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A Dead Nephew Jessica Huntington Desert Cities Mystery #6 (Jessica Huntington Desert Cities Mystery Series) Kindle Edition

by Anna Celeste Burke (Author), Peggy Hyndman (Editor), Donna Wolz (Editor), Format: Kindle Edition

4.6 297 ratings

Book 6 of 7: Jessica Huntington Desert Cities Mystery Series

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Auntie Agnes, a local tribal elder, asks Jessica for help when her nephew is murdered. Agnes doesn't believe the young man convicted of the killing is guilty. Jessica and the Cat Pack are soon on the trail of an elusive figure known as The Cleaner Man. Does such a man even exist, or is he a creature of spirit and imagination?

USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author, Anna Celeste Burke, brings you an unconventional sleuth hot on the heels of high-living lowlifes in the Jessica Huntington Desert Cities Mystery Series.

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5*****"Ms Burke is one of the best writers around, The story seems to flow smoothly and effortlessly from her and she creates a world of characters that are fun and interesting to read about. I love to read her books!!!"

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0871P5Q8P
Publisher ‏ : ‎ (April 11, 2020)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ April 11, 2020
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 2316 KB
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 440 pages
Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ B088LD66BZ

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Anna Celeste Burke is an award-winning, USA Today and Wall Street Journal Bestselling Author!

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Life is an extravaganza! figuring out how to hang tough and make the most of the wild ride is the challenge.

On my way to Oahu to join the rock musician and high school drop-out I had met in San Diego and married in Tijuana, I was nabbed by the police as a runaway. When the police let me go and the rock band broke up, my husband and I had to find another way to survive. Our next stop: Disney World where we trained to be chefs, courtesy of the Walt Disney World University. A GED for my husband and many more years of education landed us in academia at The Ohio State University. Retired now from my role as a professor in social work and behavioral science, I have picked up a long-time interest in writing fiction. I'm still married to the same sweet guy and live with him in the Palm Springs area. In addition to reading and writing fiction, I enjoy painting, hiking, hanging out with my handsome husband and tending to my Siamese kitties.

An award-winning and bestselling author I enjoy snooping into life's mysteries with fun, fiction, & food—California style! I write books in five series: The Jessica Huntington Desert Cities Mystery series set in the Coachella Valley near Palm Springs, the Corsario Cove Cozy Mystery series set on California’s Central Coast, The Georgie Shaw Cozy Mystery series set in Orange County, California, The Seaview Cottages Cozy Mystery Series set on the American Riviera, just north of Santa Barbara, and The Calla Lily Mystery series set in Northern California's wine country.

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Lee Brothers

A lot of wrongs need to be set right

Reviewed in the United States on May 5, 2020

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Jessica and the Cat Crew are up to their necks in danger, Blackmail, corruption, and murder. The insanity of one man can cause a lot of havoc and misery. There are two different storylines that merged together and the bad guys are really dangerous. You wonder how someone can become the monster that would inadvertently kill their own son and then there’s the monster who become so insane they will kill many innocent people. As Jessica works towards finding the truth for young Louis, The one person who will bring the two diverse storylines together, she finds her self in a place not unlike the twilight zone. The Cat Crew has grown and has a combination of law-enforcement, A nurse, State of the art private security, Wise women who seem to have ESP and a deep understanding of things. These people help Jessica through one of the most difficult cases of her career.

Ms Burke is one of the best writers around, The story seems to flow smoothly and effortlessly from her and she creates a world of characters that are fun and interesting to read about. I love to read her books!!!

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MikiHope

I LOVE this series-lots of laughs and twists and turns-don't forget the recipes!

Reviewed in the United States on April 15, 2020

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It feels like I waited forever for this 6rh in the Jessica Huntington series to become available! I really love all the characters--but especially Jessica, a poor little rich girl with a heart of gold and her housekeeper Bernadette. Of course her dog who is a love bug and oh so intelligent. He is really sweet but don't try to hurt one of his pack!!

Jessica, a lawyer, is known to be a magnet for trouble. In this one she almost gave in to her shopping addition with her Black American Express card. Luckily she realized she would be able to spend money on two of her friends who had just gotten engaged. The cat pack (her friends who help her with investigations)-are truly a bunch of lovable kooks!

Auntie Agnes is positive that Louis is not the killer of her nephew Sacramento. She enlists Jessica's aide. There are twists and turns as Jessica and friends try to find the real murderer--all while dining on Bernadette's delicious cooking in between running around looking for clues. You will find some of these recipes at the end of the book.

Now I have to wait for the 7th in this series! Of course that will not stop me from reading all the others that Anna Celeste Burke writes.

This book can be read as a stand alone but if you haven't read the 1st 5 I suggest you do!! There is a kind of continuity that you will appreciate!

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Dhawks

Skilled writer

Reviewed in the United States on February 9, 2022

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Very well done and thought out. Good characters. Some action-adventure, but mostly talk.

