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Penny Warner
Penny Warner has published over 60 books for both adults and children. Her first mystery series featuring Connor Westphal, a deaf reporter in the California Gold Country, won a Macavity Award for Best First Mystery, and was nominated for an Agatha and an Anthony Award. Books in the series... show more



Penny Warner has published over 60 books for both adults and children. Her first mystery series featuring Connor Westphal, a deaf reporter in the California Gold Country, won a Macavity Award for Best First Mystery, and was nominated for an Agatha and an Anthony Award. Books in the series include, DEAD BODY LANGUAGE, SIGN OF FOUL PLAY, and RIGHT TO REMAIN SILENT. All are available on Kindle. Her other mystery series features event planner, Presley Parker, and is set in the San Francisco Bay Area. HOW TO HOST A KILLER PARTY, offers a wedding on Alcatraz, HOW TO CRASH A KILLER BASH, features a Murder Mystery Party at the de Young Museum, HOW TO SURVIVE A KILLER SÉANCE, presents a Séance Party at the Winchester Mystery House, and HOW TO PARTY WITH A KILLER VAMPIRE is set in Colma, the City of Souls. HOW TO DINE ON KILLER WINE offers a mystery in the Napa Wine Country.Her middle-grade mystery, CODE BUSTERS CLUB: SECRET OF THE SKELETON KEY, was nominated for an Agatha Best Juvenile Mystery Award. It features four kids who solve a mystery by cracking codes in each chapter. The second book in the series, CODE BUSTERS: THE HAUNTED LIGHTHOUSE, is set on Alcatraz. (Join the Code Busters Club at www.codebustersclub.com.) Her non-fiction book, THE OFFICIAL NANCY DREW HANDBOOK, was nominated for an Agatha Award. She writes a column for the local newspaper on family life in the Valley, creates fund-raising murder mystery events for libraries across the country, and teaches child development at Diablo Valley College. She can be reached at http://www.pennywarner.com or pennywarnerink@yahoo.com.

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Rachel's books
Rachel's books rated it 5 years ago
Presley is a party planner (I mean event coordinator!) who also has ADHD. She was laid off at her prior job in the psych department at the U of San Fran. She has a habit of diagnosing people. Her mom, who now has dementia, was a successful party planner, so Presley hopes to take up the reins. She ge...
Twirling Book Princess
Twirling Book Princess rated it 11 years ago
Received an ARC from Netgalley. This was an interesting book. It is book 3, but it seems you don’t need to read the other books to know what it is about. I couldn't find book 1 and 2, so I am happy to see I don’t need to read the other books. At the beginning it is clearly mentioned who is who, ...
Jessica (HDB)
Jessica (HDB) rated it 12 years ago
What a fun read! Do you love solving puzzles? Are you a fan of mystery? If so, this is the perfect series for you! The Secret of the Skeleton was a blast to read from beginning to end, and I'm not even the target audience. Mr. Skelton, the "Skeleton Man" has a secret to hide, and the Code Busters ...
Meledstic
Meledstic rated it 13 years ago
I really enjoy this series, even though the main character can be somewhat annoying. This one takes place in wine country, and though what I know about wine you can stick on the head of a pin and still have room left over, I always enjoy books set in this part of the country. I figured out the mur...
CJ the Book Peddler
CJ the Book Peddler rated it 13 years ago
I wanted to like this and get into it and all that jazz but it couldn't hold my attention past page fifty. Also, Presley had all the earmarks of a heroine that would be TSTL and I didn't care enough about the secondary cast to want to read anymore.It just wasn't my thing.
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