SMALL TOWN. BIG BOOM.

Davis Way Cole returns to her hometown of Pine Apple, Alabama, to fill in for her police chief father during the bustling Memorial Day Celebration. It'll be fun. Relaxing. And a no-brainer. After years of leading an elite security team at a billion-dollar casino in Biloxi, Mississippi, Davis has no doubt whatsoever she can run little ole Pine Apple in her sleep.

She should think again.

A blast from her past shows up. (With baggage.) Just before her casino-spy partner from Biloxi blows into town. (As a fugitive.) Then something goes wrong with the weed-control crew. (Terribly wrong.) And that was just Davis's first day on the job.

Her missteps that follow threaten to blow her life to smithereens. They include pilfering a botanical garden from her Biloxi employer, hiding out in a closed diner with a surprise in the freezer, and choosing a questionable-at-best team to aid and...]]> Tue, 24 Sep 2024 18:35:15 +0300 https://science-fiction.library.land/gretchen-archer/551784-double_trouble.html https://science-fiction.library.land/gretchen-archer/551784-double_trouble.html

Davis Way Cole smells T-R-O-U-B-L-E when she's fired from half of her part-time job at the Bellissimo Resort and Casino in Biloxi, Mississippi. The quarter-time job she's left with is lulling her to sleep, exactly what she's doing when Birdy James, centenarian director of the casino's Lost and Found department, disappears. With five million dollars.

Davis just can't help believing Birdy didn't do it, if for no other reason, she's too old to spend it. If Davis doesn't find the little old lady and the money fast, she'll lose what's left of her job, at which point, there goes her Bellissimo everything.

What she needs is a good luck charm. What she gets is her home invaded by hard-headed women, a soft-hearted little man, and major carpet troubles, the combination of which sends Davis's already suspicious mind into overdrive, and landing her between a jailhouse rock and a very hard place.

A little less conversation and a lot more action are called for if Davis...]]> Thu, 09 Jul 2020 14:23:20 +0300 https://science-fiction.library.land/gretchen-archer/702322-double_jinx_a_bellissimo_casino_mystery_short.html https://science-fiction.library.land/gretchen-archer/702322-double_jinx_a_bellissimo_casino_mystery_short.html
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THIS JUST IN— On the weather front, Category Four Hurricane Kevin took a last-minute left and is headed straight for the Bellissimo Resort and Casino in Biloxi, Mississippi. In breaking news, Undercover Casino Operative Davis Way has one foot out the evacuation door when fifty million dollars disappear, and in its place, a dead body. In other news, if forced to ride out the storm on the hotel's thirteenth-floor fortress, Davis won't be alone. Her husband, Bradley, her best friend, Fantasy, and a crew of highly trained first responders will be hurricane hostages too, along with Mississippi State Gaming Agents, a FEMA agent, an insurance agent, a State Special Agent, and an Emergency Response Agent—at least one of them a double agent. The good news is her high school reunion is cancelled. The bad news is everything else. The fake news features a castaway pig named Bacon. The hurricane heist headlines will be...]]> Wed, 14 Nov 2018 12:47:09 +0200 https://science-fiction.library.land/gretchen-archer/208220-double_dog_dare.html https://science-fiction.library.land/gretchen-archer/208220-double_dog_dare.html
Hot diggety dog, the fur is flying in USA TODAY bestselling author Gretchen Archer's latest. It's not just good, it's "Best in Show!" – Janet Evanovich Problem #1: Bootsy Howard Davis Way Cole lives a (relatively) quiet, (somewhat) simple, and (completely) witch-free life with her husband and twin daughters on the 29th floor of the Bellissimo Resort and Casino in Biloxi, Mississippi. Until Bootsy Howard shows up demanding a million dollars. Problem #2: Princess Smucker What was marketing thinking when they booked the Southern Canine Association's annual dog show at the Bellissimo? And what was Davis thinking when she agreed to let a dog stay with her? For a week? In her home? The home where she lives a (fairly) quiet, (reasonably) simple, and (totally) manicotti-free life? Problem #3: Leverette Urleen, MD The last thing Davis needs is an unsolicited house call from Pine Apple, Alabama's latest excuse for a doctor. But since he's...]]> Fri, 16 Nov 2018 04:09:02 +0200 https://science-fiction.library.land/gretchen-archer/208221-double_strike_a_davis_way_crime_caper_book_3.html https://science-fiction.library.land/gretchen-archer/208221-double_strike_a_davis_way_crime_caper_book_3.html
A Davis Way Crime Caper]]> Sun, 16 Nov 2014 04:09:03 +0200 https://science-fiction.library.land/gretchen-archer/208224-double_knot.html https://science-fiction.library.land/gretchen-archer/208224-double_knot.html
A Davis Way Crime Caper]]> Wed, 16 Nov 2016 04:09:06 +0200 https://science-fiction.library.land/gretchen-archer/208225-double_up.html https://science-fiction.library.land/gretchen-archer/208225-double_up.html
"Outrageous, outlandish, and impossible to put down." – Janet Evanovich On behalf of USA TODAY bestselling author Gretchen Archer and the entire Henery Press crew, welcome aboard flight DOUBLE UP. Fasten your seatbelts for non-stop action as stiff competition blows into town and the resulting turbulence threatens to take down the Bellissimo Resort and Casino in Biloxi, Mississippi. Super Secret Spy Davis Way Cole, who lives on the twenty-ninth floor of the hotel with her CEO husband and newborn twins, takes it hard. If the casino goes belly up, she won't be a stay-at-home mom because she won't have a home. Not to mention her husband won't have a job. Davis can't find a way to stop the inevitable end of the Bellissimo life she loves until her ex-ex-mother-in-law shows up, unexpected and definitely uninvited. Davis makes the best of a bad Bea Crawford situation and recruits her for a little corporate espionage work, which would've been great,...]]> Thu, 16 Nov 2017 04:09:06 +0200 https://science-fiction.library.land/gretchen-archer/190765-double_jinx.html https://science-fiction.library.land/gretchen-archer/190765-double_jinx.html
USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR "Boo!" – Janet Evanovich July Jackson's job as Holiday Host at the Bellissimo Resort and Casino in Biloxi, Mississippi is more trick than treat when one of her Scary Rich slot tournament players croaks. Then $3,000,000 goes missing. And a couple dressed as condiments—he's Mustard, she's Ketchup—might be behind the spooky shenanigans. What's a Holiday Host to do? Call in the flying monkeys? July turns to the highest level of casino security and meets a boy named Baylor. Just Baylor. From there, it's all thrills and chills. Books in the Davis Way Crime Caper Mystery Series: