Samantha Adams mystery
4 primary works • 5 total works
Book 2
In her witty, southern-fried suspense novels, Sarah Shankman delivers nonstop action with a hilarious bite. Now she sends her acclaimed, irreverent heroine -- New Orleans writer Samantha Adams -- to a southwestern New Age hot spot, to unearth a secret past that was supposed to be six feet under.
My dearest Sugar. I must see you. It's urgent. I need your help. The letter that arrived from Sam's mother was postmarked Santa Fe, penned in her mother's handwriting, and disclosed details only Johanna Adams could know. There was just one catch: Johanna Adams had been dead for thirty-four years.
The mind-blowing missive could have been an entry from Sam's latest book of bizarre anecdotes, American Weird -- or an elaborate hoax. Either way, it instantly rekindled Sam's impossible wish that her mother hadn't really died in a plane crash when Sam was a child. Fueled by her journalistic instincts -- and a daughter's need for closure -- Sam touches down among Santa Fe's tourists and crystal gazers, jewelry shops and fast-food stands. But only when she summons the courage to knock on the door of Room 409 at the La Fonda Hotel does her surreal, mother-seeking adventure take off with no turning back.
My dearest Sugar. I must see you. It's urgent. I need your help. The letter that arrived from Sam's mother was postmarked Santa Fe, penned in her mother's handwriting, and disclosed details only Johanna Adams could know. There was just one catch: Johanna Adams had been dead for thirty-four years.
The mind-blowing missive could have been an entry from Sam's latest book of bizarre anecdotes, American Weird -- or an elaborate hoax. Either way, it instantly rekindled Sam's impossible wish that her mother hadn't really died in a plane crash when Sam was a child. Fueled by her journalistic instincts -- and a daughter's need for closure -- Sam touches down among Santa Fe's tourists and crystal gazers, jewelry shops and fast-food stands. But only when she summons the courage to knock on the door of Room 409 at the La Fonda Hotel does her surreal, mother-seeking adventure take off with no turning back.
Book 3
With fascinating characters and sharp dialogue, this spirited, rollicking mystery crackles with danger and excitement when Atlanta journalist/detective Samantha Adams accepts an invitation to visit the Big Easy at the height of Mardi Gras.
Book 5
Samantha Adams, Atlanta's wittiest journalist/detective, is back! Samantha is working on a book called American Weird, and she's come to the right place: Tupelo, Mississippi, the birthplace of the King of Rock 'n' Roll, and the site of an international barbecue cookoff. But murder wasn't supposed to be on the menu. . . .
Book 6
On the map, Hot Springs, Arkansas, is just west of Little Rock and far beyond Hope. For amateur sleuth Samantha Adams, it could be the end of the line. Mourning the loss of her boyfriend (to another woman), Sam is ready to party when a friend wins the lottery. But a kidnapped groom and a million-dollar ransom create a different kind of diversion.
Writing as Alice Storey, ective Samantha Adams in the critically acclaimed First Kill All the Lawyers. Now Shankman's intelligent, sexy sleuth discovers what's beautiful and what's deadly at the Miss America Pageant.