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While pregnant Nora relaxes in her best friend's Bucks County pool in this updated version of the Blackbird Sisters' favorite, she doesn't have far to look for her next big story. A Broadway show is in rehearsal next door and the home of legendary late composer, "Toodles" Tuttle. His diva widow, Boom Book, controls his estate with an iron fist, and she's racked up a chorus line of enemies along the way. The old broad's death is a hotly anticipated event, so imagine the dismay when it's Boom Boom's beloved daughter Jenny who drops dead just as the footlights are set to go up. The biggest obstacle to solving the case may be Nora's obnoxious Aussie boss, Gus Hardwicke-that is, until an even more formidable shadow falls across Nora's life. It's Mick Abruzzo's indomitable mother Bridget O'Halloran who stands firmly in the way of their happily ever after.

In this newly updated version of the beloved Blackbird series, society columnist Nora Blackbird is thrust into the world of celebrity tabloid gossip when a billionaire buys the farm in her beloved Bucks County. She's supposed to write a profile of Swain Starr, the famous fashion designer who has retired to grow organic vegetables with his former supermodel wife, Zephyr. But before Nora can get the story, the mogul is murdered, and now her exasperating new Aussie editor Gus Hardwicke wants her to score the exclusive on who killed Starr. Nora's sisters and her maybe-husband Mick Abruzzo complicate her life more than usual, but it's Gus who has Nora burning up on the barbie. There's also the matter of Starr's missing pig, which might be the key to solving this mystery and the way Nora can bring home the bacon.

In this updated version of the seventh Blackbird Sisters mystery, a Main Line society scandal explodes when a noted Philadelphia philanthropist takes a high dive. Did he fall, or was he pushed? Down, but hardly out heiress Nora Blackbird turns sleuth when her friend Lexie becomes the prime suspect in the blue-blooded murder. Nora's trouble-making sisters manage to make mayhem of their own, with wild child Emma inconveniently pregnant, and Libby falling hard for the driver of a Rolls-Royce that hit her in the street. The murder investigation is complicated by the return of Nora's scandalous parents and the appearance of a long-lost relative who brings even more quirky trouble to whole Blackbird family, and it's just about too much for Mick Abruzzo to handle. The fizz is flying in Philadelphia.

While wearing an engagement ring big enough to signal the space station in this updated sixth Blackbird mystery, impoverished Philadelphia heiress Nora Blackbird has finally agreed to marry Mick Abruzzo, maybe New Jersey's most notorious mob boss. But the Blackbird sisters find themselves distracted from wedding plans by the disappearance of former Hollywood starlet Sweet Penny Devine. It's polo players, a handsome foodie, some animal rights activists, and one very determined gold digger who seem to be connected to Penny's demise. Will Nora's high society murder be solved before the wedding bells ring? Or will mobsters break up the party? It's more well-dressed fun among the blue-bloods for Nora Blackbird.

What's a down-and-out heiress to do? In this updated version of the bestselling Blackbird Sisters, Nora Blackbird collides with one blue-blooded family with a peculiar penchant for archery tournaments, plus a former angry rock and roll star turned bakery maven, and even a spoiled rich girl who will stop at nothing to become a bigtime influencer. All these Main Line eccentrics are mixed up in murder--nothing new for Nora Blackbird, a one-time Old Money heiress who's now working her pretty butt off to make a living. This time she is on the grounds of a fabulous estate when one of the most distasteful aristocrats is shot dead with an arrow on the eve of opening his tacky club called Cupcakes. How to find out whodunit to the Cupcake King?Meanwhile, in her darkest hour Nora has a big secret she must keep at all costs from her sometime lover, tough guy Mick Abruzzo. This time it's definitely life or death for Nora, and there's not a minute to stop for a cupcake break."What a hoot! What a treat!" --Bestselling author Rhys Bowen

In this updated version of the beloved mystery series, Nora Blackbird's new job working for the poisoned-pen Philadelphia society columnist heats up when Nora is implicated in the not-so-accidental death of a young woman who turns out to be a high society jewel thief. The unhappy wife of Nora's college flame is found drowned in a swimming pool with a garden gnome tied around her ankles. How can Nora solve this crime without implicating her former lover-or without ending things with the hot New Jersey wiseguy who'd much rather be skin-to-skin with Nora every night than help her solve a mystery.Trouble is, Nora's exasperating sisters have problems that require her hands-on attention to rescue the family reputation. Will Libby deliver her baby at the worst possible moment? Or will tough-talking Emma need Nora's help extricating herself from a pesky cowboy boyfriend? And oh, yeah, between family emergencies, there's a murder to solve. Nora needs to infiltrate the exclusive club of blue blood pilots who seem to spread mayhem wherever they fly. And she must question the low-rent casino boss who's always on the make among the rich and vulnerable debutantes. There are more colorful characters than a rainbow in Nora's wealthy circle of so-called friends. It's cocktails at six, haute couture at eight, and deadly murder at midnight for Nora Blackbird, Philadelphia's ritziest and most well-dressed sleuth."Smart intrigue dressed in cool couture." --Bestselling author Susan Anderson

In this updated version of the Blackbird Sisters Mysteries, falling hard for a magnetically attractive mobster might sound ill-advised for Philadelphia blue blood Nora Blackbird, but what else can go wrong for a girl after her parents run off with her trust fund and her toxic boss would like nothing better than Nora's pretty head on a platter?To make matters worse, Nora's attendance at an exclusive hunt club means she's sipping champagne with the horse fanciers when the seemingly wealthy husband of a dog food heiress is found bludgeoned by a polo mallet. The prime suspect is Nora's sister Emma, a well-known expert in horsemanship, handsome men, and-truth be told-hard drinking. To protect her little sis, Nora uncovers an aristocratic blackmail plot that reveals some inconvenient secrets among high society's high-and-mighty. The quips fly faster than a Grand Prix show jumper, and Nora's having a very hard time not falling hard for the irresistible Mick Abruzzo. It's mystery, mayhem, not to mention hot men abounding in Nora's latest misadventure."Hilarious repartee and zany characters." --Library Journal

Updated and wittier than ever, this romantic mystery series features plenty of hot-blooded bluebloods misbehaving. That's definitely the Blackbird Sisters, although Nora, the sister who got stuck with the family estate when their parents blew the country for a tax-evader's paradise, is the responsible one. Her new job requires Nora to hit gala parties every night while dressed to the nines-a trick she manages thanks to her beloved Grandmama's collection of haute couture.But clothes don't always make the woman. Certainly not when her boss, Kitty Keough, the wicked witch of high society, is executed by someone whose motive might have been furthering Nora's newspaper career. Police believe the killer isn't a bad boy from Nora's past, or the suspicious inventor of a fashion breakthrough in women's lingerie. Or even a gay blade who will stop at nothing to inherit an international sheep conglomerate. Bad news? Mobster Mick Abruzzo's name keeps popping up on the suspects list, so Nora must climb the heights of high society to uncover the inconvenient truth...or lose the man who's been making mayhem in her bed.It's fabulous fun in Philadelphia until somebody dies a disastrous death."Quite possibly the best cozy mystery series in publication-there is never a dull moment." --Fresh Fiction

Meet the unsinkable Nora Blackbird in this updated version of a bestselling series.When Nora Blackbird's parents steal her trust fund to blow the country for a tax evader's paradise and sticking her with the tax bill on their crumbling Blackbird family estate, Nora must do something she's never done before. She must absolutely...get a job. Although she has wasted most of her life sipping mimosas and suntanning on yachts, Nora manages to land a gig as the assistant to the society columnist for a Philadelphia rag. Attending high society parties for a living sounds perfect for her skill set, but can this down-and-out former debutante reclaim her top spot among the city's elite? While paying her bills for the first time in her life? Nora's plan goes awry when she stumbles upon the body of the billionaire host while rubbing aristocratic elbows at her very first party. Who smothered the wealthy Main Line tycoon underneath his very own Van Gogh? Nora must find out, but with whom should she join forces while investigating? A toe-curlingly attractive son of a New Jersey mob boss who's more of a dangerous thug than boyfriend material? Or a cute, but ambitious cop who may have betrayal on his mind? And what about Nora's eccentric sisters? Would it kill them to help solve the murder, or will they get in the way? It's fizzy fun in Philly while Nora takes us on a tour of the world of Old Money while she plays detective while sipping champagne."Great clothes, great mystery, great fun!" -Bestselling author Jennifer Crusie

Those of you familiar with the poignant lyrics of the award-winning song, Alfie, will remember the first line: "What's It All About, Alfie?" That question propels the energy driving Trickle-down Enlightenment.Why life?Why people?Why love?Written over the past fifty years, Trickle-down Enlightenment is a compilation of poems, reflections and letters that offer insight to the relentless questions capturing our culture. Intent on making each day an adventure, Martin pauses every once-in-a-while to look at the world through writing and ask: what lessons has life taught me? More importantly, Alfie, will those lessons promote the understanding we need to experience a well-lived life?