The Annie Graceland Cupcakes Cozy Mystery Box Set #2
Books 5 - 7
Pamela DuMond
Pamela DuMond Books
Contents
Copyright
The Annie Graceland Cupcakes Cozy Mystery Box Set #2: Books 5 - 7
Praise and Description
Cupcakes, Diaries, and Rotten Inquiries
Praise and Description:
Copyright
Dedication
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
Chapter 32
Chapter 33
Chapter 34
Chapter 35
Chapter 36
Diaries Recipes
Acknowledgments
Cupcakes, Bats, and Scare-dy Cats
Praise and Description
Copyright
Dedication
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
Chapter 32
Chapter 33
Chapter 34
Scare-dy Cats Recipes
Acknowledgments
Cupcakes, Bars, and Rock Stars
Praise and Description:
Copyright
Dedication
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Rock Star Recipes
Sneak Peek of To Live and Let Lie
About the Author
Also by the Author
Acknowledgments
The Annie Graceland Cupcakes Cozy Mystery Series Box Set #2: Books 5 - 7
Copyright © 2016 by Pamela DuMond
Includes:
Cupcakes, Diaries, and Rotten Inquiries (#5)
Copyright 2015
Cupcakes, Bats, and Scare-dy Cats (#6)
Copyright 2015
Cupcakes, Bars, and Rock Stars (#7)
Copyright 2016
All rights reserved.
No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems, without written permission from the author, except for the use of brief quotations in a book review.
The Annie Graceland Cupcakes Cozy Mystery Box Set #2: Books 5 - 7
Cupcakes, Diaries, and Rotten Inquiries (#5)
Cupcakes, Bats, and Scare-dy Cats (#6)
Cupcakes, Bars, and Rock Stars (#7)
by
Pamela DuMond
Praise and Description
Praise for the Cupcakes books:
"I had a ball reading this fast paced, joyous and frothy murder confection." Amazon Reviewer.
“One part Ghost Whisperer, two parts Stephanie Plum, shake and stir and you have Annie Graceland!” Dakota Cassidy (USA Today Bestselling Author of the Accidentals series.)
“The animals win this one…” Jeanie Jackson.
“And any book that includes pets is an added bonus!” A Normal Mom
"It doesn't get any funnier!!" Karen Rontowski - Ghost Hunter and Comedienne (Seen on The David Letterman Show.)
Watch the Annie Graceland Mystery Book Trailer!
Cupcakes Book Trailer
USA Today Bestselling author, PAMELA DuMOND, pitched the real life ERIN BROCKOVICH story to 'Hollywood', where it became the smash hit movie.
Now she brings readers brings readers Books #5 – 7 in the hilarious Annie Graceland Cozy Mystery BOX SET #2.
Annie Graceland's a baker with a PINCH of PSYCHIC ABILITY…
She can see and talk with ghosts. Unfortunately they can see and talk with her as well, nagging her incessantly to solve their murders.
These cozy mysteries have hours of laughs, recipes, a pinch of light romance, and even a cat!
The Annie Graceland BOX SET #2 includes:
Cupcakes, Diaries, and Rotten Inquiries, (#5)
Cupcakes, Bats, and Scare-dy Cats (#6)
Cupcakes, Bars, and Rock Stars (#7)
ROTTEN INQUIRIES:
Annie’s former boyfriend, Mack the man McManus, 'friends' her on Facebook. Unfortunately, Mack has NO boundaries: he even shows up unexpectedly at her work. He’s in town for a convention, wants her to show him around, and pesters her to re-kindle their romance.
When Mack is murdered, his befuddled ghost materializes at Annie's apartment, and won't leave! It's up to Annie to solve Mack's murder, and send him to the Afterlife before her mother arrives in town for Thanksgiving. Can she do it before she loses what little remains of her sanity?
SCARE-DY CATS:
Annie’s out at a Halloween party with her handsome detective boyfriend, when her apartment manager, Anthony Spiggottini, busts into her place, and literally lets the dog and cat out. She’d gladly have killed him, but someone beats her to it.
Now Annie’s searching for her beloved cat while dealing with Anthony’s ghost who refuses to accept that he’s dead. It’s a good thing she doesn’t know that her kitty and his friends are running loose on Venice streets, also tracking down the murder suspects.
