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High Praise for CAROLYN HART & APRIL FOOL DEAD
“An honest-to-goodness whodunit, with enough red herrings to fill a pickle barrel…The characters all are convincingly drawn, with the formidable, gin-guzzling Emma Clyde standing out as a tour de force.”
Columbia State
“The doyenne of American cozies.”
Margaret Maron
“If I were teaching a course on how to write a mystery, I’d make Carolyn Hart required reading.”
Los Angeles Times
“Carolyn Hart embodies the spirit of Agatha Christie more than any other contemporary writer. With her energy, ingenuity, and sparkling sense of humor, Hart writes stories that Dame Agatha herself would have loved.”
Dean James
“Carolyn Hart’s craftsmanship makes her mystery’s Queen of C’s—cozy, clever, and chock-full of charm.”
Mary Daheim, author of the Bed-and-Breakfast mysteries
“[A] master of mysteries.”
Green Bay Press-Gazette
“Carolyn Hart’s thoughtful, innovative mysteries make her, without a doubt, among the best crime writers living today.”
Earlene Fowler
“Carolyn Hart is a shining star in the mystery galaxy.”
Jackson Clarion-Ledger
“Hart’s laurels need no burnishing.”
Washington Times
“Hart is an expert at seamless storytelling.”
Ft. Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel
“Hart has always been a fine writer, but her work gets better with each novel.”
Oklahoma City Oklahoman
“Carolyn Hart is a joy to read.”
Glen Cove Record-Pilot
“I’ll admit it…I’m a sucker for Carolyn Hart’s Annie and Max series.”
Robert Crais
“The joy in Hart’s novels derives from revisiting recurring characters from previous Annie and Max novels—especially Annie’s rambunctious mother-in-law, Laurel, and her two cats, Agatha and Dorothy L.”
San Diego Union-Tribune
“Hart’s strong suit is characterization; the people romping through her pages come vividly alive. And the Darlings are appealing co-protagonists, reminiscent of the fictional ‘Mr. and Mrs. North.’”
Cleveland Plain Dealer
“One of the most attractive pairs of sleuths since Dashiell Hammett’s Nick and Nora Charles.”
Chicago Sun-Times
“The Darling duo is as winning as ever.”
Baltimore Sun
Also by Carolyn Hart
Death on Demand
DEATH ON DEMAND
DESIGN FOR MURDER
SOMETHING WICKED
HONEYMOON WITH MURDER
A LITTLE CLASS ON MURDER
DEADLY VALENTINE
THE CHRISTIE CAPER
SOUTHERN GHOST
MINT JULEP MURDER
WHITE ELEPHANT DEAD
SUGARPLUM DEAD
Coming Soon in Hardcover
ENGAGED TO DIE
Henrie O
DEAD MAN’S ISLAND
SCANDAL IN FAIR HAVEN
DEATH IN LOVERS’ LANE
DEATH IN PARADISE
DEATH ON THE RIVER WALK
RESORT TO MURDER
Copyright
This book is a work of fiction. The characters, incidents, and dialogue are drawn from the author’s imagination and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to actual events or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
APRIL FOOL DEAD. Copyright © 2002 by Carolyn Hart. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, down-loaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.
EPub Edition © FEBRUARY 2007 ISBN: 9780061861826
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