And the closer she gets to unmasking her husband's assassin, the more frighteningly apparent it becomes that someone's dark and enduring homicidal passions have not yet been fully satisfied. Because the deaths did not begin with Richard Collins, nor have they ended there. But her unwavering determination to uncover the truth in a house of lies may ensure that she never leaves. Henrie O's anger and pain-her duty to the past and to the cherished memory of the man she dearly loved-have brought her to this island of breathtaking, lethal beauty. At the lavish mountaintop estate of Belle Ericcson-where Richard spent the final days of his life-and in the company of the fabulously wealthy matriarch's large, extended clan, Henrie is privy to the rumors that have torn Belle's family apart: terrible allegations of greed and jealousy of treachery, adultery, abuse.and of a mystery that surrounds the kidnap-slaying of Belle's eldest child, CeeCee, which may have been what called Richard Collins to Kauai and to his death. It is news that enrages the normally self-contained Henrie 0, and a summons she cannot ignore, as she follows cryptic clues and her infallible instincts to a secret-shrouded tropic Eden-a lush and verdant Pacific paradise where giant palm fronds hide evil deeds from inquisitive eyes and the soft, salt scented ocean breeze whispers of treachery and death. Then, on a brisk March morning, a package arrives by courier that shatters her fragile peace of mind-a chilling message that claims Richard's fatal fall from a towering island cliff was no accident. A Henrie O Mystery 8vo 275 pages Signed by Author.Henrie O has experienced much sadness and loss in her life-yet nothing more tragic than the sudden death six years ago of her beloved newspaperman husband, Richard, on the Hawaiian island of Kauai. Death in Paradise is a heartbreaking, beautifully written novel that will leave you feeling deeply connected to the characters and their struggles. As she struggles to come to terms with her new reality, Constance must decide whether to keep the baby and face the consequences, or end the pregnancy and return to her life in the U.S. But Daniel is also married, and Constance soon discovers that she is pregnant.
Along the way, she meets Daniel, a charismatic and reckless tourist, and begins to fall in love with him.
It follows the story of Constance, a beautiful and wealthy woman who is travelling to Paradise to escape her troubled past. SIGNED by author Carolyn Hart directly on the title page Carolyn Hart's Death in Paradise is a mesmerizing, heart-wrenching novel about love and loss in the Caribbean. An attractive first edition/first printing in Near Fine condition in alike dust jacket with minor soiling and edgewear.
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