The
Baffled Beatlemaniac Caper
Sandy
Fairfax Teen Idol Series Book 1
by
Sally Carpenter
Genre:
Cozy Mystery
Beatlemania
is back and better than even in this revised second edition.
Former
teen idol Sandy Fairfax finds that making a comeback can be murder!
It’s been fourteen years since the pop star broke little girls’
hearts on the 1970s hit TV show Buddy Brave, Boy Sleuth. But after
years of obscurity, the 38-year-old nowhere man can’t land a gig
anywhere except at a slightly disorganized Beatles fan convention in
Evansville, Indiana. What looks like an easy job turns deadly when a
member of the Mercy Marvels tribute band is shot and the local police
finger Sandy as the prime suspect. The schoolboy shamus is back in
action to find the culprit. All he’s got to do is get back past the
fawning fans, shady vendors and a John Lennon wannabe who just won’t
let it be. Help! It’s all too much for our bad boy hero who tackles
the case with a little help from his friends.
The
Baffled Beatlemaniac Caper was a finalist for the 2012 Eureka! Award
for best first mystery novel.
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The
Sinister Sitcom Caper
Sandy
Fairfax Teen Idol Series Book 2
Sandy
Fairfax, former teen idol and star of the ‘70s hit TV show “Buddy
Brave, Boy Sleuth,” is now a middle-aged recovering alcoholic who
realizes that making a comeback can be murder. He’s the guest star
on “Off-Kelter,” a corny family situation comedy and the lowest
rated TV show of the 1993 fall season. Before rehearsals barely begin
one of the actors drops dead at Sandy’s feet. He investigates,
enlisting the aid of two of his new cast mates: a dwarf and an animal
actor. During his snooping, we meet Sandy’s ex, his parents and his
teenage son, all with their own “situations” going on. During
rehearsals Sandy also encounters a beautiful choreographer—could
this be love? Will Sandy solve the murder before the Friday night
taping of “Off-Kelter” or will the elusive killer cancel our hero
before the final credits? This book was inspired by the author’s
experience working as a tour guide/page at Paramount Pictures in
Hollywood.
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The
Cunning Cruise Ship Caper
Sandy
Fairfax Teen Idol Series Book 3
38-year-old
Sandy Fairfax is a former '70s teen idol and star of the TV show
"Buddy Brave, Boy Sleuth." Now he's rebuilding his career
with a series of concerts aboard the SS Zodiac bound for the Bahamas.
He makes amends with his estranged sister, Celeste, who is blind and
also a musician, so she will join his performances. But their cruise
hits turbulent waters when Sandy finds a dead body in his onboard
dressing room. He investigates the colorful cast of suspects while
avoiding an old flame and trying to ignite something with his
beautiful choreographer. When Sandy gets too nosy, the bad guys throw
him overboard. Will he sleep with the fishes or escape and unmask the
killer at the ship's Halloween costume gala?
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The
Quirky Quiz Show Caper
Sandy
Fairfax Teen Idol Series Book 4
Former
teen idol Sandy Fairfax is a guest panelist on a TV game show—and
the first category is murder! When his kid brother, Warren, is framed
for killing a college student, Sandy makes it his duty to track down
the thug before the police move in. After all, Sandy did play a
detective once on a hit TV show. Sandy will get right on the
case—right after he visits his kids; fights with his ex; woos his
hoped-to-be girlfriend, Cinnamon; and convinces his parents he should
be the special entertainment at a black tie gala designed to raise
funds for his father’s faltering orchestra. All this while he and
his biggest fan attempt to “Raise The Stakes” on a rigged quiz
show where––wonder of wonders––the murder victim had recently
been a contestant. Sandy’s ready to pull out some of his long blond
hair as the game points and the suspects pile up.
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The
Notorious Noel Caper
Sandy
Fairfax Teen Idol Series Book 5
It’s
Christmastime in Tinsel Town, and there’s plenty of ho-ho-homicide
at the soon-to-open Santa’s Magic theme park, where bodies are
dropping like snowflakes. Former pop star Sandy Fairfax has a killer
job—he’s the emcee for the televised Miss North Pole beauty
contest--er, scholarship pageant. But will the beautiful contestants
make his girlfriend jealous? Or will she join him in his sleuthing?
The deadly Christmas season begins at a celebrity bowling tournament
when a pinsetter plops down a body instead of the pins. Throw in
surfing Santas, a seductive executive's wife, a sleazy tabloid
editor, an egotistical movie rival and a gift-wrapped death trap, and
it’s the most wonderful time of the year.
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Sally
Carpenter is native Hoosier living in Moorpark, Calif.
She
has a master’s degree in theater from Indiana State University.
While in school, her plays “Star Collector” and “Common Ground”
were finalists in the American College Theater Festival One-Act
Playwrighting Competition. “Common Ground” also earned a college
creative writing award. “Star Collector” was produced in New York
City and served as the inspiration for her first mystery series.
Carpenter
also has a Master of Divinity and a black belt in tae kwon do.
She’s
worked as an actress, college writing instructor, jail chaplain and
tour guide/page for Paramount Pictures.
The
books in her Sandy Fairfax Teen Idol cozy mystery series are: The
Baffled Beatlemaniac Caper (2012
Eureka! Award finalist for best first mystery novel), The
Sinister Sitcom Caper, The
Cunning Cruise Ship Caper, The
Quirky Quiz Show Caper and The
Notorious Noel Caper.
The
Psychedelic Spy cozy series is comprised of Flower
Power Fatality and Hippie
Haven Homicide.
She
has short stories in three anthologies: “Dark Nights at the Deluxe
Drive-in” in Last
Exit to Murder; “Faster
Than a Speeding Bullet” in Plan
B: Omnibus and
a Sandy Fairfax adventure, “The Puzzling Puppet Show Caper,”
in Cozy
Cat Shorts.
She
penned chapter three of the CCP group mystery Chasing
the Codex.
Her
website is http://sandyfairfaxauthor.com.
Reach her at facebook.com.sally.carpenter.54.
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