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Mystery Night Murder
Part #10 of "Merry Wrath Mystery" series by Leslie Langtry
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Make Believe Murder
Leslie Langtry
Mystery / Romance / Humor
From USA Today bestselling author Leslie Langtry comes a former CIA agent turned Girl Scout troop leader and a laugh-out-loud mystery!Merry Wrath's summer plans didn't originally include an unexpected visit from her old friend, Hilly—a quirky CIA assassin who's been forced by HR to take her first vacation in...forever. The fact that Hilly chose a small town in Iowa for vacation doesn't bother Merry or her scout troop (especially since Hilly's teaching them how to kill a man with one punch), but her former handler, Riley, believes something sinister is afoot.After all Lana, Merry's arch-nemesis, is sighted all over town, and when a Chinese operative ends up murdered in her backyard, Merry starts to wonder if Riley is right and Hilly is secretly on the job. It doesn't help that a group of cosplaying teenage druids have targeted Merry for a misguided ritual sacrifice, or that Medea Jones, cub reporter, constantly harasses Merry, seeing the former spy as her...
Memories Are Murder
Leslie Langtry
Mystery / Romance / Humor
From USA Today bestselling author Leslie Langtry comes a hilarious mystery that will leave you laughing 'til you cry...It's been years since ex-CIA agent Merry Wrath was undercover with Carlos the Armadillo in Colombia. So why is Teo the Tapir suddenly in Who's There, Iowa looking for her? Merry and Teo were not on the best terms back then, especially after he attempted to blow her up. Is he in town to get revenge, or is he telling the truth about wanting to retire and let bygones be bygones?It's a question that becomes much more important when a mutual colleague is murdered in Merry's garage. Suddenly Merry wonders if Teo did it to frame her. As usual, this isn't a great time for a dead body, since Merry is having trouble teaching her troop to use drones responsibly, her twin taxidermist sisters-in-law are trying to keep Merry from spilling their big secret, there are rumbles of a sexist schism in the teenage Cult of NicoDerm and there's an issue...
Mascots Are Murder
Leslie Langtry
Mystery / Romance / Humor
From USA Today bestselling author Leslie Langtry comes the funniest high school reunion you've ever attended!"Welcome Back to Who's There, Iowa, Who-rish, to your 10 Year Reunion!"A 10 year high school reunion happens only once, and to many, they can be a nightmare of revisiting past slights, humiliating moments and the class paste-eater—aka Officer Kevin Dooley. But ex-CIA agent turned Midwestern Girl Scout troop leader Merry Wrath figures that when you've been undercover with Colombian drug lords, embedded with Yakuza, and chased by an armed chicken through Chechnya, how bad could it be? Even her scout troop gets in the game by handling registration with overly enthusiastic weapons searches and background checks."Old friends are waiting to see you again!"But there's more going on than the tradition of spiking the punch. It doesn't take long before the loathed Class President threatens to reveal dangerous secrets, half the class starts...
Match Box Murder
Leslie Langtry
Mystery / Romance / Humor
From USA Today bestselling author Leslie Langtry comes a killer campfire tale...It's just another weekend camping trip for ex-CIA agent Merry Wrath and her precocious Girl Scout troop. This time the girls are learning riflery, taught by Merry's assassin friend, Hilly (who isn't an assassin because the CIA doesn't have assassins because that would be illegal...but she totally is). What could go wrong?Plenty, because the creepy camp caretaker is soon found inconveniently dead behind the rifle range. Naturally, a violent storm comes out of nowhere and strands the troop with four suspect camp staffers. The scout manual explains how to keep kids safe during storms, hiking trips, and the overly-enthusiastic application of matches to start a campfire, but there's nothing on what to do when trapped in a lodge with a murderer. Can Merry unmask the killer before she and the girls get burned?Note: This title was previously available as part of...
Merry Wrath Mysteries Boxed Set Volume III (Books 7-9)
Leslie Langtry
Mystery / Romance / Humor
From USA Today bestselling author Leslie Langtry comes a boxed set of three hilarious Merry Wrath Mysteries! This boxed set includes three, full-length novels featuring the CIA assassin turned Girls Scout troop leader, including:Map Skills Murder – book #7When ex-CIA Agent turned Girl Scout troop leader, Merry Wrath digs up a treasure map in her yard, she's sure it leads to a century-old murder and a secret missing treasure. But unfortunately, the investigation of this cold case yields a modern day murder! Are these crimes connected? And more importantly—who has an axe to grind with Merry Wrath?Mean Girl Murder – book #8The Halloween Parade is coming up, and former CIA agent-turned-suburbanite Merry Wrath's Girl Scout Troop hopes to repeat a 1st place trophy for the 3rd year in a row. But when they find a dead woman dressed as a witch, a mysterious treasure, and face a ruthless kidnapping, it looks like Merry's in for a different...
