5 Bodies To Die For

5 Bodies To Die For
Stephanie Bond

The Charmed Killer is on the loose in Atlanta and Carlotta Wren is caught up in the terror–especially when her body-moving side business brings her dangerously close to the action. And then… She's forced to take refuge in her former fiancé's house–much to the chagrin of other interested parties… Her brother Wesley begins to behave as if he has his own death wish…And someone close to her is implicated in the mass murders. Meanwhile, Carlotta can't shake the feeling that danger is dogging her seemingly cursed family–and that the serial killer's exploits are starting to get personal….

Praise for STEPHANIE BOND

Of Body Movers

“This is a series the reader will want to jump on in the very beginning.”

—Writers Unlimited

“Bond has successfully switched to the crime genre, bringing along her trademark humor and panache.”

—Booklist

Of Body Movers: 2 Bodies for the Price of 1

“Body Movers is one of the most delightful series I have read in quite some time.

Stephanie Bond shows her audience what a wickedly funny mystery should be all about.”

—Suspense Romance Writers

“This series is simply splendid. Vivid, quirky, flawed, wonderful people fill its pages and you care about what happens to them. Like the prior volume, it is replete with humor as well as action. I can hardly wait to see all these characters again.”

—Huntress Reviews

Of Body Movers: 3 Men and a Body

4 1/2 stars! “Bond continues her popular Body Movers series with a fast-paced and wickedly humorous story that skewers fame and celebrity obsession with deadly accuracy.”

—Romantic Times BOOKreviews

“Where the [Body Movers] series goes next continues to be an intriguing mystery.

Readers who love a combination of suspense and sexy romance will find their thrills in Bond’s latest offering.”

—BookPage

STEPHANIE BOND

5 BODIES TO DIE FOR

Acknowledgments

The middle book in a trilogy is a bit like the middle child—it tries to please everyone, tries to fill in all the gaps to keep everyone happy and moving along. (Can you tell I’m a middle child?) Writing this second book in the BODY MOVERS trilogy of books 4, 5 and 6 was a big challenge, and I couldn’t have gotten through it without my editor Brenda Chin, who eagerly asks, “What happens next?” with all the confidence that I somehow know and will pull it off. Thank you, Brenda, for high expectations and constant encouragement.

Thanks, too, to Margaret O’Neill Marbury and Valerie Gray for your ongoing support of the BODY MOVERS series within MIRA, and to all the sales, marketing and production people behind the scenes who work to get the BODY MOVERS books into the hands of readers. A big, big thank-you to Michael Rehder at MIRA for designing the amazing charm-bracelet covers—I love them!

Thanks to my agent Kimberly Whalen of Trident Media Group for keeping the ball rolling. As always, thanks to my critique partner, Rita Herron, for our weekly meetings to discuss pages and possibilities over glasses of wine.

To my husband, Chris, who still moves me after eighteen-plus years.

And to my readers—thank you for allowing me to entertain you.

Contents

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

Chapter 13

Chapter 14

Chapter 15

Chapter 16

Chapter 17

Chapter 18

Chapter 19

Chapter 20

Chapter 21