Fire Chief Colleen McCabe is enjoying a quiet summer in the Outer Banks and a budding romance with Sheriff Bill Dorman. However, her peaceful start to the tourist season is shattered when a tropical storm blows through Corolla and unearths a body buried under a vacation home boardwalk. When callous land developer Denny Custis dies in a suspicious […]
“Wild Spanish Mustangs, local eccentrics, lovable pets, then add a local community theater fund raiser and author O’Sullivan has a fun read for your summer pleasure. I loved this crazy tale of the female fire chief, Colleen McCabe, and her sometimes boyfriend, Sheriff Bill Dorman… This is a great sequel to author O’Sullivan’s award winning first book in this series, FOAL PLAY.” – Maureen Bouffard, I Love A Mystery Read full review
Check out how the cover for MURDER ON THE HOOF evolved from Andy Mueller’s beautiful image of Corolla’s Whalehead Club Historic House and Museum at Andy’s blog post and take a look at all of his beautiful work on his website!
Did you know that MURDER ON THE HOOF and FOAL PLAY feature the real life wild Spanish mustangs of Corolla, North Carolina and that these magnificent animals are endangered? The Corolla Wild Horse Fund is a nonprofit organization that is working to ensure the protection of these wild horses and their habitat. If you’d like to know more about the horses, see pictures of the herd including adorable foals, and/or make a donation to help protect them, please visit the Corolla Wild Horse Fund’s website.
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“Wild Spanish Mustangs, local eccentrics, lovable pets, then add a local community theater fund raiser and author O’Sullivan has a fun read for your summer pleasure. I loved this crazy tale of the female fire chief, Colleen McCabe, and her sometimes boyfriend, Sheriff Bill Dorman… This is a great sequel to author O’Sullivan’s award winning first book in this series, FOAL PLAY.” – Maureen Bouffard, I Love A Mystery Read full review
“The Colleen McCabe mystery series is the hottest new entry in Outer Banks fiction.” – Russ Lay, The Outer Banks Voice
“This is a fun jigsaw-puzzle of a mystery that will keep you guessing until the climactic town theater production. What really makes this mystery series special is the protagonist. I love that she’s defying gender roles by heading up a fire department.” – Jessica Sinn, Chick Lit Café Read full review
“The storylines in Murder on the Hoof are set up nicely, and interplay with each other well…All in all, a light, entertaining entry in this series.” – MysteriousReviews
“With its likeable, respectable heroine; quirky, humorous characters; evil villain; sun-drenched setting; adorable pets; wild Spanish Mustangs; and an Agatha Christie-like whodunit, cozy readers and animal lovers are going to want to take this novel with them on their summer vacations. Readers who live on the East Coast will wish to visit Corolla themselves. It truly is a beautiful place.”—Gumshoe Review Read full review