Merry Christmas Murder
Leslie Langtry
Mystery / Romance / Humor
From USA Today bestselling author Leslie Langtry comes a very Merry Wrath Christmas...Ex-CIA agent turned Girl Scout leader, Merry Wrath is about to have a holiday to remember! It's not Christmas in Who's There, Iowa without a severely mandatory holiday lights policy, passed by thirteen year old Mayor Ava and her henchman...Betty! The girls show up on their troop leader, Merry's, doorstep with a box of lights and an ultimatum.The whole town has gone crazy in preparations, and with Merry's husband Rex gunning for the prize, she has no choice but to help. Putting up lights is the last thing Merry wants to do, and she's hoping to get by with the barest minimum needed to comply.Unfortunately, as she's working on the display, she finds a dead man tangled in her lights. Can Merry find the killer and get her display back on track before the lights go out on Christmas?What critics are saying about Leslie Langtry's...
Method Actor Murder
Leslie Langtry
Mystery / Romance / Humor
From USA Today bestselling author Leslie Langtry comes the next wacky, wild, wonderful Merry Wrath mystery...Whether they like it or not, culture is coming to Who's There, Iowa in the form of community theater! Merry Wrath, former CIA operative turned suburban Girl Scout Troop leader has high hopes when Ye Olde Opera House is renovated, and newcomers Ophelia and her husband Dante arrive from off-off-off Broadway (...Street in Peoria) with their stage pig, Iago, to put on a production of Derek the Sparkly Unicorn Ninja, which was written by the mysterious SeBasquetian deCatalonia Braveheart.But chaos is the name of the game when half the town and their hamsters show up for auditions, Merry has been volunteered as Stage Manager, and her precocious troop are planning death-defying stunts and dangerous special effects. It certainly doesn't help that Ophelia emotes like a deranged drama queen and Dante seems to think there's a Tony Award for seducing women. When one of...
Have Yourself a Deadly Little Christmas
Part #8 of "Bombay Family of Assassins" series by Leslie Langtry
Mystery / Romance / Humor
BFOA03 Stand By Your Hitman
Leslie Langtry
Mystery / Romance / Humor
SUMMARY: Missi Bombay invents things--fatal flowers, Jell-O bullets, stroke-inducing panty hose and other ways to kill a target without leaving any kind of evidence. She's a great asset to her family of assassins. The one thing she can't invent, though, is a love life. Unfortunately, her mom has decided to handle that for her. Next thing Missi knows, she's packed off to Costa Rica for a wild reality show where she's paired with Lex, the hottest contestant on TV. Too bad she also has to scope out a potential victim. But the job becomes tougher when someone starts sabotaging the show...and love-of-her-life Lex thinks she's the culprit!
Mistaken Identity Murder
Leslie Langtry
Mystery / Romance / Humor
From USA Today bestselling author Leslie Langtry comes a hilarious case of mistaken identity...Merry Wrath, ex-CIA agent turned Girl Scout leader, is having a hard time dealing with the fact that the girls in her troop are now at that extremely dangerous age—the middle school years. Bearing this in mind, Merry should have anticipated what disaster chaperoning the school dance would be. Chaos reigns with everything from a rogue attack penguin to a punch-induced hallucination brought on by the very latest synthetic LSD. Things only get worse when a man is murdered, and the killer has been caught on camera—and is none other than Merry Wrath!Merry knows she's innocent, but proving it to the police is another matter. And family issues are keeping her awake at night too, now that Merry's hosting the Holy Mud Man from Chechnya and his goat Warren, to see if her new twin nephews are prophets. Add to that the zoo is considering revoking Scout Lauren's...
Mythic Melee Murder
Leslie Langtry
Mystery / Romance / Humor
From USA Today bestselling author Leslie Langtry comes a hilarious adventure of mythic proportions...Ex-CIA agent turned Girl Scout Leader, Merry Wrath is wondering if maybe it was a bad idea to have her girl scouts over for a Lord of the Rings marathon...because now they've signed the entire troop up for a LARP (Live Action Role Playing Game) event in Des Moines. The girls have decided they are the Skullcrushers from the country of Skullgraviastan—a land made up of mercenaries from other nations. They will be part of the Realm of Ulm for a weekend, fighting pirates, Mongols, Romans, and Vikings for supremacy!Okay, so maybe it'll be fun, Merry thinks. No real dead bodies, her husband dressed in a kilt as a Highlander, and she gets to be General Dorcas the Dark One. But things don't stay innocent for long as Andy the Necromancer tells them Steve the Sorcerer was murdered a month ago and the police are convinced it was an accident... even though Andy...
