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I got my first taste of Colleen Collins’ quirky sense of romantic humor (or humorous romance) in ‘Sleepless in Las Vegas’, and I’m happy to report that this one, ‘The Ungrateful Dead’ still bears her trademark literary style—you cannot put this down. Colleen had me at “romance at a coroners conference.”
The Ungrateful Dead: Prequel to The Zen Man (A Humorous Colorado Mystery Book 1)
Colleen Collins is an award-winning author of romance, mystery and nonfiction.
Colleen's books have placed first in the Colorado Gold, Romancing the Rockies, and Top of the Peak contests, and placed in the finals for the Holt Medallion, Coeur de Bois Readers Choice, Award of Excellence, More than Magic, and Romance Writers of America RITA contests.
She's a member of the Mystery Writers of America, Private Eye Writers of America, Romance Writers of America and Sisters in Crime.
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When a dead body shows up at a coroner's conference, Rick Levine -- a former, fallen-from-grace defense attorney and current private eye -- investigates the murder with help from his new girlfriend Laura, making
this a date she'll never forget!
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I loved The Zen Men and really had fun catching Rick and Laura's first case in the prequel, The Ungrateful Dead. These novels have everything I love in a mystery: smart dialogue, a flawed hero, a little romance and a great plot. Murder at a coroner's conference? What could be more fun!
Nancy Warren USA Today Bestselling author of The Toni Diamond mysteries
About the Author
Colleen Collins is an award-winning author of romance, mystery and nonfiction.
Colleen's books have placed first in the Colorado Gold, Romancing the Rockies, and Top of the Peak contests, and placed in the finals for the Holt Medallion, Coeur de Bois Readers Choice, Award of Excellence, More than Magic, and Romance Writers of America RITA contests.
She's a member of the Mystery Writers of America, Private Eye Writers of America, Romance Writers of America and Sisters in Crime.
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The Ungrateful Dead: Prequel to The Zen Man
by Colleen Collins
4.8 stars – 5 Reviews
Text-to-Speech and Lending: Enabled
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Here’s the set-up:
When a dead body shows up at a coroner’s conference, Rick Levine — a former, fallen-from-grace defense attorney and current private eye — investigates the murder with help from his new girlfriend Laura, making this a date she’ll never forget!
Reviews
“I loved The Zen Man and really had fun catching Rick and Laura’s first case in the prequel, The Ungrateful Dead. These novels have everything I love in a mystery: smart dialogue, a flawed hero, a little romance and a great plot. Murder at a coroner’s conference? What could be more fun!” ~ Nancy Warren USA Today Bestselling Author of The Toni Diamond mysteries
“…Fantastic read, wonderful characters, and told with a dry humor that really serves to compliment the story, Colleen Collins’ has delivered another gem with the “The Ungrateful Dead”. I highly recommend it!” ~ 5 Star Amazon Review
From The Author
In 2008, I wrote a mystery short story, The Ungrateful Dead, based on two characters, Rick Levine (a private investigator) and Laura Fitzhugh (his girlfriend), who spend their first romantic weekend together at a coroner’s conference. I can guess what you’re thinking: “Is she kidding? A romantic weekend at a coroner’s conference?” I happen to know this is possible because, as the saying goes, I’ve been there and done that.
During the decade that my husband and I ran a private detective agency in Denver, Colorado, we were invited several times by our state coroner association to give presentations at their annual conferences. Both times, the association treated us to a lovely hotel room, paid for our meals, and more. Just like Rick and Laura in The Ungrateful Dead, we made romantic weekends out of hanging out with a lot of coroners.
But unlike Rick and Laura, we didn’t end up investigating a murder at the conference!
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