Bøger af Becky Clark

Part 1: The Boy Who Grew Antlers Andy Bennett is a quiet and relatively shy fifth grader, despite the fact he has a famous mother. After a heated confrontation with his bully over his mother, Andy finds himself brooding on the prospect of a rematch with strength, courage, and...antlers?Part 2: The Girl Who Grew Wings Joslyn Harper is nervous about making friends at her new middle school. But when she meets Andy Bennett, Joslyn knows right away that she needs to get to know him better, and not just because his mother stars in one of her favorite movies!Part 3: The Boy Who Grew Up When the offer to go with Joslyn to their high school's spring dance as more-than-just-friends and the sudden return of his childhood bully to his school starts to weigh on him, Andy begins to learn what it means to grow up.

A despised landlord. A bookstore owner turned accidental sleuth. Can she inventory her books and the suspects in time?Dena Russo is starting a new chapter of her life in Sugar Springs, Colorado-sinking all her money and energy into launching a bookstore during the Grand Opening of the Sugar Mill Marketplace. She's near the end of her trope, however, as she attempts to turn her novel idea into reality, especially when faced with the ultimate plot twist. Sure, everyone despises the Marketplace landlord, but nobody expected he'd turn up dead!Dena uncovers dark secrets and lies, perhaps spelling the end of everything she wanted from her move to Sugar Springs and destroying the Marketplace before it even opens. With unanswered questions and accusations threatening to close the book forever on the Marketplace and perhaps the entire town of Sugar Springs, Dena attempts to decipher who hated enough to murder. Can Dena get the killer booked before the entire Sugar Mill Marketplace gets shelved?BOOKED is the first book in the Sugar Mill Marketplace Mystery series. If you enjoy laugh-filled cozy mysteries with complex and quirky characters, lots of twists and turns, and pages you can't stop turning, then you'll love Becky Clark's fun, fast fiction. Be sure to read the prequel novella RAT RACE first, as it sets the stage for the first few books in the series.

A public argument. A disappearance. Another cliff-hanger for Thrice Sold Tales? After a bumpy start for the Sugar Mill Marketplace, Dena Russo finally thinks she has the ABCs of bookstore ownership under her belt. All is well until the man from whom she bought Thrice Sold Tales returns, accusing her of not fulfilling her contract and demanding the store be returned to him. When he is reported missing after their loud and very public argument, all eyes-and the full force of the internet-turn toward Dena. She's even accused of stealing his dog! Dena tries everything to find him, but only manages to find mysterious footprints in her snowy backyard, some financial headaches, and just how unhealthy a viral video can be. With a boycott called against her bookstore, and the internet trolls out for blood, Dena expects the worst. But she has no idea the worst also includes a dead body in her yard. Can Dena file this deadly chapter away before she's forced to file for bankruptcy? PLOTTED is the second book in the Sugar Mill Marketplace Mystery series. These books are best read in order. If you enjoy laugh-filled cozy mysteries with complex and quirky characters, lots of twists, and pages you can't stop turning, then you'll love Becky Clark's fun, fast fiction. Start with the prequel novella RAT RACE, then BOOKED, then PLOTTED.

A mysterious middle-of-the-night visitor. A dangerous blizzard. Someone is bound to make a mistake. Dena Russo is fast asleep in her snug house unaware of the savage storm brewing just outside her door. As her cozy world shatters, she must face both a ferocious blizzard and an equally tempestuous abduction. Nobody at the Sugar Mill Marketplace knows where she is. Will they even realize she's missing with Sugar Springs blanketed in a snow day? The tenants of the Marketplace are bound up in their own avalanche of troubles-life-threatening chest pains, raging personal squalls, and a cryptic discovery buried for more than a century. The survival of each of them depends on shrewd navigation through their deepening storms. Will they melt under pressure? Or are they bound to be stone cold heroes? BOUND wraps up the first trilogy of the Sugar Mill Marketplace mysteries. If you like witty dialogue, unique characters, and a fun setting, all wrapped up in a light mystery that will put a smile on your face, then you'll love BOUND. For maximum enjoyment, read RAT RACE first (the prequel novella), then BOOKED, then PLOTTED, then BOUND ... more fun, fast fiction from Becky Clark!

