Author elaine viets protagonist, reporter fancesca vierling is sassy, brassy, and very likable. Backstab a francesca vierling mystery book 1 ebook. Hello select your address best sellers todays deals new releases books electronics gift ideas customer service home computers sell. As a young girl, elaine viets was taught the virtues of south st. Newspaper columnist francesca vierling is drawn into the mystery surrounding the deaths of two of her friends in the same week. The rehabilitation of north dakota place is a feelgood storythe kind st. Six feet tall and bulletproof these attributes apply equally to elaine viets and her creation, francesca vierling. Louis, missouri, elaine viets was recently voted one of its five most powerful citizens by the riverfront times. Elaine viets ageless hollywood diva jessica gray is finishing the last leg of her onewoman show in st louis, missouri, and the nearby town of chouteau forest is dazzled. Well, bulletproof doesnt really apply, but sassy, brassy, and tall most certainly do. Louis gazette newspaper columnist and amateur sleuth francesca vierling, with letters from publisher, nice sexy leg art and motorcycle cover art, nice copy, bright and firm, as new, fine. She is also the author of the josie marcus, mystery shopper series, the francesca vierling mystery series, and numerous short stories. Its winter, and absolutely nothing is what it seems.
Doc in the box francesca vierling more editions of doc in the box francesca vierling. Pride in a neighborhoodand, like all good stories, this one has a hero, the woman who made it all happen, the citys guardian of good taste. The pink flamingo murders francesca vierling by viets, elaine and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Get the best deal by comparing prices from over 100,000 booksellers. Backstab by elaine viets overdrive rakuten overdrive. From anthony and agatha awardwinning author of the deadend job mysteriesa gritty series featuring a nononsense femal. Rubout ebook by elaine viets 9781625673442 rakuten kobo. The joys of the dark side by elaine viets trace evidence. Apr 11, 2020 elaine has 33 bestselling mysteries in four series. Louis newspaper columnist francesca vierling and exciting speculation over which characters might represent reallife postdispatch figures. Soon though, in 2003, she would start her longrunning deadend jobs series of books, beginning with the book shop till you drop that was to see the franchise running for over thirteen novels and counting. Backstab by elaine viets is the first novel in her francesca vierling series. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets.
During the show, she humiliates three homeless women onstage, fires her entouragenot for the first timeand makes a bitter enemy of the towns powerful patriarch. In addition to backstab, the debut novel in the francesca vierling mystery series, elaine viets is also the author of the humor book how to commit monogamy. Viets first drew on her professional experience to produce four novels set in st. Bestselling author of the dead end job and mystery shopper mystery series and host of the deadend jobs radio show. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read murder between the covers. Win rubout, the second ebook in my francesca vierling newspaper series. My first four mysteries, the francesca vierling newspaper series, are set at a mythical newspaper, the st. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Backstab francesca vierling, book 1 by elaine viets. Louis city gazette columnist francesca vierling likes to write. The organizers of the ball would prefer the event be considered a lowlight, however, and have done everything they can to rough up the affair and deter the rubsrich urban. Louis city gazette, francesca vierling is a sixfoottall beauty with brains and a talent for finding unusual and interesting subjects. The francesca vierling mystery series in order elaine viets.
Louis city gazette newspaper, and the newspaper cant stand to lose the circulation. Browse author series lists, sequels, pseudonyms, synopses, book covers, ratings and awards. Browse elaine vietss bestselling audiobooks and newest titles. These two locations drive my mysteries and fictional forays into other worlds. Its closer to kathy reichss tempe brennan mysteries. Francesca vierling is a newspaper columnist with a fictional st. Francesca vierling mysteries as a columnist for the st. I started dark with the francesca vierling mysteries, set at a newspaper. I cant wait until the next francesca vierling book comes out. The colorful people of her city provide her with all the inspiration she can handle, and her readers love her smart, streetwise styleeven if her. This entry was posted in blog and tagged bonnet house, deadend job mystery series, elaine viets, francesca vierling mystery series, josie marcus mytery shopper series, mystery and suspense, pub alley mystery series, the art of murder by elaine viets. The series covers the newspaper business and someone who is killing off the reads of the st. Josie marcus, mystery shopper series, the francesca vierling mystery series.
Back stab is a mystery about the newspaper businesswhich has always. Elaine, you have been writing successful series for quite some time now. The colorful people of her city provide her with all the inspiration she can handle, and her readers love her smart, streetwise styleeven if her stuffy, lessthanappreciative. Now im writing another dark series featuring death investigator angela richman. Doc in the box francesca vierling viets, elaine on.
