title: Killing Adonis (Poisoned Pen Press Mysteries (Paperback))
author: J M Donellan
description: "Australian author Donellan (<i>A Beginner's Guide to Dying in India</i>) makes his U.S. debut with this delicious romp, which includes a bit of social consciousness. In a Brisbane bar, with a Moscow Mule in hand, nurse Freya Miller, who has always dreamed of becoming the Florence Nightingale of East Timor, is reconsidering her future. A friend shows her an ad for a private nurse that reads: "Light duties. Large pay. No questions asked or answered." In an alcoholic haze, Freya sends off her rsum and is shocked into sobriety when she's invited to come for an interview at the home of one of the world's most powerful families. So begins this racy, well-paced, action-packed, and funny tale of twisted love, gruesome death, steadfast friendship, awesome greed, and familial madness - not to mention penguins in sweaters. Donellan has a gift for witty turns of phrase and dialogue that jumps off the page and makes you smile." (<i><b><i>Publishers Weekly</i></b></i>)<br /><br />"The plot of this delightful mystery keeps the reader up on what's happening without giving away the surprising ending until the proper time. <i>Killing Adonis</i> is a debut work for the author. I would like to spend some more time with Freya in the future." (Mary Ann Smyth <i><b><i>Bookloons</i></b></i>)<br /><br />"I laughed from beginning to end with this book. I can't even. I just can't....I loved this book so much I highlighted examples of exactly why I loved this brilliant writing so much but realized it may not be appropriate for...em...people without a certain type of funny bone. My review won't do it justice, but this book is literally laugh-out-loud inappropriate (my favorite) and I really need to follow J.M. Donellan's works closely." (roxi Net <i><b>Goodreads</b></i>)<br /><br />"From a small, bumptious publisher out of the mainstream in Scottsdale, Ariz. perhaps even thumbing their noses at the two-martini Manhattan lunch bunch comes this year's most mind-blowing and droll crime fiction book. Poisoned Pen Press will release Australian writer J.M. Donellan's debut novel Killing Adonis on Dec. 16. Notwithstanding the radar-like gathering of hot new releases by Maria's Bookshop's Jeanne Costello, and our finely attuned public libraries, you're probably going to have to order this book. I promise you won't be disappointed if you do....I can't keep relating the outrageous circumstances making up this brilliant story. There is nothing not to like about <i>Killing Adonis</i>." (Jeffrey Mannix <i><b><i>Murder Ink</i></b></i>)<br /><br />"This first mystery from Donellan (<i>A Beginner's Guide to Dying in India</i>, 2009) will remind many readers of Tom Robbins' work: cleverly crafted and overflowing with idiosyncratic characters and mordant humor. A most unusual mystery, indeed." <b>(starred review)</b> (<i><b><i>Kirkus Reviews</i></b></i>)
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  Epilogue
  Killian
  Marcus
  About the Author
  Also by Harper B. Cole
  
  HIS SECRET BILLIONAIRE
  OMEGA
  M/M ALPHA OMEGA MPREG
  
  HARPER B. COLE
  FROST & HAZEL
  
  CONTENTS
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  Killian
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  Marcus
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  Killian
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  Marcus
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  Killian
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  Marcus
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  Killian
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  Marcus
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  Killian
  10. Marcus
  11. Killian
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  13. Killian
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  37. Killian
  38. Marcus
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  Epilogue
  About the Author
  Also by Harper B. Cole
  
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  KILLIAN
  ey, Killer. Looks like your sweetheart is back tonight."
  I flipped Joe the bird, as if I hadn't been keeping half an eye out for the
  loud, gregarious omega who appeared almost every Omega Night.
  In a more serious tone, 