Praise for USA Today bestselling author Connie Shelton and the Charlie Parker mysteries: "Charlie is slick, appealing and nobody's fool." -- Booklist Charlie is invited to a plush Santa Fe spa, a week-long spiritual/nutrition retreat with her friend Dr. Linda Casper. The massages and spa treatments sound great, until she realizes that there is something darker going on at the mountain resort. Meanwhile, Drake has his own set of concerns. He's been asked to testify as an expert witness in a helicopter crash case and it's causing him more anxiety than any feat of flying ever did. It seems that they are each on their own but their two cases overlap and dangers abound, from all sides. "Charlie is just what readers want." -- Booklist "Charlie is a fabulous amateur sleuth." -- Midwest Book Review "Readers can only hope the likeable characters, fast-paced plots and local color will continue." -- Albuquerque Journal "A fun and fast read." -- Small Press Magazine I once attended a yoga class in which the instructor was a very prickly, un-centered person. Other than that, the story and setting in Gossip Can Be Murder is fictional. Originally contained as a subplot to an earlier Charlie book, I decided that I had too many threads for one book. I split them in two and created two separate books. Incidentally--if you are writing--I don't recommend doing it this way. It turned into a lot more work than simply plotting a solid story from the beginning! As a side note, readers may notice the introduction of Samantha Sweet in this book. It's the first time she and Charlie cross paths--but not the last. Connie Shelton is the author of more than two dozen books in the Charlie Parker mystery series and the new Samantha Sweet series. An avid mystery reader all her life, she says it was inevitable that this would be the genre she would write. She has taught writing--both fiction and nonfiction--and is the creator of the Novel In A Weekend writing course. She and her husband currently reside in northern New Mexico with their two dogs. Used Book in Good Condition