The Dead Shoe Society

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The Dead Shoe Society Anthology combines murder, mystery, mayhem... and footwear? Who would have thought that fashionable footwear could be so deadly? A variety of genres, a plethora of suspects and a colorful cast of shoes. You'll never look through your closet in the same way again.

Neath Lily Pond by Mark Souza
A nanny hurls her young charge into Hartford, Connecticut's Lily Pond with a pair of metal boots strapped to his feet. The story winds up on the desk of newspaper reporter Jim Woodward. He has only hours to get to the bottom of it if he's going to make deadline. If the nanny was hellbent on drowning the boy, why drive seventy miles to do it. As he searches for answers, Jim finds more than he bargained for.

Lady Justice Wears Heels by Stephen Penner
A woman is murdered, her throat slit, and it's D.A. Dave Brunelle's job to put the murderer away. The defendant fled barefoot, abandoning her shoes in the pool of blood under the victim. It looks like an open and shut case, but Brunelle should have known better. If he doesn't figure out the truth--and fast--it's his blood that might be the next to get spilled.

If It Wasn't For Sylvia by Christi Craig
A serious case of bad luck, in the form of a powerful touch, follows Sylvia Drake and drives her into the back rooms of Peterson's Funeral Home. Sylvia isn't dead; though, she isn't exactly living. Still, she considers herself lucky for once, settled, and safe, in a place where her hands can't do any more damage to others than is already done. When Max Cooper shows up as the new hire in Bereavement Sales, though, his presence rattles Sylvia to the core, and she decides that playing it safe is no longer an option.

The Deadest One by E. Victoria Flynn
Raised under almost constant video surveillance and weaned on art, Morgan develops a spellbinding relationship with her muse Eden. The summer after her first year of college, Morgan returns home to discover the underlying machinations that have held her there and an unexpected romance lying in wait.

Taken by Lori Gordon
Evil lurks in pretty places and dangerous men hide in plain sight. When a teenage girl vanishes on Chicago's Gold Coast, Sierra Montgomery sets out to find her, never expecting to become the kidnapper's next victim. A terrifying plot unfolds exposing Chicago's underbelly and its dark inhabitants.