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Solid gold murder / Ellen Byron.

Byron, Ellen, (author. ).

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"With the summer season looming, former Hollywood sitcom writer Dee Stern has one small goal -- scrubbing her motel's unflattering moniker as the "Murder Motel." Dee and ex-husband-turned-business-partner Jeff Cornetta are excited to introduce a family-friendly panning activity complete with fool's gold just in time for the peak tourist months. Except neither could have anticipated the discovery of a real gold nugget or the ensuing social media frenzy. In a flash, the viral sensation draws grizzled prospectors, wide-eyed adventurers, and trend-chasing thrill seekers to the abandoned mines scattered around the woods . . . The instant popularity proves great for business, but it also attracts a group of out-of-touch Silicon Valley techies with dreams of striking it rich -- again. Dee finds herself particularly annoyed by the insufferably smug Sylvan Burr, a retired CEO who sold his startup before age 30 and won't let anyone forget it. But things take a sinister turn when Sylvan meets a grim fate at the bottom of a mineshaft, leaving Dee at the center of a deadly mystery that could end her days as a motelier. And while Sylvan had plenty of enemies, Dee suddenly faces adversaries rooting against her own success. Now, with her life and the future of the Golden Motel hanging by a thread, Dee must unearth a minefield of suspects and outwit a greedy killer before she finally digs herself too deep . . ."-- Provided by publisher.

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  • ISBN: 9781496745385
  • ISBN: 1496745388
  • Physical Description: viii, 264 pages : illustration ; 22 cm.
  • Edition: First Kensington hardcover edition.
  • Publisher: New York, New York : Kensington Publishing Corp., 2025.

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Includes road trip tips, recipe for Nutty Almond Date Bars, and bonus cartoon.

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Motels > Fiction.
Hotelkeepers > California > Fiction.
Television writers > Fiction.
Murder > Investigation > California > Fiction.
Gold mines and mining > Fiction.
Prospecting > Fiction.
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Cozy mysteries.
Detective and mystery fiction.
Novels.

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