ROCK STARS:
Annie and her friends attend the star-studded United Music Awards so her BFF, Julia, can reunite with famous rock star SLICE. But when Slice is murdered during the event, Julia becomes a prime suspect.It's up to Annie to solve Slice's murder, before Julia is forever framed for the deed.
It doesn’t help that Slice’s addled ghost haunts her, tagging along on his own, final ‘magical mystery tour’ while she investigates his groupies, the music producer, and other band members. Enter the madcap world of Rock 'n' Roll mischief and mayhem—if you dare!
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An Annie Graceland Cozy Mystery, #5
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Cupcakes, Diaries, and Rotten Inquiries
Praise:
"I had a ball reading this fast paced, joyous and frothy murder confection." Amazon Reviewer.
"I love this series! When is the next one out?" Amazon Reviewer.
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Cupcakes Book Trailer
Description:
Annie Graceland's a thirty-something-year-old baker with a pinch of psychic ability. But Annie's recently acquired a spookier skill—she can see and talk to ghosts. Much to her dismay, they also talk to her—nagging her incessantly to solve their murders. Annie’s former boyfriend, Mack, 'friends' her on Facebook. Unfortunately, Mack has NO boundaries: he even shows up unexpectedly at her work. He’s in town for a convention, wants her to show him around, and pesters her to re-kindle their romance. When Mack is murdered, his befuddled ghost materializes at Annie's apartment, and won't leave! It's up to Annie to solve Mack's murder, and send him to the Afterlife before her mother arrives in town for Thanksgiving. Can she do it before she loses what little remains of her sanity?
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Cupcakes, Diaries, and Rotten Inquiries
(An Annie Graceland Cozy Mystery, #7)
Copyright © 2015 Pamela DuMond
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Cover Art Design by Renee George
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For
Monica Mason
Chapter 1
Neener-Neener
ANNIE
Dear Diary,
Allow me to briefly introduce myself, and then we can dive into the dishy details later.
My name is Annie Rose Graceland. I’m thirty-eight years old, but I regularly use sunscreen, and could totally pass for thirty-six. I hail from Wisconsin, but I’m currently living in L.A. as I try my best to divorce a man I like to call Satan. I’m dating a hot detective named Raphael Campillio, who, cross my fingers, might be a keeper. I adore my cat, and I love my mother, Nancy—even though she drives me crazy—but to be fair, I do believe that falls well within her job description. I’m a normal girl, with a normal-sized figure, and somewhat normal friends. To be honest, there’s really only one tiny thing that’s a little different about me.
Please don’t repeat or share this with anyone. I’ve known, for quite some time, that I’m a teensy bit psychic. Well, technically, I’m empathic. I can feel other persons’ lusts and desires in my own body. It usually only happens if I’m super stressed. Like that time I suspected my husband was cheating on me. And now I’m getting divorced. Or when my bakery business tanked, and I became a murder suspect. That was when I discovered that I can see and talk to dead people, especially those who have been murdered.
I’m not going to maul your beautiful pages by getting into a lengthy dissertation on the appalling murder rate in this country. I’m simply going to say that the suckiest part of this whole talking-to-dead-people gig is that they can also see and talk to me, nagging me incessantly to bring their killers to justice so they can pass to the Afterlife. But enough about this detail about my life, Diary—it gets old pretty quickly.
Here’s what’s really on my mind.
Do you know, Diary, what happens every November? It’s a pseudo-sadomasochistic type of event. And no, I’m not talking about the obligatory Thanksgiving Day celebration spent with your family where the turkey’s overcooked, a well-intentioned auntie insists you eat cranberry-flavored wobbly stuff plopped out of a can, and your cousins holler at the TV for twelve straight hours watching football. God made Advil and liquor for that kind of headache.
I’m talking about the phenomena called Neener-Neener-Wri-Mo—where zealous writers willingly strap themselves into chairs for hours while their asses turn numb and Jello-like as they pound out word after endless word in an attempt to complete a novel in a month.
I am—by trade—a baker, Dear Diary. And the only reason I agreed to participate in this Neener-Neener event is because I am nice, have been accused of being kind—when I’m not cranky—and I like to support my friends.
