A Deadly Cliché
by Ellery Adams

While walking her poodle, Olivia Limoges discovers a dead body buried in the sand. Could it be connected to the bizarre burglaries plaguing Oyster Bay, North Carolina? At every crime scene, the thieves set up odd tableaus: a stick of butter with a knife through it, dolls with silver spoons in their mouths, a deck of cards with a missing queen. Olivia realizes each setup represents a cliché. And who better to decode the cliché clues than her Bayside Book Writers group?

Other Books by Ellery Adams

Breach of Crust
A Charmed Pie Shoppe Mystery #5

Writing All Wrongs
A Books by the Bay Mystery #7

Murder in the Paperback Parlor
A Book Retreat Mystery #2

Lemon Pies and Little White Lies
A Charmed Pie Shoppe Mystery #4

Lethal Letters
A Books by the Bay Mystery #6

Murder in the Mystery Suite
A Book Retreat Mystery #1

Pecan Pies and Homicides
A Charmed Pie Shoppe Mystery #3

Poisoned Prose
A Books by the Bay Mystery #5

Peach Pies and Alibis
A Charmed Pie Shoppe Mystery #2

Written in Stone
A Books by the Bay Mystery #4

Pies and Prejudice
A Charmed Pie Shoppe Mystery #1

The Last Word
A Books by the Bay Mystery #3

A Killer Plot
A Books by the Bay Mystery #1

Ellery Adams' Bio

USA Today and New York Times bestselling author Ellery Adams grew up on a beach near the Long Island Sound. Having spent her adult life in a series of landlocked towns, she cherishes her memories of open water, violent storms, and the smell of the sea. She now writes full-time from her home in North Carolina, which she shares with her husband, two children (aka trolls), and three keyboard-hogging felines. Adams loves coffee, champagne, kickboxing, 1000-piece jigsaw puzzles, baking, and black jelly beans. Her traditionally published series include The Secret, Book, and Scone Society Mysteries, The Book Retreat Mysteries, The Books By the Bay Mysteries, and The Charmed Pie Shoppe Mysteries. Her Indie series include The Supper Club Series, The Hope Street Series, and The Molly Appleby Collectible Series.