Footprints in the Sand (Piper Donovan Series #3)

by Mary Jane Clark

Overview

It's the dead of winter and struggling actress and wedding—cake decorator Piper Donovan is thrilled to be in warm and romantic Sarasota, Florida, enjoying the powdery white beaches, soothing seas, and golden sunsets over the Gulf of Mexico. She and her family are there to celebrate her beloved cousin's wedding. Not only is Piper creating the sugar—sand—dollar—festooned wedding cake, she's also the maid of honor.

But a cloud seems to be hovering over the whole affair. Shortly after a bridesmaid mysteriously disappears, a kindly neighbor's car is run off the road and a prospective witness, an innocent Amish teenager, is threatened to keep silent. Then a body is found on the beach where the wedding will take place. With the nuptials in jeopardy, it falls to Piper to unmask a killer.

As Piper gets close to figuring out who's been covering his guilty footprints in the sand, the cunning killer has already set his sights on Piper as his next victim!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780062135452
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	01/21/2014
Series:	Piper Donovan Series , #3
Pages:	384
Product dimensions:	5.20(w) x 8.50(h) x 1.20(d)

About the Author

Mary Jane Clark worked at CBS News for nearly three decades. Her twelve KEY News media thrillers were inspired by that experience. Envisioning the Piper Donovan/Wedding Cake mystery series, Mary Jane enrolled in cake—decorating classes and researched unique wedding locations. The daughter of an FBI agent and a mother who customized cakes for the neighborhood kids when she was growing up, Mary Jane has two grown children and splits her time between New Jersey and Florida.

Editorial Reviews

“The number of characters with motive for murder keeps you guessing,and the action-packed short chapters keep the story moving. You’ll also learn a little about cake decorating, and there’s a sweet surprise at the end.” - Library Journal on To Have and to Kill
“Piper Donovan, professional cake decorator, actress and amateur sleuth, is back. A multilayered plot filled with murder, a taste of jealousy and a healthy dose of madness and mistaken identity is frosted liberally with a rich confection of humor and romantic suspense.” - Romantic Times BOOKclub on To Have and to Kill
“… an engrossing and textured mystery sure to delight Piper’s fans.” - Booklist
“This is a truly fun read! … A definite keeper!” - Suspense magazine
“Required reading.” - New York Post
“A mystery series that mixes the art of wedding cake design with the thrills of suspense.” - Bergen Record (NJ)
“She understands how to hang on to her audience. Her characters are the sorts with whom many readers identify.” - USA Today
“Intriguing . . . will interest fans of foodie crime.” - Booklist on The Look of Love

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