Reviewed in the United States on April 13, 2020

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WOW!! This book is three mysteries in one. All three are interconnected and related to the death of Sacramento Lugo but are distinctly individual mysteries. I think this is the most complex of the entire series. There were plenty of twists and turns to hold my attention and keep me guessing from beginning to end. Jessica and the Cat Pack are once again on the trail of 'la cream de la crud' in the desert cities of southern California. They solve the mysteries as only this unique group of characters can. The Cat Pack is expanding with the addition of several new members who bring their own unique skills and perspectives to help solve the crimes. I'm already looking forward to the next book in the series. If you like well thought out mysteries with likable characters and a dash of humor, I urge you to read the Jessica Huntington Desert Cities Mysteries.

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bonnie DALE keck

ku but 1 of my owned ones, i own all her books, all collections, all sets, and even 1 audio

Reviewed in the United States on April 29, 2020

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kindle unlimited but will be one of my owned ones soon
Reviewed in the United States on April 20, 2020
kindle unlimited, the latest in the Jessica Huntington Desert Cities Mystery series, I get all her books in all the series.

A thousand ways the desert can kill—the Cleaner Man is making it one thousand and one.

Louie Jacobs, a minor tried as an adult, is convicted of murder. All the evidence points to him. The murdered man's aunt says Louis didn't kill her nephew. Who did? "The Cleaner Man, and he's done it before," says Auntie Agnes. Jessica and her "Cat Pack" friends are back and on the hunt for an elusive killer. Does he even exist or is he a creature of spirit and imagination? Jessica and her "Cat Pack" are back in this exciting installment of the Amazon #1 bestselling series by USA Today & Wall Street Journal bestselling author Anna Celeste Burke. Grab your copy and join in the mystery to discover whodunit!

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Jessica Huntington Desert Cities Mystery
.5 Love a Foot Above the Ground A Dead Husband 1 A Dead Sister 2 A Dead Daughter 3 A Dead Mother 4 A Dead Cousin 5
Jessica Huntington Desert Cities Mystery Series (Books 1-5)
A Dead Nephew 6
A Dead Surgeon 7 coming soonish

Georgie Shaw Cozy Mystery Series
Murder at Catmmando Mountain #1 Love Notes in the Key of Sea #2 All Hallows' Eve Heist #3 A Merry Christmas Wedding Mystery
Georgie Shaw Cozy Mystery Series: Novellas 1-3
#4 Murder at Sea of Passenger X #5 Murder of the Maestro #6 A Tango Before Dying #7 A Canary in the Canal #8

Corsario Cove Cozy Mystery
Cowabunga Christmas #1 Gnarly New Year #2
Heinous Habits (Corsario Cove Cozy Mystery, #3) {in summer collection only first}
Radical Regatta Corsario Cove Cozy Mystery #4

Seaview Cottages Cozy Mystery
A Body at Fitzgerald’s Bluff 1 {was in Summer Snoops and Cozy Crimes: 12 Mysteries for the Dog Days of Summer which between typos and WTH stuff actually cancelled, just waited for this separately}
The Murder of Shakespeare's Ghost 2
Grave Expectations on Dickens' #3

The CALLA LILY MYSTERY Series
Lily's Homecoming Under Fire #1
{was only in collection Love Under Fire collection, now standalone}
Tangled Vines, Buried Secrets #2

see goodreads/amazon for full listing of books, in various collections

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Bernadette Cinkoske

Awesome adventure

Reviewed in the United States on April 16, 2020

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I love Jessica Huntington and her Cat Pack! And don't forget Anastasia, the dancing poodle who really gets to shine in this book! A Dead Nephew is another amazing adventure. Ms. Burke has created a cadre of characters I would love to meet. Her stories are always imbued with descriptive desert scenes and multi layer mysteries with an abundance of clues and possible motives. Now Frank is going to be working with Jack Wheeler! What a neat way to merge to series. I am eagerly awaiting the next book!

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Biscuit

Brilliant

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 29, 2024

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Brilliant, Amazing and thoroughly enjoyed. As I expected this was so good, just like the other five Desert Cities Mystery series. Great writing, keeps you reading to the last page. Thank you so much.

Sibyl Mory

TERRIFIC MYSTERY

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 20, 2020

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Another great mystery in the Jessica Huntingdon Desert Cities Mystery Series. Jessica is caught up in a case where the wrong man, Louie Jacobs, has been convicted of the murder of Sacramento Lugo. Even Sacramento's aunt doesn't believe Louie is guilty... But who is guilty? Who is this mysterious Cleaner Man, rumoured to be out cleansing the world of low-lives? Does he really exist? Another terrific story, with loads of humor, twists and turns, and thrills and spills as we follow Jessica and her team. Jessica, as always, is the lovable rich girl we know and love so well. What a creation she is! I love that character. Highly recommended.

Gudy Terenzio

Chilling

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 13, 2020

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What a roller coaster Jessica and the Cat Pack have to deal with more than "normal" when the nephew of a friend is murdered and his friend confessed to the murder. But things don't sit right with aunt Agnes or Jessica who is taking on the defence of Louie who is in a bad mental and physical shape and blames "The cleaner man" for it. Who is the elusive cleaner man and what does he has to do with multiple missing or dead homeless person?
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