Dead Giveaway, Joanne Fluke
Dead Giveaway, Joanne Fluke
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Dead Giveaway

Author: Joanne Fluke

Narrator: George Guidall

Unabridged: 9 hr 39 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 04/29/2014


Synopsis

One By One Ellen Wingate thinks she's hit the jackpot when she learns the millions she's inherited comes with a super-exclusive condo in the mountains outside of Las Vegas. But leaving Minnesota for paradise turns out to be the ultimate nightmare. Trapped with her neighbors in a freakish winter avalanche, a chilling discovery at the bottom of an indoor pool signals a frightening turn of events. . . Until There Were None A ruthless killer has infiltrated the Deer Park Condos. With each killing more terrifying than the last, the panicked survivors face almost certain death. Their only hope is to band together to escape the unrelenting pursuit of a deadly intruder, but trusting each other could be their most fatal instinct. . .

About Joanne Fluke

American author Joanne Fluke has written several works using pen names. Her given, actual name, is Joanne Gibson Fischmann, born in 1943 in Swanvile, Minnesota. Under pen name, Joanne Fluke, she is most recognized for her mystery series, Hannah Swensen, based around a small town bakery. Five Hallmark Channel movies have been made from Fluke's Swensen series. She has written under the other pseudonyms of John Fischer, R. J. Fischer, Jo Gibson, Chris Hunter, Gina Jackson and Kathryn Kirkwood.

Fluke attended St. Cloud State University, and earned a B.A. Degree in psychology in 1973 from California State University. She had several second jobs while she worked at building her writing career, but her most important titles were mother, wife and homemaker. She lives in Southern California with her television writer husband, Ruel E. Fischmann, her children and step-children.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Sandra on January 24, 2021

An avalanche traps a group of people in their luxury condo above the mountains of Las Vegas. When some of them go missing, and some wind up dead, they start to wonder if there is a killer among them. I really enjoyed this book, even though I had a hard time keeping track of the characters at times. S......more

Goodreads review by Karen on February 08, 2015

Plot in the vein of And Then There Were None. Sudden rush of many character intros that I considered writing them down. Good, fast read and enjoyable.......more

Goodreads review by Casey on August 20, 2014

In a way this book reminded of the game and later cheesy movie "Clue." The setting is a luxury highrise condo with many floors and rooms for the rich and famous. People keep dying or disappearing, at first believed to be accidents, later this dense crowd finally figures out something sinister might......more

Goodreads review by Georgiann on August 18, 2011

The story line was a little slow for me but it was easy to follow. The setting is Las Vegas . The deer creek condo,s are delightfully secluded an ulta luxory development nestled in the mountains above Las Vegas, you get mobsters, drug smuggling, romance and murder. and its all happening in the cond......more

Goodreads review by Sandra on May 11, 2014

This story is reminiscent of a popular Agatha Christie novel. A group of people caught in a avalanche in the mountains above Las Vegas find themselves stranded in their ultra expensive condo complex. As the residents die one by one and two by two, family members separated from loved ones struggle to......more