrid Beaumont Mystery Co-Starring Hitchcock the Dog

Wheeler Publishing

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Throw Darts At A Cheesecake

Beat Up a Cookie: An Ellie Bernstein Mystery

Chain A Lamb Chop To The Bed (Ellie Bernstein/Lt. Peter Miller, Book 3)

Footprints in the Butter (Ingrid Beaumont Mysteries, Book 1)(Audio Theater)

Eye of Newt (Five Star First Edition Mystery)

Chain A Lamb Chop To The Bed (Ellie Bernstein/Lt. Peter Miller, Book 3)

Footprints in the Butter: An Ingrid Beaumont Mystery Co-Starring Hitchcock the Dog