Ding Dong Dead

A Dolls to Die For Mystery #4

by Deb Baker

Berkley Prime Crime

Mystery

December 2, 2008

ISBN-13: 042522502X

Available in: Paperback

Ding Dong Dead
by Deb Baker

Doll restorer Gretchen Birch and the other Phoenix Dollers can hardly wait to open their doll museum. But when an out-of-town doll-maker meets her own maker, the Dollers's dream-come-true will soon prove more of a nightmare...

All's well in Phoenix—Gretchen's business is thriving, she's dating a gorgeous detective, and an anonymous donor has given the Phoenix Dollers a historic house to turn into a doll museum. But as the doll club members rehearse a play for the fundraiser, Gretchen's kooky "psychic" Aunt Nina becomes convinced the house is haunted. Gretchen scoffs, but strange, creepy things do seem to be happening: A woman's body—a long-lost friend of Gretchen's mother—is found lying atop a grave in the cemetery; a note with the words "Die, Dolly, Die" is left on Gretchen's car; and the Birch women make an eerie discovery in the house.

Still, even with Nina's warnings of danger, Gretchen intends to get to the bottom of this. And she'd better, or it'll be she and her friends who will be history...



Deb Baker's Bio

Deb Baker (McGarity) was born in Escanaba, MI in 1953. Her family moved to Wisconsin in the 60s, but they kept strong ties to the Michigan Upper Peninsula. As a chronic late bloomer, Deb graduated from the University of Wisconsin with a degree in English at the age of 45. Her first novel, Murder Passes the Buck, earned her The Authorlink International First Novelist Award where she took the mystery category, then went on to win Best of Show. The stories are set in her beloved Michigan backwoods and feature the unstoppable, unflappable Gertie Johnson. Others in the series include Murder Grins and Bears It and Murder Talks Turkey. Deb also writes a second series called the Dolls To Die For Series with doll restoration artist, Gretchen Birch. Titles are Dolled Up For Murder, Goodbye Dolly, Dolly Departed, and Ding Dong Dead.

Deb is Vice President of the Wisconsin chapter of Sisters In Crime and is active with Mystery Writers of America.

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