Monster Mash Murder
Leslie Langtry
Mystery / Romance / Humor
From USA Today bestselling author Leslie Langtry comes a hauntingly hilarious mystery...What's scarier than ex-CIA agent Merry Wrath's Girl Scout troop? How about the spookiest Halloween haunted house ever? And the girls have found the perfect place to hold it—a disturbingly dilapidated Victorian with something in the basement that gives off some serious we're-all-gonna-die vibes. Tween mayor Ava bought the house with city funds, which has drawn the ire of grumpy city inspector, Gilbert Moody. Who also happens to be the only one in town who is not afraid of the most terrifying Girl Scout in Merry's troop, the infamous Betty. This cranky civil servant has the paperwork to condemn any building, and he's not afraid to use it!Merry's got a horrifyingly full plate this fall, from her Chechen brothers-in-law moving in with her after their pregnant wives kicked them out, to the troop illegally adopting a sullen turkey vulture named Reggie. And now her...
Munchies and Murder
Leslie Langtry
Mystery / Romance / Humor
From USA Today bestselling author Leslie Langtry comes Merry Wrath's most wild case yet!Ex-CIA agent turned scout leader, Merry Wrath, faces her greatest challenge yet when her cranky new neighbor is convinced Merry's cat is melting her mind from across the street. But when Merry tries to extend an olive branch in the form of Girl Scout cookies, she finds the neighbor murdered! Worse yet, the security footage puts her not-too-bright nemesis, Kevin Dooley, at the scene of the crime.Murder wears a tin foil hat...In spite of the fact that Kevin has been a problem since elementary school, Merry doesn't want him to go to prison. But before she can begin to investigate, a large group of conspiracy theorists arrive and set up camp outside of town. Between the Hitler Faked the Moon Landing folks, cryptic cryptozoologists, and the Lizard People, Merry isn't sure what to believe. And when it turns out the victim was also into conspiracy theories and was...
Musket Ball Murder
Leslie Langtry
Mystery / Romance / Humor
From USA Today bestselling author Leslie Langtry comes a Civil War reenactment, a missing body, and one ex-CIA agent turned Girl Scout Troop leader with hilarious results!Merry Wrath has a problem. Her Girl Scout Troop co-leader has signed them up to participate in a Civil War reenactment based on the little-known Battle of Idiot Creek. In full 19th century costume, Merry is just hoping she can keep her troop out of trouble. Unfortunately, things start to fall apart immediately—from the cannon the kids buy with her credit card, to one girl sneaking off at night to beat the other reenactors at poker, to avoiding a rumble between her troop and the haughty Magnolia Girls.But things take a sharp turn for the worse when a real human leg appears in the pretend amputation tent...only to disappear while Merry's guarding it. The rest of the body doesn't seem to exist, making Merry wonder if she's losing her mind... or if there's a murderer among them. To...
Fishing Badge Murder
Leslie Langtry
Mystery / Romance / Humor
From USA Today bestselling author Leslie Langtry comes a Limited Release Merry Wrath Mysteries novella!Merry Wrath has been out of the CIA for two years when she decides to take her precocious Girl Scout troop fishing. Merry expects the biggest trauma she'll deal with is getting the girls to put worms on hooks. Turns out that's the least of her problems, when a man is shot dead not far from their fishing hole.The sheriff seems to have it under control until a Fed named Jones shows up to take over. But is the FBI agent really who he says he is? Merry soon discovers that's not the only thing that isn't what it seems as government agencies suddenly find her hometown of Who's There, Iowa far more interesting than it has any right to be...This story is only available for a limited time! Get your copy now before it's gone!Note: This work was previously published in the Pushing Up Daisies collection.What critics are saying about Leslie...
Mayor for Murder
Leslie Langtry
Mystery / Romance / Humor
From USA Today bestselling author Leslie Langtry comes another hilarious Merry Wrath Mystery!Former CIA assassin turned Girl Scout Troop leader Merry Wrath, can't believe it's finally here—the Who's There, Iowa mayoral showdown between the dull and clueless Mayor Van Meter, and uber-ambitious eleven-year old girl scout Ava. It's a campaign like no other with a debate worthy of any three-ring circus!To make matters worse, there's disharmony among the teen druids at the Cult of NicoDerm, CIA assassin Hilly and fifth grader Betty get up to some questionable practices, and a political worker is thrown off the roof of Sugar Lip's Feeling Lucky House of Delights Ice Cream Parlor. It doesn't help at all when the mayor goes missing and many think Betty finally acted on her goal to kidnap him. As the authorities close in on Ava and Betty, can Merry solve the murder and find the mayor before the election...or will she be leading future scout meetings in...
