Katerina Carter finds trouble wherever she goes, even on vacation.
The first three cozy mysteries include wine, roses and a deadly romantic Christmas in the mountains!
Red Handed - a short storyWhen forensic accountant and fraud investigator Katerina Carter and journalist boyfriend Jace Burton accept an impromptu party invitation, crime is the last thing on their minds.
Then a winning wine investment leaves a sour taste in Kat's mouth and she unravels the clues to a million-dollar wine fraud, all before dinner!
Blue Moon - a noveletteKat and boyfriend Jace's plans for a fancy dinner go awry when she discovers that her elderly neighbor Fiona has taken an ex-con into her home as a boarder.
Fiona's volunteer gardening program at the local prison has changed lives, but extending her generosity further just might put her own life in jeopardy.Kat's suspicion deepens when she learns of a recent life insurance policy. And accidental death pays double. Greenwash - a novelForensic accountant Katerina Carter and boyfriend Jace Burton embark on a weekend getaway at a luxury mountaintop lodge just before Christmas.
While he writes the biography of a billionaire environmentalist, she explores the snowy wilderness.Then two local protesters die under mysterious circumstances, and Kat and Jace race against time to save themselves from an even deadlier disaster.Also included: A bonus excerpt from Game Theory, A Katerina Carter Fraud Legal Thriller!Also by Colleen Cross:Katerina Carter Fraud Legal Thriller SeriesExit StrategyGame TheoryBlowout Katerina Carter Color of Money SeriesRed HandedBlue MoonGreenwash NonfictionAnatomy of a Ponzi Scheme: Scams Past and PresentColleen Cross is a CPA who writes action-packed financial legal thrillers and nonfiction fraud true crime and white collar crime.Keywords: mysteries, ponzi scheme, dementia, alzheimers, heist, kidnapping, blood diamonds, money laundering, forensic accountant, forensic accounting, fraud, white collar crime, crime, female sleuth, private investigators, cartels, wall street, books, ebooks, mysteries, thrillers, financial thriller, international mystery thriller, mystery, cozy, cozy mysteries, cozy murder mystery, cozy mystery books, cozies, private detective, women sleuths, vigilante justice, revenge, accounting, finance, gone girl, girl on a train, paula hawkins, gillian flynn, colleen, cross, james patterson, michael connelly, john grisham, david baldacci, kathy reichs, tess gerritsen, lisa scottoline, Greg Iles, Leighann Dobbs, Kathy Reichs, Lee Child, Harlan Coben, Aaron Patterson, joy fielding, sandra brown, Lisa Jackson, Heather Graham, Ryan Casey, Sean Black, patricia cornwell, j a jance, sue grafton, kendra elliot, melinda leigh, nelson demille, michael wallace, john sandford, j d robb, nora roberts, david morell, mary higgins clark, lee child, charlaine harris, louise penny, scott turow, eva hudson, jana deleon, elle casey, alex cross, estelle ryan, contemporary, joanne fluke, bestsellers, best sellers, finance, mystery books, auditing, money, legal thriller, crime thriller, forensics, whistleblower, due diligence, hard-boiled, police procedural, suspense, traditional british, women sleuths, true crime, romantic suspense, cozy mystery, strong female leads, fraud, kick ass heroines, short story, free mystery and thriller books, leighann dobbs, jana deleon, "Fiction / Mystery & Detective / Cozy", free, freebie, short reads, permafree, mystery short stories, thriller stories to keep you up all night, thrillers free books, mystery books free, free books to read, mystery and thriller free ebooks, detective stories free, free first in series, free books, free ebooks, freebie, mysteries, action adventure, crime thriller, adventure books, thriller books, crime books, suspense books, culinary mysteries, hobby mysteries, culinary mysteries, action, adventure, mysteries, thrillers, best mystery books, best mystery novels, mystery author, mystery series, mystery books, mystery novels, short story, short stories, sweet cozy mysteries, sweet cozy mystery, whodunit, books free read, environmental thriller activist, Greenpeace, wilderness, action adventure, avalanche, British Columbia, Kootenay, bestselling thrillers, bestselling mysteries, Canada, Vancouver, cosy