1 ACROSS: HUMAN REMAINS Creating crossword puzzles for the Chestnut Station Chronicle won’t allow Quinn Carr to quit her diner waitress job any time soon. But it does provide an outlet for her organizational OCD, and also lets her leave subtle hints for police chief Myron Chestnut, an avid puzzler, when his investigations need some direction. Some mysteries, though, leave even Quinn stumped—like the property deed she finds in her grandfather’s old desk. The document lists Quinn’s mother as the owner of some land on the outskirts of Chestnut Station, but Georgeanne refuses to discuss it.8 LETTERS, STARTS WITH “S” Quinn visits the site, located near a World War II Japanese internment camp that’s since been turned into a museum. There she unearths a weathered Japanese doll…and a skeleton. Before she can uncover a killer, she has to identify the victim. Was it an inmate trying to escape? A guard? Or someone closer to home? As Quinn fills in the blanks, she finds an unexpected link between her family and Chief Chestnut’s—one that could spell more deadly trouble…“FRESH, FAST, AND FURIOUSLY FUN . . . Becky Clark writes with wry wit, a keen eye, and no shortage of authority.” —Brad Parks, Shamus Award-winning author on Fiction Can Be MurderIncludes original crossword puzzles!

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A Christmas pageant. A dead Santa. All is not calm, and it''s definitely not bright.The only thing Charlee Russo wants for Christmas are some silent nights so she can work on her mystery manuscript. Instead, she gets snowballed into writing and directing a Christmas play as a fundraiser for an elementary school to be held at the local senior center. But when the actor playing Santa drops dead at rehearsal, Charlee must deck the halls with thoughts of murder.Rehearsals continue while she is forced to contend with sabotage, assault, and actors-young and old-refusing to learn their lines. As she digs deeper into Santa''s so-called accident, she gets a frosty reception from all the suspects on the naughty list. With the school funding at stake and a potential murderer involved in the production, she needs a Christmas miracle. Can Charlee pull off the pageant without anyone else getting sleighed? Police Navidad is the fourth book in the Mystery Writer''s Mystery series. If you like fun, fast stories with warm and witty characters you want to hang out with, then you''ll love this cozy mystery from Becky Clark.Praise from the readers of the Mystery Writer''s Mystery series ΓÇó Becky Clark''s suspenseful but humorous mystery had me hooked from beginning to end. Charlemagne Russo is a delightful, relatable character who I want to continue to get to know and follow in the Mystery Writer''s Mystery series. ΓÇó The characters were complex, the mystery was twisty, and Becky''s quirky sense of humor made it fun throughout. ΓÇó I love a good cozy and this one doesn''t disappoint. It''s fun with some laugh out loud lines but also a solid, meaty story. ΓÇó Loved watching her work her way through the clues-the story is creative, suspenseful, and smart. Plus the humor is terrific! 

Want to speed up your writing process and complete a top-notch novel in just two months?Learn veteran author Becky Clark''s tried-and-true techniques to:ΓÇó Write faster ΓÇó Organize yourself ΓÇó Create a flexible outline you can live with (even if you hate outlines with an intensity usually reserved for walking into a spider web)ΓÇó Devise your own reliable system to get you from the premise to THE END in eight short weeks. ΓÇó Become the prolific career novelist you''ve always dreamed of!I''ve read a LOT of books on craft. This book combines a complete structure with a lot of options on how to work around the typical roadblocks that pop up for most writers. ~ Kim OlgrenI''m in your debt! ~ TR FischerYou offered a ton of information, and because of your humor, it all made sense to me. You''ve inspired me to get serious about my writing. ~ Seth PoolerI always have this thought that there just isn''t any time, but really the problem is I have not actively chosen time for all my endeavors. I was surprised at how thorough and actionable the content was. LOTS of concrete steps are provided to help anyone find a plan that suits them. Extremely relatable and helpful. ~ Lindsay MaroneyBuy this book! It takes all the confusion out of writing a novel. Becky breaks down how to go about it from start to finish. ~ Norma Thomas

Life Becomes Stranger than Fiction when Charlee''s Latest Novel Inspires a Real MurderMystery author Charlemagne "Charlee" Russo thinks the twisty plots and peculiar murders in her books are only the product of her imaginationΓÇòuntil her agent is found dead exactly as described in Charlee''s new, unpublished manuscript. Suspicion now swirls around her and her critique group, making her confidence drop as severely and unexpectedly as her royalty payments.The police care more about Charlee''s feeble alibi and financial problems than they do her panicky claims of innocence. To clear her name and revive her career, she must figure out which of her friends is a murderer. Easier said than done, even for an author who''s skilled at creating tidy endings for her mysteries. And as her sleuthing grows dangerous, Charlee''s imagination starts working overtime. Is she being targeted, too?

Between a kidnapping, a double booking, and a crew of hapless volunteers, Charlee worries the writing conference will go to the dogs.Mystery author Charlee Russo agrees to speak at a Portland writers'' conference organized by her friend Viv Lundquist. When Viv picks her up at the airport, she frantically tells Charlee that her daughter Hanna has been kidnapped.Charlee takes over the conference preparation so Viv can search for her daughter, but the situation gets tense when the hotel double-books the event with a dog show. Despite this, Charlee is compelled to investigate after she learns shocking secrets about both Hanna and Viv. Can she find Hanna in time, or will a plot twist lead her to a ruff ending?