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Carrie Carlin #5
Slippery Slopes and Other Deadly Things
Who would expect a killer to do in his/her victim while riding a chairlift at a peaceful alpine ski resort in full view of a throng of skiers gathered to watch the Christmas torchlight parade? Certainly not stress-reduction therapist, Carrie Carlin, who has come to her biofeedback convention in the hope of meeting this year's honoree, pain management guru, Adonis-like Dr. Hubert Freundlich. Of course, Carrie hadn't expected to find Dr. Freundlich's wedding-banded hand creeping up her thigh in the outdoor hot tub either. Nor had she anticipated hearing hints of wrongdoing drunkenly whispered in her ear by his brilliant young associate.
Then the associate is murdered, the police discover that her scarf is the probable murder weapon, her roommate develops amnesia about a possible date rape, a close colleague and friend is attacked, there's a suspicious accident on those slippery slopes, and her significant other starts talking wedded bliss. Carrie's stress level shoots into the stratosphere as she finds herself dodging not only Cupid's darts, but bullets and a ski-masked killer with a heart as cold as Vermont black ice.
Then the associate is murdered, the police discover that her scarf is the probable murder weapon, her roommate develops amnesia about a possible date rape, a close colleague and friend is attacked, there's a suspicious accident on those slippery slopes, and her significant other starts talking wedded bliss. Carrie's stress level shoots into the stratosphere as she finds herself dodging not only Cupid's darts, but bullets and a ski-masked killer with a heart as cold as Vermont black ice.
249 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 31, 2003
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About the author
Nancy Tesler
7 books29 followersNancy Tesler started as an actor, progressed to writing screen and stage plays, and then, inspired by the overwhelming urge to do someone in, moved on to writing mysteries about the murderously wacky world of divorce.
Nancy Tesler was born and raised in Worcester, Mass., and moved with her family to New York City when she was eighteen. After graduating from Carnegie Mellon University with a major in drama, she toured France with a production of "Born Yesterday."
She acted in films, television and off-Broadway theater until the birth of her first child. She then began writing for the stage, television and the financial community. In the early 1990s she became certified as a biofeedback clinician and works with adults having pain or stress-related conditions and children with attention deficit disorders.
Pink Balloons and Other Deadly Things introduced Carrie Carlin, biofeedback clinician and almost-divorced mom, whose already stressful life becomes nightmarish when her soon-to-be-ex's intended turns up dead, with Carrie topping the suspect list. Carrie's fifth adventure, Slippery Slopes & Other Deadly Things, was published in April 2003 by Perseverance Press/John Daniel & Co.
Nancy Tesler was born and raised in Worcester, Mass., and moved with her family to New York City when she was eighteen. After graduating from Carnegie Mellon University with a major in drama, she toured France with a production of "Born Yesterday."
She acted in films, television and off-Broadway theater until the birth of her first child. She then began writing for the stage, television and the financial community. In the early 1990s she became certified as a biofeedback clinician and works with adults having pain or stress-related conditions and children with attention deficit disorders.
Pink Balloons and Other Deadly Things introduced Carrie Carlin, biofeedback clinician and almost-divorced mom, whose already stressful life becomes nightmarish when her soon-to-be-ex's intended turns up dead, with Carrie topping the suspect list. Carrie's fifth adventure, Slippery Slopes & Other Deadly Things, was published in April 2003 by Perseverance Press/John Daniel & Co.
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September 6, 2017
Good book
You people should just read this book yourselves and write your own review on this novel yourself and I really enjoyed reading this book very much so. Shelley MA
You people should just read this book yourselves and write your own review on this novel yourself and I really enjoyed reading this book very much so. Shelley MA
March 23, 2011
Some people have a way of finding trouble, or is it that trouble has a way of finding them? Carrie Carlin’s boyfriend says she is a “lightening rod” for trouble. Whatever the case may be her life is anything but dull.
Carrie is in Sunnyville, Vermont to attend the annual conference of the International Association of Biofeedback Practitioners. Her two children and her live-in boyfriend, who also happens to be a cop, are to join her for a skiing vacation in a few days. The much anticipated conference starts to turn sour when the conference’s major attraction, Dr. Hubert Freundlich makes a pass at Carrie in a hot tub while surrounded by several other people, including his wife. She begins to suspect that her “hero” may not be all that she has hoped. Later, Charlie Anders, Dr Freundlich’s assistant, joins her group for lunch. After drinking a bit too much, he seems to suggest that he knows secrets about the doctor that no one else knows. Not long after, Charlie ends up dead. Unfortunately, he died with Carrie’s scarf around his neck. Like it or not, she is in the middle of another “situation”. It seems the only way out is to find the real killer.
This is a very enjoyable mystery. It is a fast read because you will have a problem putting it down. It has humor, suspense, danger, and all of the elements it takes to make a successful mystery novel. This is the fifth book in the series and although I have not read the first four, I had no problem following the story and enjoying the book.
Carrie is in Sunnyville, Vermont to attend the annual conference of the International Association of Biofeedback Practitioners. Her two children and her live-in boyfriend, who also happens to be a cop, are to join her for a skiing vacation in a few days. The much anticipated conference starts to turn sour when the conference’s major attraction, Dr. Hubert Freundlich makes a pass at Carrie in a hot tub while surrounded by several other people, including his wife. She begins to suspect that her “hero” may not be all that she has hoped. Later, Charlie Anders, Dr Freundlich’s assistant, joins her group for lunch. After drinking a bit too much, he seems to suggest that he knows secrets about the doctor that no one else knows. Not long after, Charlie ends up dead. Unfortunately, he died with Carrie’s scarf around his neck. Like it or not, she is in the middle of another “situation”. It seems the only way out is to find the real killer.
This is a very enjoyable mystery. It is a fast read because you will have a problem putting it down. It has humor, suspense, danger, and all of the elements it takes to make a successful mystery novel. This is the fifth book in the series and although I have not read the first four, I had no problem following the story and enjoying the book.
October 3, 2013
This book is well written, a murder/mystery at a convention of bio-feedback practitioners on the ski slopes of a Vermont resort. As with a number of protagonists, Carrie seems to be constantly nosing into situations that most of us would avoid, but I guess that's the m.o. for many books today.
May 1, 2013
Very good
October 29, 2013
This mystery was good not great at times I had to put it down because it was dull but at the finish it became interesting.
September 24, 2013
Another good Carrie Carlin romantic, murder mystery. Nancy Tesler does a great job developing her characters, and it is interesting to see the love angle emerge.
October 4, 2013
The first Carrie Carlin mystery I've read, but it won't be the last. It's like a comfortable cup of cocoa.
November 4, 2013
I just plain ol' love the characters in these stories. Anxiously awaiting the next book...and a wedding?
February 2, 2015
As Carrie Carlin attends a biofeedback convention at a ski resort in Vermont she and many others watch as a person falls from a ski lift. This is the first of the murders she pokes her nose in.
January 4, 2016
This series sounds promising, although the main character is somewhat annoying. I'll probably read more books by this author.
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