Mean Girl Murder
Leslie Langtry
Mystery / Romance / Humor
From USA Today bestselling author, Leslie Langtry comes the next assassin-in-suburbia Merry Wrath Mystery... The Halloween Parade is coming up, and former CIA agent-turned-suburbanite Merry Wrath's Girl Scout Troop hopes to repeat a 1st place trophy for the 3rd year in a row. But when they find a dead woman dressed as a witch, a mysterious treasure, and face a ruthless kidnapping, it looks like Merry's in for a different kind of triple threat. To add fuel to her bonfire, Mom's in town—meaning Merry has to replace all that bullet-riddled furniture in the guest room—and with her wedding date approaching, her groom-to-be's twin taxidermist sisters are insisting on doing the decorating.Between her family fiascoes and a dead witch who was loathed by everyone in town, Merry's head is spinning faster than an apple in a bobbing barrel. Who wanted this mean girl dead? Will this Halloween end with a treat? Or has Merry been tricked?
Meerkats and Murder
Leslie Langtry
Mystery / Romance / Humor
From USA Today bestselling author Leslie Langtry comes a former CIA agent turned Girl Scout Troop leader, and a murder that will keep you guessing until the end!Just as Merry Wrath's former career as a CIA agent seems to be fading into a distant memory, the agent turned Girl Scout troop leader discovers that her beloved little suburban ranch house may not be what it seems. When a masked gunman breaks in to demand the return of "Nye," she fears that she may not have been the first spy to live there. What...or who is "Nye?"And when Merry trips over the dead body of that same gunman later at the zoo, she realizes that her favorite king vulture and his mouthy scarlet macaw friend may be witnesses to a murder. Suddenly this becomes much more personal, and her list of suspects grows from a cosplaying teenaged demigod zookeeper, to a possible plot by the Russians... which may even include Merry's old arch-nemesis.Things aren't going well for her Girl Scout...
Scout Camp Mystery
Leslie Langtry
Mystery / Romance / Humor
From USA Today bestselling author Leslie Langtry comes a Limited Release Merry Wrath Mysteries novella!It's a hot, Iowa July and ex-CIA agent turned Girl Scout Leader Merry Wrath and her pregnant co-leader Kelly decide to take their troop to Girl Scout camp. While the girls flirt with pyromania and gasp at the stories of the haunted Ghost Badger Bridge, Merry's spydy senses tell her something is off. She feels that someone at this camp isn't who they seem to be.It takes a middle of the night blow to the head for her to realize she's right. A mystery is unfolding at camp, and between a secret, hidden road and a sabotaged, runaway horse, Merry needs to find out what's going on and put a stop to it...before the last campfire goes out!This story is only available for a limited time! Get your copy now before it's gone!Note: This work was previously published in the "Killer Beach Reads" collection.What critics are saying about...
Map Skills Murder
Leslie Langtry
Mystery / Romance / Humor
From USA Today bestselling author, Leslie Langtry comes the next laugh-out-loud Merry Wrath Mystery... Summer is moving fast for ex-CIA Agent turned Girl Scout troop leader, Merry Wrath. Wedding plans are underway, with the groom's twin sisters on a mission to decorate the festivities with taxidermized animals and a full troop of flower girls with terrible taste in dresses. If that wasn't enough to deal with, the Girl Scouts dig up a treasure map in Merry's yard. A century ago, the mysterious axe murder of Mad Mimi and the secret of her missing treasure were never solved. Merry thinks this map could be the key... but unfortunately, the investigation of this cold case—complete with a secret diary, gold bullion, and a llama named Tinkles—yields a modern day murder! Are these crimes connected? And more importantly—who has an axe to grind with Merry Wrath?
