Wine Valley Mystery Boxed Set 9-12 (Wine Valley Mystery Series)

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CLARET AND CARNAGE, Book 9
Animals, including humans, perform stunts and tricks—they also hunt.
This heart-stopping suspense begins at Circus Andronicus. Det. Max King and Dr. Joy Burton enjoy a night off-duty with their dates. Ringmaster Drag’on Queen leads the themed Wild Jungle Safari show, where a horse-man rides a unicycle, a mermaid dances with a fire-dragon, and the finale includes murder.

VIOGNIER AND VENOM, Book 10
Humans, too, can slither and strike like snakes.
This heart-pounding mystery begins at the Wine Valley Serpentarium, where Amarillo Hicks works and owner, Silas, milks snakes for venom. The following morning, Det. Max King and Dr. Joy Burton answer a call. They find a body surrounded by a host of slithering, wriggling reptiles and a sixteen-foot-long albino Burmese python coiled around the corpse’s chest.

FRASCATI AND FRATRICIDE, Book 11
The brotherhood of man includes some unbrotherly killers.
This page-turning mystery begins at the Nu Omicron Nu fraternity house, where brother Robby Pickett meanders through a Heaven and Hell party during rush week. The party ends in murder. Det. Max King and Dr. Joy Burton study a house full of suspects, some with textbook secrets, others with real shockers.

FUME BLANC AND FIRE, Book 12
The darknet. Cryptocurrency. Family secrets.
This heart-pounding mystery begins with Detective Max King and Dr. Joy Burton on a quest to discover the secrets of their childhood. Clues lead to a cabin in the woods, where—for the second time in their lives—fire engulfs them. A mysterious figure extracts Max and Joy. But not all survive. A charred body is discovered in the ashes, and Max and Joy are the primary suspects for the murder of a prominent man. There’s only one way to reclaim their lives—fight fire with fire.