My buddy, Grady Swenson—he of the fabulous hair, brilliant mind, oh-so-cute face, and decent farm boy body, (I’d date him, but he bats for the other team) is a talented screenwriter. For whatever reason, he can’t seem to break into what folks in L.A. call “the industry.”
Grady’s heard through whatever grapevine he’s listening to that “industry types” are looking for “original content” (aka books and/or short-stories) to adapt for film and TV. So, Mr. Final Draft decided he’s going to slam out a novel during Neener, and that it would be nice if his BFFs, Julia and I, supported him in his efforts.
A little about Julia: Also thirty-eight years old, Julia Devereaux is a public defender in Los Angeles County by day. She wears conservative suits, and moderate heels as she advocates for L.A.’s possibly criminal (innocent until proven guilty) poor, and under-privileged. At night, however, Julia dons her super push up bra, her extra strong Spanx, slithers into an overly form-fitting dress, and trolls the town looking for Mr. Right, or Mr. Right Now. And trust me on this: she’s great at all of her jobs—no matter what the job entails. The girl is determined with a double D.
So, when Grady asked us to write something along with him during Neener-Neener, Julia replied, “Dude, are you out of your frigging mind? Writers dream about life. I don’t have time to write—I live my life with gusto.”
“I do believe his name was Gustavo,” I said. “You met him online in a Men-Who-Like-Curvy-Girls chat room and spent one torrid weekend shacked up with him at a Renaissance Faire, in Irwindale, California. You dressed like a slutty gypsy and gnawed on pig’s knuckles that he hand-fed you. I saw the pictures and the images are seared into my brain. I can’t even look at a pork chop anymore without breaking into a sweat.”
“Let Annie do the Neener-Neener thing,” Julia sniffed. “She doesn’t have much of a life.”
“I do, too, have a life,” I said. “I have a cat and I’m working very hard at being a baker, and—”
“You lost your business when you were framed for Dr. Derrick Fuller’s murder,” Julia said. “He was the best-selling author of the famed ‘I Promise You’ self-help book series and practically anointed by Oprah, for God’s sake.”
“He was an obnoxious asshat who ruined my marriage,” I said, “and continues to haunt me to this day.”
“I figured neither of you ladies would be immediately sold on NaNoWriMo,” Grady said. “So close your eyes and hold out your hands. I bought us all gifts—very pretty gifts.”
So, Dear Diary—we did.
And that’s how I met you.
You’re covered in thick, durable, hand-washable vinyl adorned with multi-colored images of cupcakes and you’re adorbs!
Chat later?
Xo,
Annie Rose Graceland
How Annie's Ghost Talking Saga Began... (Book Trailer)
Chapter 2
Dear Finley
GRADY
Dear Diary,
If it’s all right with you, I’d like to call you, Finley. So, let
me edit this just a bit…
Dear Finley,
I bought diaries in the hopes my BFFs, Annie and Julia, would agree to pen a few journal entries in support of me furthering my career as a professional writer.
A little about me: I’m an out gay man from the Midwest, who lives a rather quiet, introspective life. I prefer books and movies to partying and parades. I’m in a monogamous relationship with my lovely boyfriend, Liam, who I met during one of Annie’s ghost and murder solving debacles. Oops, scratch that. She swore me to secrecy regarding her psychic abilities—so I’d prefer if you kept that ghost and murder thing between you and me.
I moved to Los Angeles in the hopes of becoming a screenwriter. For the past few years, I almost sold a spec script five times before being rejected at the eleventh hour. Now, I’m realizing, much to my dismay that I’m just one of a herd of wannabe screenwriters, pecking away at their laptops every day at any given coffee shop across the second biggest city in America.
I’ve decided I’ll happily settle for being a novelist, should I complete a commercial property (aka Novel,) that could be shopped and optioned for film and/or TV.
Oh, Finley. I wish the writing bug had never bitten me. I was raised in a small town in Iowa, which by no means precludes a love of all things literary. After all, the Iowa Writer’s Workshop is internationally acclaimed. As a child, I lived half my life at the library. I not only love novels and prose, I’ve read every book on screenwriting that has ever been written. And I have posters of every Steven Soderbergh movie in my bedroom back at my mom’s home.
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