Four Killing Birds
Leslie Langtry
Mystery / Romance / Humor
From USA Today bestselling author Leslie Langtry comes a holiday short story that will leave you ho-ho-hoing with laughter!Shortly before the holidays, inventor and former assassin Missi Bombay gets orders to perform one last job. It's the granddaddy of all hits—to be carried out on Christmas Eve, no less. Missi knows she has only one chance at success, so she enlists the help of her cousins Gin, Dakota, and Coney. Together the Bombay cousins come out of retirement to stamp out the world's most evil cabal. Armed with four enormous, prehistoric-looking birds and Missi's quirky inventions, will these Bombays succeed before their window of opportunity closes for good?**This is an approximately 15,000 word/30 page short story.**Greatest Hits Mysteries available:'Scuse Me While I Kill This Guy – book #1Guns Will Keep Us Together – book #2Stand By Your Hitman – book #3I Shot You Babe – book #4
4 Sleuths & a Burlesque Dancer
Leslie Langtry
Four USA Today bestselling authors team up to bring you your favorite female sleuths in a hilarious new mystery series!After a murderous bachelorette party in Niagara Falls, Valentine, Merry, Kate, and Franki decide it's time to relax and have some fun in the Big Easy. New Orleans turns out to be anything but easy when the killer foursome stumble across the body of a formerly famous, elderly dolphin burlesque dancer. To make matters worse, NOLA's finest arrest Kate's husband Jim as the prime suspect!The four sleuths jump into action to catch the killer in a race against time that takes them to the seedier side of the French Quarter where they tussle with strippers, mud wrestlers, and dubious all-you-can-eat crawfish buffets.Between cranky Cajuns, mysterious Spanish dignitaries, and a bizarre running of the bulls, these four sleuths don't have time to laissez les bons temps rouler before Jim takes the fall for the dolphin dancer's murder!Get reacquainted...
Manga and Murder
Leslie Langtry
Mystery / Romance / Humor
From USA Today bestselling author Leslie Langtry comes a comic book convention turned crime scene!Welcome to Druid-Con!It's Who's There, Iowa's first Druid-Con, a comic book themed convention organized by the teens of The Cult of Nicoderm (a group of four local teens who've taken the idea of extracurricular activities a bit too far). Ex-CIA agent turned suburban Girl Scout troop leader Merry Wrath doesn't know how she was talked into making an appearance at the con as a giant beetle, but once she finds out that her favorite TV horror show host Deliria is going to be there, things are looking up!Meet Beetle Dork & Deliria...Always ready to take advantage of any opportunity, the little girls of Merry's scout troop are at the con in full force and princess dresses, hoping to help ambitious eleven-year-old Ava with her campaign to be the youngest mayor in Who's There's history. Unfortunately trouble comes in the form of a confrontation with rival teen...
Mosquito Bite Murder
Leslie Langtry
Mystery / Romance / Humor
From USA Today bestselling author Leslie Langtry comes a killer summer camping trip!In her career as a spy, Merry Wrath had her share of camping trips—from glamping in a yurt at Oktoberfest with drug lord Carlos the Armadillo to an awkward team building campout in the backyard of a Yakuza mob boss who thought "trust falls" should have lethal consequences. So when the former CIA turned Girl Scout troop leader has the opportunity to take six girls from her troop into a vast, private nature preserve in search of an abandoned scout camp, she jumps at it. The fact that she can secretly use this as a chance to meet up with another spy who has asked for her help just seems to be an added bonus.Of course she doesn't expect to find a guy named Chad in a shallow grave. He's still alive, at least for the moment, and he insists on accompanying them further into the woods. Merry's contact is a no-show, but another, more dangerous colleague surprises them on the...
Mardi Gras Murder
Leslie Langtry
Mystery / Romance / Humor
From USA Today bestselling author Leslie Langtry comes the next laugh-out-loud Merry Wrath Mystery!Let the good times roll!It's Spring Break, and ex-CIA agent Merry Wrath decides to take her precocious scout troop to a small town in Louisiana for Mardi Gras. Who Dat, LA is Who's There, Iowa's sister city, so naturally the whole town turns out to greet them with carriage rides, a swamp tour, and a cake party. Unfortunately for them, someone isn't happy they're in town...Bring the big guns—we'll have some fun on the bayou!Strange stories of a local half-gator/half-man, a weird ritual at a voodoo queen's grave, and a tea room filled with taxidermy make Who Dat seem like it's another planet, but Merry's gut tells her there's something unnervingly familiar about this town. Southern hospitality gives way to suspicion when two people are murdered and Merry was the last to see them alive. Is the killer really a vampire, like the police believe? What...
Mind-Bending Murder
Leslie Langtry
Mystery / Romance / Humor
From USA Today bestselling author Leslie Langtry comes the latest laugh-out-loud Merry Wrath adventure!Former CIA agent and current suburbanite Merry Wrath knows she's having a bad day when she wakes up wearing someone else's clothes in a locked room with a dead body and a dozen copies of the book, Boats of the Midwest. It doesn't help matters any when the police burst in and arrest her on the spot for the murder of a man she's never heard of. With an unimpeachable witness placing her at the scene of the crime, her Girl Scout troop trying to bust her out of jail, and a sister-in-law who's launched a one-woman campaign to send her to prison, Merry knows that this time she's in trouble.And Merry finds it's tough to clear your name when you're being followed by a wannabe bounty hunter who's chasing you down and dealing with a group of teenage druids who have just bought a hearse and an old church they call The Chapel of Despair. Added to her trouble are a couple...
