A Palette For Love And Murder A Detective Parrott Mystery

Detective Oliver Parrott returns from his honeymoon to find a spiffed-up office and a spanking-new case-the theft of valuable paintings from a renowned Brandywine artist's studio. Soon theft leads to murder, and Parrott learns there is more to the artist's palette than just globs of paint.

Detective Oliver Parrott returns from his honeymoon to find a spiffed-up office and a spanking-new case-the theft of valuable paintings from a renowned Brandywine artist's studio. Soon theft leads to murder, and Parrott learns there is more to the artist's palette than just globs of paint.

A PALETTE FOR LOVE AND MURDER picks up with Detective Parrott's next case in Brandywine Valley, Pennsylvania, where the landscape is lush, the mansions are huge, and the secrets are deep. Parrott has just returned from his honeymoon with his new wife, Tonya, a Navy helicopter pilot home from her second tour in Afghanistan. When paintings by a nationally recognized local painter, Blake Allmond, are stolen, Parrott realizes he may have another prominent case. Soon Allmond is found violently murdered in his second home in New York City. With two crimes in two states and control over only one, Parrott must carefully investigate while under the watchful gazes of the rich and powerful people who command his community, many of whom, like Blake, hide dark secrets. Somehow Parrott's professional and personal lives intertwine, and he's challenged to protect the people he cares about most. Winner of multiple awards, including the Killer Nashville Silver Falchion Readers' Choice award, A PALETTE FOR LOVE AND MURDER is a cleverly plotted, beautifully written, and wholly gripping story, sure to win new fans for Detective Oliver Parrott.

A MURDER OF PRINCIPAL is a contemporary whodunit, filled with diverse characters to represent our changing times and society.

Someone comes to the party with murder in his heart and poison in his pocket...A powerful and rich playboy, a rare but naturally occurring poison, a newly divorced woman with an axe to grind-these are just a few of the challenges that African-American Detective Oliver Parrott faces when he answers a routine call for back-up...

YOU JUST CAN'T KEEP A GOOD CORPSE DOWN If the dead could come back for just one night, would we want them to? Meet the Haskins, a seemingly normal suburban family, as they prepare for the annual macabre holiday known as "Dead Day" - when the deceased rise from the grave from sunset to sunrise. Some come back to reunite with family and friends, others for one last night of debauchery, still others with only one thing on their decomposing minds: revenge. From writer Ryan Parrott (OBERON, VOLITION, Power Rangers) and artist Evgeniy Bornyakov (DESCENDENT, YOU ARE OBSOLETE) comes an unnerving tale of existential horror with grave consequences.

A beautifully packaged edition of one of García Márquez's most beloved novels, with never-before-seen color illustrations by the Chilean artist Luisa Rivera and an interior design created by the author's son, Gonzalo García Barcha. In their youth, Florentino Ariza and Fermina Daza fall passionately in love. When Fermina eventually chooses to marry a wealthy, well-born doctor, Florentino is devastated, but he is a romantic. As he rises in his business career he whiles away the years in 622 affairs—yet he reserves his heart for Fermina. Her husband dies at last, and Florentino purposefully attends the funeral. Fifty years, nine months, and four days after he first declared his love for Fermina, he will do so again.