~~Winner of the 2019 American Horse Publications Equine Media Award for Fiction AND a Winnie from The Equus Film & Arts Festival, as well as the 2020 Feathered Quill Bronze award for Animal-Adult and finalist in Mystery/Suspense!~~
Gallop to the finish with Dream Horse Mystery #3
Vi's kept a job for nearly one year and is sure she's going ride off into the sunset with her trust fund, but ghost horse Wastrel has plans that put everything she's worked for in jeopardy...
Viola Parker knows old wounds can fester. What she doesn't know is how deeply they can cut or to what lengths people will go to recover. When she returns to her roots to solve her mentor's murder, nothing and no one is what they seem and no amount of whipped cream makes sense of it.
She should be able to trust her friends, her family, herself. She should know where she belongs, where home is. But with Malcolm and everyone she loves acting strangely, and everyone she hates even stranger, trust becomes elusive. Wastrel becomes her only confidant.
Has she been on the wrong lead all along? If Vi doesn't figure out Wastrel's clues in time, what she doesn't know could kill her.
Vi's in for a bumpy ride in this riveting and poignant wrap-up to the Dream Horse Mysteries.
Awarded the 2020 'IPPY' Silver Medal for Series by Independent Publisher!
Jump in the saddle for a fun but bumpy ride!
Few will hire competitive rider, Viola Parker, since the famous jumper, Wastrel, crashed to his death with her aboard. Not only that, her attitude just landed her out of work…again. She can barely afford her whipped-cream-in-a-can addiction.
Now, before she's thirty, she must keep a job for one year and receive a glowing letter of recommendation to get a surprise trust fund set up by her absentee parents. A trust fund that could represent freedom and independence—or might be worth nothing.
Vi accepts a farm manager position and moves from Long Island to Missouri thinking that if she only follows her three new rules then keeping a job for one year will be easy:
- No smarting off
- No drinking
- No sleeping with the boss,
The last of which proves to be a real challenge when she meets the man who hired her. He's working the surfer good looks, a super-hero jaw, and wearing a kilt.
But when Wastrel begins haunting her dreams and dead bodies start piling up, the question isn’t whether she can earn a reference from her hunky boss, Malcolm, but whether she’ll live long enough to get it.
This set includes the complete Dream Horse Mysteries:
- Cold Backed, a Dream Horse Mystery prequel
- On the Buckle, Dream Horse Mystery #1
- Run Out, Dream Horse Mystery #2
- Wrong Lead, Dream Horse Mystery #3
Mount up and hang on for a fun ride into the second Dream Horse Mystery!
Keeping a job for one year shouldn't be this hard. But I'm giving it all I've got. I've sworn off whipped cream and managed to keep my attitude in check... mostly. Just when I'm beginning to think the mysterious trust fund created by my mother and father might be attainable, the unthinkable happens.
My long estranged parents...come for a visit.
They land on the doorstep with empty suitcases, a few sad-looking tomato plants, and a grandfather I never knew existed. As reunions go, this one's off to a rough start. Fearing Malcolm—my insanely hot boss—will toss all of us out on our ears, I do my best to keep grandpa out of the gun safe and my parents from stomping on my last nerve.
Both of which are losing battles.
Unfortunately, those are the least of my problems. Grandpa’s being stalked by the Eye Thief, someone who’ll stop at nothing to execute his long-awaited revenge. If my dream horse were real, I could hop on and make a run for it instead of barely surviving a scorching summer of tomatoes, tango, and terror.
Candace Carrabus delivers the perfect blend of wit, suspense, and romance in the second Dream Horse Mystery, Run Out. Set on a Midwest horse farm with reluctant amateur sleuth, Vi Parker, providing laugh-out-loud funny moments amidst the thrilling twists and turns of her latest adventure!
Jump in the saddle for a laugh-out-loud-funny gallop into the first Dream Horse Mystery
I'm Viola Parker, known on the circuit as one of the best show-jumper riders around. Some say I have a bit of an attitude, but they don't understand what it takes to deal with certain horse owners. That's why I'm worried about my current situation. I have a surprise trust fund waiting if I can keep a job for one year before I hit 30. Do you know how much crap I'll have to endure to make that happen? It boggles the mind.
Still, I know I can do it with the help of my new rules:
- Don't smart off.
- Don't drink.
- Don't sleep with the boss.
The last of which proves to be a real challenge when I meet the man who just hired me. He's working the surfer good looks, a super-hero jaw, and wearing a kilt, for cryin' out loud!
Right when I think the new job is going to be my typical disaster, I find a dead body on the farm. I didn't sign up for that, but the spirit of my favorite horse begins visiting my dreams, trotting me closer and closer to the killer's identity. That horse, along with his cryptic clues, is impossible to ignore.
Not even the stress-reducing lusciousness of my whipped-cream-in-a-can addiction is going to help me keep my job, let alone get me through this mystery alive.
Candace Carrabus expertly threads the needle between romance and suspense in the first Dream Horse Mystery, On the Buckle. Set on a Midwest horse farm, get ready to meet amateur sleuth Vi Parker who finds herself caught in a thrilling mystery!