Museum of Murder
Leslie Langtry
Mystery / Romance / Humor
From USA Today bestselling author Leslie Langtry comes an epic murder mystery, ten years in the making...Welcome to the Museum of Murder!Who knew that the town of Who's There was the murder capital of Iowa? And its new Museum of Murder is a hit, though Ex-CIA spy turned Girl Scout leader, Merry Wrath is less than happy that she's featured in the exhibits. Besides its quirky and somewhat disturbing charm (and a gift shop with questionable practices), everyone wants to know who's behind Who's There's hottest attraction? Some speculate it's hometown boy Sheldon McBride—a reclusive, ultra-wealthy inventor of ethanol-fueled cars, drones (and, rumor has it, a flock of robot turkeys).Be careful, or you might become the next exhibit!This weird new museum should be nothing but harmless fun... that is until a killer recreates copycat murders among the exhibits! As usual, chaos follows as Merry's troop wants to hand out rotting shark snacks for their...
Maltese Vulture Murder
Leslie Langtry
Mystery / Romance / Humor
From USA Today bestselling author Leslie Langtry comes the latest laugh-out-loud mystery about big trouble in a small town...What's better than one King Vulture? Two, of course!Merry Wrath, former CIA turned Girls Scout troop leader, is over the moon when her wacky taxidermist sisters-in-law present her with a stuffed King Vulture named Nellie Lou. But while the bird is beautiful, the deceased vulture has a secret past that leads to unanticipated trouble—ranging from a bad LSD trip to actually tripping over a dead body in Merry's garage!When a bizarre pair of men named Mr. Sun and Mr. Moon start lurking about, and Central Iowa is plagued with a rash of taxidermied animal thefts, Merry wonders how she's once again managed to get in the middle of it all. It doesn't help that she has to mentor a younger troop with two unmotivated leaders and a kid who experiments with napalm.With an arrogant mayor causing trouble, her house being trashed, and...
BFOA01 'Scuse Me While I Kill This Guy
Leslie Langtry
Mystery / Romance / Humor
EDITORIAL REVIEW: **YOU CAN'T PICK YOUR FAMILY...** Death by Chocolate is her favorite dessert. And those knitting needles aren't just for craft projects. To most people, Gin Bombay is an ordinary single mom. Then again, they don't know she's from a family of top secret assassins. Somewhere between leading a Girl Scout troop for her kindergartner--would nooses count for a knot badge?--and keeping their puppy from destroying the furniture, Gin now has to take out a new target. **BUT YOU CAN PICK THEM OFF** Except this target has an incredibly hot Australian bodyguard who knows just how to make her weak in the knees. But with a mole threatening to expose everything, Gin doesn't have much time to let her hormones do the happy dance. She's got to find the leak and clear her assignment...or she'll end up next on the Bombay family hit list.
Marshmallow S'More Murder
Leslie Langtry
Mystery / Romance / Humor
What could be better for former CIA agent turned Girl Scout leader Merry Wrath than taking twelve little girls to Washington DC for a bit of summer fun? Almost anything. Unfortunately, between her girls terrorizing the Secret Service and "accidentally" destroying the hotel pool, Merry has her hands full with this troop. And when her former handler, Riley, is kidnapped Merry has to turn to an old friend from her spy days and her parents, Senator and Mrs. Czrgy, to help her wrangle the troop and rescue the man she once briefly called her boyfriend. Armed only with a perpetually AWOL parent, stalked by a runaway King Vulture, and plagued by a mysterious death from her past, Merry's mayhem weaves a wacky trail from moonshiners in the Blue Ridge Mountains, to the bowels of the Japanese Embassy, to the ductwork of the International Spy Museum. With things heating up with current boyfriend, Detective Rex Ferguson, can Merry decipher clues from her past to find ex¬-boyfriend Riley and...
I Shot You Babe
Leslie Langtry
Mystery / Romance / Humor
SUMMARY: Perennial grad student Veronica Gale gets more than she bargained for when her latest dissertation project puts her in the path of PHosopher/assassin/carnival-ride operator Coney Bombay-and an unsolved murder that might just kill her, too.
Mama Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Hitmen
Leslie Langtry
Mystery / Romance / Humor
The Bombay Family of Assassins have hung up their gun belts, vials of undetectable poisons and throwing knives for good. Or have they? The kids of the newest generation have itchy trigger fingers and an opportunity pops up that's too good to refuse.It won't be easy. Should they bring back the family business and defy their parents? Will this younger generation work together without killing each other? Can you pass off a garrote as a cheese slicer at the family garage sale?Romi Bombay and her cousins are about to find out if they've got what it takes to make their own mark on the Bombay Legacy in MAMA DON'T LET YOUR BABIES GROW UP TO BE HITMEN.
Marked for Murder
Leslie Langtry
Mystery / Romance / Humor
From USA Today bestselling author Leslie Langtry comes the latest laugh-out-loud Merry Wrath mystery...Merry Wrath has been out of the spy biz so long that she's sure the CIA has forgotten all about her. Life in suburban Who's There, Iowa is pretty quiet in comparison to the Company, and as long as her Girl Scout Troop isn't inadvertently burning down her garage (again), Merry is thinking it's time to clean out all the plastique and booby traps she's been hiding in the basement, once and for all. That is, until assassin Hilly Vinton (who isn't an assassin because the CIA doesn't have assassins...but totally is) shows up with an agency-ordered Termination Contract on Merry.This has to be an elaborate prank. Or so Merry thinks, until she learns that the contract also went out to the Russians, Chechens, and Colombian cartels. It isn't long before Merry's small hometown is flooded with interested bad guys. When these...
Sex, Lies, & Family Vacations
Leslie Langtry
Mystery / Romance / Humor
Laura Smith is the mom of two adorable children, the wife of a successful businessman...and the unappreciated shadow of the woman she once was. Somehow, her family never seems to notice that the laundry gets done, the house is picked up, dinner mysteriously appears on the table, and then cleans up after itself. Instead of being her children's idol and her husband's lover, she's become a funny little footnote in her own life. That is until she takes her children on vacation to Disneyworld in sunny Florida, where she just happens to end up in a hotel room right next to her college flame, Alan James. Old passions ignite and new excitement sparks as Laura and Alan bring new meaning to "The Most Magical Place on Earth." But when Laura and Alan's spouses unexpectedly show up in Florida, a comedy of errors ensues, and only one thing is for certain: Laura's life will never be the same again.
Aloha Lagoon Mysteries Boxed Set Volume III (Books 7-9)
Leslie Langtry
Mystery / Romance / Humor
Palm tress, warm sand, and a "killer" vacation resort! Welcome to Aloha Lagoon, the deadliest little spot in the Hawaiian islands, with this boxed set of three, full-length cozy mystery novels in the Aloha Lagoon Mysteries series by USA Today bestselling authors, including:Ukulele Deadlyby Leslie LangtryUkulele player Nani Johnson is just starting to put the past behind her and settle in on Kauai. Unfortunately her island life proves anything but relaxing when a dead man is found in her backyard. Can Nani stay out of jail long enough to unmask the real killer...or will the police pin it all on her?Bikinis & Bloodshedby Anne Marie StoddardAfter a very painful—and very public—divorce from her cheating football star husband, Kaley Kalua heads to Aloha Lagoon, Hawaii for some peace and privacy. But when a when the woman is found strangled by a bikini top, and the police make it clear that Kaley's aunt Rikki is their main...
Merit Badge Murder
Leslie Langtry
Mystery / Romance / Humor
From national bestselling author, Leslie Langtry comes a mystery series of laugh-out-loud proportions...When CIA agent Merry Wrath is "accidently" outted, she's forced her into early retirement, changes her appearance, and moves where no one will ever find her—Iowa. Instead of black bag drops in Bangkok, she now spends her time leading a young Girl Scout troop. But Merry's new simple life turns not-so-simple when an enemy agent shows up dead at scout camp. Suddenly Merry is forced to deal with her former life in order to preserve her future one.It doesn't help matters that the CIA sends in her former, sexy handler to investigate...or that the hot new neighbor across the street turns out to be the local detective in charge of her case. And when Merry is forced to take on a roommate in the voluptuous form of a turned KGB agent/bimbo, things become trickier than wet work in Waukegan or cookie sales in the spring. Nothing in the CIA or Girl Scouts' training manuals has...
'Scuse Me While I Kill This Guy
Leslie Langtry
Mystery / Romance / Humor
SUMMARY: YOU CAN'T PICK YOUR FAMILY... Death by Chocolate is her favorite dessert. And those knitting needles aren't just for craft projects. To most people, Gin Bombay is an ordinary single mom. Then again, they don't know she's from a family of top secret assassins. Somewhere between leading a Girl Scout troop for her kindergartner--would nooses count for a knot badge?--and keeping their puppy from destroying the furniture, Gin now has to take out a new target. BUT YOU CAN PICK THEM OFF Except this target has an incredibly hot Australian bodyguard who knows just how to make her weak in the knees. But with a mole threatening to expose everything, Gin doesn't have much time to let her hormones do the happy dance. She's got to find the leak and clear her assignment...or she'll end up next on the Bombay family hit list.
