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If you like audiobooks laced with dark, gritty suspense, you won’t be disappointed by this addition to the adventures of Johnny Deal. Set in Miami, each novel in Les Standiford’s gripping series glows with the heat of danger and deception. In the wake of a major hurricane, Johnny Deal, a Miami contractor, is busy with renovations and enjoying new prosperity. But the ambitious plans of a Cuban sugar baron are about to remove the sweet taste of success from Johnny’s life. Hired thugs send Deal’s plans up in flames, but it’s not just the contracting business that is at stake.

Letting no good deal go undone, the Good Buy Girls are ready to pounce on the St. Stanley flea market, where wealthy Vera Madison is selling off her vintage clothing. The widow’s wardrobe is just what Maggie Gerber needs to give her second-hand shop, My Sister’s Closet, the edge over vindictive rival Summer Phillips, who’s opened her own second-hand shop across the street. But when Vera is found dead, it turns out that she collected enemies like Dior gowns - and had more than a few skeletons in her walk-in closet. Now it’s up to Maggie and the Good Buy Girls to find the killer.

As a former military spouse, Sarah Winston’s learned a little about organizing, packing, and moving. Her latest project sounds promising: a couple of tech-industry hipsters, newly arrived in her Massachusetts town, who need to downsize. Unfortunately, when Sarah tries to sell their stuff, she discovers it’s all stolen - and she’s the unwitting fence. Michelle, an old friend of Sarah’s from the Air Force base, is in line for a promotion - but not everyone is happy about it. When a man who complains turns up dead in Michelle’s car, Sarah needs to clear Michelle’s name.

Now the star of her own reality show, The Family Frugalicious, Maddie Michaels heads south of the border with her family to cover bargain destination weddings at a swank but budget-friendly Mexican resort. Things get a little too real when timeshare sales manager Alejandro Espinoza makes a play for Maddie one evening and ends up floating dead in the pool the next. Was it an accident or a preplanned part of the Mrs. Frugalicious storyline?

Molly's best friends know exactly what the Zeitgeist magazine advice columnist needs to prove herself as a true journalist. So when Manhattan advertising maverick Garth Henderson turns up dead, Molly finally gets her chance by landing an exclusive interview with Gwen Lincoln, the victim's ex-wife and the prime suspect. But if solving the ad world's most sensational murder isn't enough, Molly must deal with a fickle editor with her own agenda and her boyfriend, who happens to be a sexy NYPD homicide detective. Now Molly must hit the ground running in her four-inch Jimmy Choos if she's going to finish her story before the killer puts the "dead" in her deadline....

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