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It was in 1997 though, that she finally released her fiction debut with the book called back stab, it being the first in the popular francesca vierling franchise. Backstab ebook by elaine viets 9781625673435 rakuten kobo. Fire and ashes elaine viets 9781477848807 netgalley. Backstab francesca vierling, book 1 by elaine viets book cover, description, publication history. She managed to forget almost everything she learned, which is why she turned to mystery writing. Elaine viets elaine viets used books, rare books and new books. My vampire short stories take place in fort lauderdale. Elaine viets is an agatha and anthony awardwinning author who writes the deadend job mystery series. And despite her lack of immunity to a speeding slug from a. Francesca goes to the leather and lace bikers society ball in st. She is also the author of the josie marcus, mystery shopper series. Buy the pink flamingo murders francesca vierling by elaine viets isbn. Alfred hitchcocks mystery magazine heralded my return to the dark side in november with a hardboiled short story.
Soon though, in 2003, she would start her longrunning deadend jobs series of books, beginning with the book shop till you drop that was to see the franchise. Elaine viets is a midwestern american newspaperwoman and mystery writer. Back stab is a mystery about the newspaper businesswhich has always been murder. The real draw, though, is vietss snappy critique of south florida. Ice blonde angela richman, death investigator by elaine viets paperback. Buy a cheap copy of the pink flamingo murders book by elaine viets. Reviewed in the united states on september 6, 2012. Rubout by elaine viets overdrive rakuten overdrive. Murder between the covers ebook written by elaine viets. My paranormal story, the bedroom door, is set in st. See more of elaine viets mystery writer on facebook. If this book is what can be called chicklit, so be it. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. Elaine viets has actually worked many of those deadend jobs in her mystery novels, just like her character helen hawthorne.
After four books, that series ended, though the francesca books are still in print. Elaine viets photo by nate parsons, courtesy of elaine viets six feet tall and bulletproof these attributes apply equally to elaine viets and her creation, francesca vierling. Louis and features a woman based on my grandmother vierling, who swore she had second sight. Elaine is president of the florida chapter of the mystery writers of america, and was a judge for the mwas coveted.
Louis native, took the medicolegal death investigator training course for forensic professionals at st. From anthony and agatha awardwinning author of the dead end job mysteriesthe first novel in. Every subgenre has its peculiar satisfactionsa reality recently borne in on elaine viets, who launched a new and darker series in our november issue. Whilst she wrote a number of books beforehand, many of these were titles related to her columns with humorous nonfiction advice style books like viets guide to sex, travel and anything else that will sell this book, which was released in 1993. Board stiff is the ultimate beach book set in the cutthroat world of beach concessions. Read rubout by elaine viets available from rakuten kobo.
This 1997 entry is elaine viets mystery debut and predates her dead end job and mystery shopper cozy series. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle. Elaine viets has written 33 mysteries in four series. This is the first of four books about francesca vierling, a reporter in st. The colorful people of her city provide her with all the inspiration she can handle, and her readers love her smart, streetwise styleeven if her stuffy, lessthanappreciative bosses never seem to. Francesca vierling is a sixfoottall beauty with brains and a talent for finding unusual and interesting. The francesca vierling mystery series in order elaine. Elaine has 33 bestselling mysteries in four series.
A guide to cozy mystery and other favorite books, movies, and tv. Elaine has won an anthony award and an agatha award. Two of francesca s friends burt, an old man who was the victim of what was supposedly a robbery gone wrong, and ralph, a gay house remodeler who suffered from an asthma attack, after supposedly. My four mystery series have something for every reader. Here she reflects on some of the opportunities it offered.
My first mystery series featured francesca vierling, a sixfoottall st. The pink flamingo murders by elaine viets, 97804406510, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. Founded in 1997, has become a leading book price comparison site. My first series, the francesca vierling mysteries, was set at a st. Doc in the box francesca vierling mass market paperback july 11, 2000 by elaine viets author visit amazons elaine viets page. After his death, many of davis kingsleys books were donated to the flora park. Doc in the box a francesca vierling mystery book 4 kindle edition by viets, elaine. Louis city gazette columnist francesca vierling has scored a ticket to the leather and lace bikers society ball, one of the highlights of the social calendar. Doc in the box a francesca vierling mystery book 4 and millions of other books. Read backstab by elaine viets available from rakuten kobo.
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