Ukulele Deadly
Leslie Langtry
Mystery / Romance / Humor
Ukulele player Nani Johnson is just starting to put the past behind her and settle in on Kauai with her loveable but crazy Mom, her hot new boyfriend, and regular gigs at both the Blue Hawaii Wedding Chapel and the Aloha Lagoon Resort. But unfortunately her island life proves anything but relaxing when a dead man shows up carrying an ID that says he's from Nani's hometown. Now it looks like Nani and her mother are the main suspects.Things go from bad to bleak in paradise as Nani's mom starts acting even odder than usual, there's a mutiny involving snakes at the Blue Hawaii Wedding Chapel, and more bodies inconveniently pop up near Nani. Can Nani stay out of jail long enough to unmask the real killer...or will the police pin it all on her?
Mud Run Murder
Leslie Langtry
Mystery / Romance / Humor
Ex-CIA Agent turned small town Girl Scout leader, Merry Wrath, thinks she has her hands full getting her troop ready for the Mud Run out at scout camp. But a trip to the movies, where she sees her whole career played out on the big screen, turns her world from little girls to great big lies. Turns out her former handler, Riley, is hiding something and the Agency is on the warpath, thinking Merry has leaked classified intel. From a bizarre organization called Coats for Cats to redecorating her guest room with bullet holes, her life is turning into a Merry-go-round of misdirection, miscreants and misdemeanors. Can she clear her name, or will the Mud Run turn into a run for her life?
Guns Will Keep Us Together
Leslie Langtry
Mystery / Romance / Humor
Dakota Bombay prided himself on his Bond-like image—bad-guy killer by day, lady-killer by night. But his life gets both shaken and stirred by an irate grandmother demanding a marketing plan for the family assassination business, a precocious six-year-old son he never knew he had, and a mysterious redheaded funeral director who's got him intrigued in more ways than one.Suddenly the perennial playboy is knee deep in pie charts and play-dates, while juggling the demands of the not-so-family-friendly family business. Throw in a team of rival assassins, and Dak's dreams of living trigger-happily ever after just may be put on ice.
Mint Cookie Murder
Leslie Langtry
Mystery / Romance / Humor
Ex-CIA agent turned suburban scout leader, Merry Wrath, is just trying to live a normal, quiet life. But all that goes out the window when a convicted traitor (who's inconveniently not in his prison cell) dies on her doorstep, and an obese cat, who bears a disturbing resemblance to Hitler, decides to move in. To make things worse, it's time for the annual troop cookie sale, her new boyfriend's old college flame shows up to win him back, and someone's shooting at Merry in the frozen foods section of the grocery store. Is the assassin after her or the cat? Is Riley, her hot former CIA handler, hitting on her? Is Rex, her boyfriend, going to dump her? Will she sell enough cookies to take her troop to Winter Sniper Camp? If Merry doesn't find answer to these questions soon, it may be too late!
Stand By Your Hitman
Leslie Langtry
Mystery / Romance / Humor
SUMMARY: Missi Bombay invents things--fatal flowers, Jell-O bullets, stroke-inducing panty hose and other ways to kill a target without leaving any kind of evidence. She's a great asset to her family of assassins. The one thing she can't invent, though, is a love life. Unfortunately, her mom has decided to handle that for her. Next thing Missi knows, she's packed off to Costa Rica for a wild reality show where she's paired with Lex, the hottest contestant on TV. Too bad she also has to scope out a potential victim. But the job becomes tougher when someone starts sabotaging the show...and love-of-her-life Lex thinks she's the culprit!
Movie Night Murder
Leslie Langtry
Mystery / Romance / Humor
Merry Wrath has seen dangers galore in her former job as a CIA field agent. But nothing has prepared her for this—an overnight Mommy and Me lock-in with her Girl Scout troop, complete with movies, dodgeball, four cats, a baby...and a dead body. When the mysterious corpse's identity is revealed, Merry and her former handler, Riley, realize they might have a domestic terrorist situation on their hands...one that needs diffused quickly before any more dead bodies appear. Merry once again calls on her former professional skills to track down a killer. Between a new, hottie female medical examiner—who seems a bit too interested in Merry's boyfriend, Rex—the demanding President of the United States, the world's 2nd largest snail collection, and an incident with pink hair dye, Merry has her work cut out for her. Can she stop an attack before it begins? Or will this be one Movie Night without a happy ending?
