Naked Once More (Jacqueline Kirby Series #4)

by Elizabeth Peters

Overview

She may be a bestselling author, but ex-librarian Jacqueline Kirby's views on the publishing biz aren't fit to print. In fact, she's thinking of trading celebrity for serenity and a house far away from fiendish editors and demented fans when her agent whispers the only words that could ever make her stay: Naked in the Ice.

Seven years ago, this blockbuster skyrocketed Kathleen Darcy to instant fame. Now the author's heirs are looking for a writer to pen the sequel. It's an opportunity no novelist in her right mind would pass up, and there's no doubting Jacqueline's sanity...until she starts digging through the missing woman's papers--and her past. Until she gets mixed up with Kathleen's enigmatic lover. Until a series of nasty accidents convince her much too late that someone wants to bring Jacqueline's story--and her life--to a premature end.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781455552634
Publisher:	Grand Central Publishing
Publication date:	08/06/2013
Series:	Jacqueline Kirby Series , #4
Sold by:	Hachette Digital, Inc.
Format:	eBook
Sales rank:	7,546
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Barbara Mertz (1927-2013), who also wrote under the pseudonyms Elizabeth Peters and Barbara Michaels, was the prolific author of mystery, suspense, and nonfiction books. She is perhaps the best known for the mystery series she wrote as Elizabeth Peters featuring archaeologist and amateur sleuth Amelia Peabody. Mertz earned her PhD in Egyptology in 1952 and published two nonfiction titles on life in Ancient Egypt. Her top books include The Curse of the Pharaohs, The Mummy Case, and The Golden One.

Hometown:

A farm in rural Maryland

Date of Birth:

September 29, 1927

Place of Birth:

Canton, Illinois

Education:

M.A., Ph.D. in Egyptology, Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, 1952

Website:

http://mpmbooks.com/

Editorial Reviews

Jacqueline Kirby, spirited librarian-turned-romance writer ( Die for Love ), returns to lightheartedly skewer the publishing world in the latest from the prolific Peters, who as Barbara Michaels also writes romantic suspense novels. Outspoken Jacqueline wins a competition to write the sequel for a major bestseller whose author, Kathleen Darcy, has been declared legally dead seven years afer disappearing in the Appalachian hills near her home. But soon Jacqueline, ensconced with her word processor in Kathleen's home town, begins to have accidents paralleling those that once befell Kathleen. While writing on deadline, Jacqueline must also figure out who's after her and, of course, determine what really happened to Kathleen Darcy. Among those she suspects of more recent murder are Kathleen's pompous brother, a handsome former suitor, an ex-lover, another romance writer with an ego to match her oversized body, and a greedy literary agent. Thankfully Jacqueline's forthright manner earns her more friends than enemies as she risks mortal danger to unmask the culprit with panache and mastery remarkably similar to Peters's own. Major ad/promo; author tour. (Sept.)

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