Chip Off the Ice Block Murder

by Jessie Chandler

Overview

In the icy grip of a Minnesota winter, Shay O'Hanlon can't wait to close up her coffee shop and head out of town for a romantic getaway with her partner, Minneapolis detective JT Bordeaux. But an unexpected call shatters their plans--Shay's father has vanished. Initially dismissing it as another one of his periodic benders, Shay's concern mounts when she discovers his gun has been linked to a homicide. The victim, discovered encased within a massive block of ice, provides more questions than answers.

Now, Shay, alongside JT and their eccentric allies, launches into a desperate search to find her father and unearth the true culprit--racing against time as the trail turns cold and the clues begin to freeze over.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781642474435
Publisher:	Bella Books
Publication date:	05/07/2024
Series:	Shay O'Hanlon Caper , #4
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.25(h) x 0.58(d)

About the Author

Jessie Chandler is the award-winning author of the Shay O'Hanlon Caper series and the National Protection and Investigation Unit Operation series. Her novels have garnered two Golden Crown Awards, an Independent Publisher Book Award, and a USA Book Award for LGBTQ fiction.

Jessie now lives in Portland, Oregon, where she spends her time writing, reading, making art, checking out new food carts, and traveling whenever she gets the chance. Check out Jessie's website ad JessieChandler.com

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Editorial Reviews

"Jessie Chandler's latest Shay O'Hanlon adventure is as sharp as a frigid winter day. A body in a block of ice meant for the Winter Carnival Ice Palace is just the beginning of this wild luge ride as Shay sorts through the clues to clear her father of murder. Like a luge, there are twists and turns throughout, but Jessie saves the bigest twist for (quite literally) the last few seconds. Highly recommended."—John Gaspard, author of The Eli Marks Mysteries

From the Publisher

2014-02-26
A daughter tries to clear her father's name when he's implicated in a murder she can't believe he committed. Shay O'Hanlon's bags are packed for a quick New Year's Eve getaway with her girlfriend, JT Bordeaux, one of Minnesota's finest cops. Their relationship has been going strong, and they're looking forward to stoking the fire with a few quiet days in Duluth. But then Shay gets a call saying her father hasn't shown up for work at the bar he owns, the Leprechaun, on one of the busiest nights of the year. An on-again, off-again drunk, Peter O'Hanlon isn't particularly reliable, and Shay heads over to take his place behind the bar even though slinging beers is the last thing on her mind; she needs to make sure the Lep makes it through the night in the black. Luckily, a stranger named Lisa Vecoli wanders in looking for Pete and ends up giving Shay a hand, along with Nick "Coop" Cooper, Shay's dearest friend. In fact, it's a good thing Pete is MIA, since before the night is out, a police detective comes looking for him: One of Pete's guns has been found frozen solid in a block of ice along with a body. Shay and JT cancel their trip so they can find Pete and clear his name. Their only clue is that he appears to have been ready to sell the Lep to a mysterious group called Subsidy Renovations Inc. With a cast of characters too numerous and flatly quirky to track, Chandler's latest (Pickle in the Middle Murder, 2013, etc.) is her most confusing yet. Developing the minor figures more fully would lead to a bigger payoff when the final twist comes.

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