The Blackbird Sisters Collection
Updated and just as snappy and smart as ever, the Blackbird Sisters are hot-blooded blue bloods who manage to find danger wherever they go.
Dive Deeper: The Blackbird Sisters Collection
Updated and just as snappy and smart as ever, the Blackbird Sisters are hot-blooded blue bloods who manage to find danger wherever they go.
Blackbird Sisters Mysteries
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Novellas
HOW TO MURDER a Millionaire
When Nora Blackbird’s parents steal her trust fund and blow the country for a tax evader’s paradise, Nora must do something she’s never done before—get a job. She manages to land a gig as the society columnist for a Philadelphia rag, perfect for her skillset and vintage couture wardrobe. But at her first high society party, she stumbles on the body of her billionaire host, and it’s murder to go with the champagne for Nora...as well as the toe-curlingly attractive son of a New Jersey mob boss who’s taken a fancy to this ladylike former debutante.
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“An outstanding mystery author...an excellent series.” - Library Journal
DEAD GIRLS DON’T wear Diamonds
Nora Blackbird’s new job as a Philadelphia society columnist is working out well...until the death of a young woman who turns out to be an aristocratic jewel thief as well as the unhappy wife of Nora’s ex-boyfriend. Can Nora solve the murder case? With or without the help of Michael Abruzzo, sometime Mafia Prince who’s determined to make Nora part of the family.
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“A laugh-out-loud comic mystery as outrageous as a pink chinchilla coat.” - Booklist
SOME LIKE IT Lethal
Falling hard for a magnetically attractive mobster might be a bad idea for Philadelphia blue blood Nora Blackbird. But after a murder at an exclusive hunt club, joining forces with a former criminal seems like a smart move. The quips fly faster than a Grand Prix show jumper as aristocratic Nora and ex-con Michael Abruzzo try to solve a crime together.
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“Clever, good-humored, and sharply observed.” —The Philadelphia Inquirer
CROSS YOUR HEART and hope to Die
It’s hot-blooded blue bloods misbehaving as former debutante Nora Blackbird tries to solve the murder of her wicked witch boss at the Philadelphia Intelligencer. Attending society galas while dressed to the nines is Nora’s idea of a murder investigation. That is, until Mafia Prince Michael Abruzzo suggests less civilized ways of digging into crime.
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“Hilarious repartee and zany characters.” —Library Journal
HAVE YOUR CAKE and kill him too
Main Line eccentrics mixed up in murder is nothing new to Old Money heiress Nora Blackbird, who’s now working her pretty butt off to make a living. But when a distastefully lecherous old coot dies, it’s Nora who must solve his murder—along with dangerous tough guy Michael Abruzzo.
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“Nancy Martin writes about Philadelphia high society like no one else. With romance, humor, sex and money. What more could a debutante want?” —Bestselling author Sarah Strohmeyer
A CRAZY LITTLE THING called death
While wearing an engagement ring big enough to signal the space station, impoverished Philadelphia heiress Nora Blackbird may have agreed to marry Mick Abruzzo, maybe New Jersey’s most notorious mob boss. But when they discover a death at a polo match, solving a high society murder must happen before wedding bells can ring.
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“A main line Philadelphia backdrop, a self-deprecatingly funny former debutante, and a cast of wonderfully quirky characters combine for a thoroughly entertaining mystery that also provides some red-hot sexual tension between the heroine and her tough-guy protector.” —Bestselling author Jane Heller
MURDER MELTS in your mouth
A society scandal explodes when a Philadelphia philanthropist takes a fatal high dive, and down, but hardly out heiress Nora Blackbird turns sleuth to keep her best friend from becoming the prime suspect. She can’t do the job without the help of her sometime lover, notorious thug Michael Abruzzo. Well-dressed fun with bad blue bloods for Nora.
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“What a hoot! What a treat!” - Bestselling author Rhys Bowen
NO WAY to KILL a Lady
Hot and haute glamorous Nora Blackbird is on the trail of a killer when the Blackbird Sisters learn their great aunt Madeline Blackbird has died and left her decaying estate to the sisters. Turning to mobster Michael Abruzzo for help seems like a good idea. Put the champagne on ice and settle in for a well-dressed adventure.
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“If you’re not hooked by the end of the third paragraph, you have neither a sense of whimsy nor humor. And if you’re not smiling when you finish the book, you are no true fan of cozies. What a scandal for high society, but what fun watching Nora figure it out.” —Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
LITTLE BLACK BOOK of Murder
Philadelphia society columnist Nora Blackbird is thrust into the world of celebrity tabloid gossip when a billionaire fashion designer buys the farm. Nora’s exasperating new Aussie editor wants her to score the exclusive, so solving the designer’s murder is a must. Nora’s sisters and her maybe-husband Mick Abruzzo complicate her life, but it’s her editor who has Nora burning up on the barbie.
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“Nancy Martin lets us in on the fun withstyle and panache.” —Bestselling author Margaret Maron
A LITTLE NIGHT Murder
Pregnant, but well-dressed Nora Blackbird must solve a murder connected to a new Broadway show in rehearsal in her neighborhood. Which seems like a minor problem after she meets mobster Mick Abruzzo’s indomitable mother, Bridget, who stands firmly in the way of Nora’s happily ever after.
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Novellas & Prequel
MICK ABRUZZO’S STORY
Novella
In this short, but tense prequel to the Blackbird Sisters mysteries, Mick Abruzzo is out of prison and trying to decide what to do with the rest of his life. His family wants him back in the mob, and the hit they’re offering is tempting…in many ways. Can he do the job?
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MICK ABRUZZO:
THE SECOND WIRE
Novella
Just when Mick Abruzzo thinks he’s ready to settle down to a normal life with the aristocratic Nora Blackbird, his family wants him back in the mob. Worse yet, his idiot brother Frankie needs the kind of help only Mick can provide. But will this last job ruin everything?
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BYE BYE BLACKBIRD
A Blackbird Sisters Novella
Nora Blackbird is finally having her baby! And a wedding! If only her sisters can make Nora’s dreams come true without creating even more of their usual chaos. Is this the happily ever after Nora and Mick Abruzzo have been longing for? Maybe not!
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LADY BE GOOD
A Blackbird Sisters Prequel
When Nora Blackbird’s sister-in-law Grace Vanderbine tries to take over her mother’s role of good manners expert Dear Miss Vanderbine, she runs afoul of handsome ex-football star Luke Lazurnovich, who might have some insight into the mysterious death of Emma Blackbird’s husband.
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