Hotel California: An Anthology of New Mystery Short Stories (The Music and Murder Mystery Series)

Hotel California: An Anthology of New Mystery Short Stories (The Music and Murder Mystery Series)

Featuring a new Jack Reacher story by Andrew Child! A dangerous drifter, a hired gun, a grisly corpse--you never know who you'll run into at the Hotel California . Eight deliciously talented mystery authors have lent their skills of crafting murder and suspense to this collection of gripping short stories. Each of these eight provocative tales is designed to entertain and mystify--and maybe even chill you to your core. Get lost in the wild imaginations of such New York Times bestselling writers as Andrew Child, Heather Graham, Reed Farrel Coleman, and John Gilstrap, plus authors Rick Bleiweiss, Jennifer Graeser Dornbush, Amanda Flower, and Don Bruns. From the titular tale "Hotel California" to a new, original Jack Reacher adventure, these stories have a little something for every mystery lover. Go ahead. Check in, enjoy some room service, and stay until the very last tantalizing page. Just don't forget to search the closet or behind the curtains. "Don Bruns has gathered eight solid writers who do justice to the Eagles' anthem and the album's other songs while putting a spin on the stories behind the songs...Each story in Hotel California is well thought out." -- "Oline Cogdill, South Florida Sun Sentinel" "Eight tales with a twist. Make that eight twists...Expect, and enjoy, the unexpected." -- "Kirkus Reviews" "Get out your steely knives...this story collection from some of today's top thriller writers makes for bloody good reading." -- "Brian Freeman, New York Times bestselling author of The Deep, Deep Snow" "If you like mysteries and twisted endings, you will love Hotel California , an anthology of new mystery short stories, by evilly talented mystery authors...These eight authors will captivate you with amazing details, history, and diabolical character development...If you love a good mystery, these stories are a must-read." -- "Book Junkie Reviews" "With its edge-of-your-seat scenarios, shady personalities, and occasional touch of the supernatural, Hotel California delivers a gripping series of adventures with a mix of hopeful and horrifying outcomes." -- "Foreword Reviews" Don Bruns is an ad executive and a USA Today bestselling author. As a former road musician, he performed with Ricky Nelson, the Four Seasons, Ray Charles, and others. Bruns has authored seventeen published novels including the Quentin Archer Mystery series. Casting Bones has been optioned for a motion picture by Nine Ton Entertainment. He makes his home in Southern Florida. When John Gilstrap's first novel, Nathan's Run , hit the market in 1996, it set the literary world on fire. Publication rights sold in twenty-three countries, the movie rights were scooped up at auction by Warner Brothers, and John changed professions. A safety engineer by training and education, he specialized in explosives and hazardous materials, and also served fifteen years in the fire and rescue service, rising to the rank of lieutenant. That "first" book was really his fourth, and that one call from an agent (after logging twenty-seven rejections) changed the trajectory of his life. Twenty books and seven movie projects later, it's been a good run, and it's still running. Outside of his writing life, John is a renowned safety expert with extensive knowledge of explosives, hazardous materials, and fire behavior. He lives in Fairfax, Virginia. Rick Bleiweiss has crafted the bestselling, award-winning Pignon Scorbion historical mystery series by blending his love of the past with the twisty deliciousness of a whodunit. He has recently also contributed a wonderful story to the mystery anthology Hotel California . Before becoming an author, Rick started his career in music as a rock performer, Grammy-nominated producer (of over fifty records), and record company senior executive, working with Clive Davis, Melissa Etheridge, the Backstreet Boys, Kiss, U2, Whitney Houston, the BeeGees, and other industry legends.Since 2006 as a publishing company executive, he has acquired works by noted authors and celebrities including James Clavell, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Rex Pickett, Al Roker, Dale Brown, Robert Downey Jr., Leon Uris, Catherine Coulter, and P. C. Cast, among many others. Follow Rick & Scorbion at www.RickBleiweiss.com Andrew Child , who also writes as Andrew Grant, is the author of RUN, False Positive, False Friend, False Witness, Invisible, and Too Close to Home . Child and his wife, the novelist Tasha Alexander, live on a wildlife preserve in Wyoming. Amanda Flower is a USA Today bestselling and Agatha Award-winning mystery author. Her debut mystery, Maid of Murder , was an Agatha Award nominee for Best First Novel and her children's mysteries, Andi Unexpected and Andi Under Pressure , were Agatha Award nominees for Best Children's/YA Novel. Andi Unstoppable won the Agatha Award for Best Children's/YA Novel 2015. Amanda is a former librarian living in northeast Ohio.