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Lie or Die: A Paranormal Women's Fiction Novel (Shelby Nichols Adventure Book 3) Kindle Edition

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"They don't call me Joey The Knife for nothing."

Mind-reader Shelby Nichols has a problem.

Starting a new agency is hard enough, but add stolen money, shady business dealings, and threatening notes to the equation, and it's enough to give anyone heartburn.

But that's nothing compared to an enemy from the past who wants her dead. Soon, Shelby must use all her wits to stay alive, and her only option?

Lie or Die.

USA TODAY and Wall Street Journal Bestselling author Colleen Helme offers a clever mix of mystery, laugh-out-loud humor, and page-turning adventure in the highly acclaimed Shelby Nichols Adventure Series.

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Mystery, suspense and great characters that make you laugh! ~ Gin's Book Notes

Great Mystery! In Lie or Die, the characters are charming, likable, and well-developed. This action-packed, well-developed story will not disappoint fans of the other Shelby Nichols adventures who like funny mysteries like Janet Evanovich. ~ Kira, Imagination Reviews

Move over Stephanie Plum and let Shelby Nichols get the job done! ~ Amazon Reviewer

Perfect for fans of Elizabeth Hunter, Eve Langlais, Shannon Mayer, Jana DeLeon, and Darynda Jones.

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Shelby Nichols Adventure
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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B008R35T3K
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Manetto Books (29 July 2012)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 2012 KB
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Print length ‏ : ‎ 285 pages

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***USA Today Bestselling Author***

Colleen Helme is the author of the bestselling Shelby Nichols Adventure Series, a wildly entertaining and highly humorous series about Shelby Nichols, a woman with the ability to read minds. She is also the author of the Sand and Shadow Series, a spin-off from the Shelby Nichols Series featuring Ella St. John, a woman with a special ‘healing’ touch. Between writing about these two friends, Colleen has her hands full, but is enjoying every minute of it, especially when they appear in books together. When not writing, Colleen spends most of her time thinking about new ways to get her characters in and out of trouble. She loves to connect with readers and admits that fans of her books keep her writing.

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manny rothman

Lie or die

Reviewed in Australia on 16 July 2019

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Was a great book with great characters and great action with a great story and a great ending the lady talking has a very relaxing voice
Looking forward to the next book thanks 🤠🍷💪🏻

Reviewed in Australia on 11 February 2019

Another great book in the series. Great story and characters. I would recommend this series. On the next one now....

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Elisa

Awesome mystery best so far

Reviewed in Australia on 1 May 2016

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Lots more awesome adventure for Shelby and I love how she is coming more into her one with regards to her mind reading abilities and helping people also speaking her mind with uncle joey she really is coming out of her house wife shell and rocking it. Chris also surprised me more in this book he is coming around to lovingly accept Shelbys gift more and being more supportive even when she worries him sick...lol

Reviewed in Australia on 3 May 2020

I can't even express how much I love this series. This book kept me on my toes and always thinking about what will come next. Its not predictable and the twists are fantastic.

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Elisabeth

FABULOUS

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 2 November 2021

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Plenty of intrigue, action and suspense. Expect guns, knives and dead bodies and lingerie and more. Shelby starts her consulting services looking for the bank robbery money. But again finds herself helping Uncle Joey. And Kate is back and why is she at the trial that Chris is defending. Another whirlwind of a book in this fabulous series.

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Patricia D.

I absolutely love these Shelby Nichols Adventures

Reviewed in Canada on 4 August 2014

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I absolutely love these Shelby Nichols Adventures! They just keep getting better -- the writer has simply the best way of making a serious situation have its humorous side -- I laughed out loud a few times! Yet, every book has been a page-turner, never knowing what will happen next, and I'm so looking forward to another adventure of Shelby's!

J. Beyer

Shelby Nichols hat alle Hände voll zu tun

Reviewed in Germany on 2 November 2014

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Dies ist der dritte Band der Shelby Nichols Reihe und es können Spoiler zu den ersten beiden Bänden vorhanden sein.

Shelby ist damit beauftragt das verschwundene Geld aus dem Banküberfall von Keith Bishop zu finden. Dabei hat sie Rob Felt den Job weggenommen was dazu führt, dass dieser ihr auf Schritt und Tritt folgt. Weiterhin nimmt Shelby Fälle von der Polizei an, arbeitet immer wieder für Joey und hilft ihrem Mann Chris auch noch bei seinem Fall. Als eine Verbindung zwischen den einzelnen Fällen auftaucht hat Shelby alle Hände voll zu tun, um jedes einzelne Problem zu lösen.

Dieser Band hat mir bisher am besten gefallen. Shelby entwickelt sich unglaublich weiter. Sie beginnt endlich ihre Gabe zu akzeptieren und etwas daraus zu machen und ergreift richtig Initiative. Mir gefällt es wie sich ihr Charakter weiter entwickelt und mehr und mehr "erwachsen" wird.

Auch die anderen Charaktere entwickeln sich gut. Chris lernt mit den Fähigkeiten seiner Frau umzugehen und diese sogar vorteilhaft zu nutzen. Joey und Ramos harmonieren wieder super mit Shelby. Es ist immer schön die beiden mit Shelby interagieren zu sehen. Besonders der Zwiespalt von Shelby zu entscheiden wer jetzt genau die "Bösen" sind und wer eigentlich doch ganz ok ist.

Dieser Band bekommt durch seine unterschiedlichen Erzählstränge eine deutlich usführlichere Handlung als die ersten beiden Bände. Es gibt so viele Probleme und Fälle zu lösen, dass es durchgängig spannend bleibt und trotzdem verliert man auch nicht die Übersicht.

Manchmal finde ich es etwas schade, dass Shelbys Kinder zwar immer wieder am Rande auftauchen, es aber viel zu unklar bleibt was diese in den Zeiten wenn beide Eltern mit ihrem Kram beschäftigt sind tatsächlich machen. Die beiden werden immer wieder erwähnt und kurzzeitig für ein Abendessen etc. eingebunden und dann wieder "tagelang" nicht erwähnt während Shelby und Chris den ganzen Tag nicht daheim sind. Nach einer Andeutung in diesem Band lässt sich aber vermuten, dass wir im nächsten Band auch mehr von den Kindern mitbekommen.

Der Schreibstil ist gewohnt witzig und leicht und flüssig zu lesen. Mittlerweile gelingt es der Autorin auch deutlich besser die Gedankenlesenden Gedankengänge und die normalen Gedanken von Shelby zu trennen.

Schön ist es, dass die Bücher immer abgeschlossen enden und es trotzdem so etwas wie einen kurzen Ausblick auf den "Fall" im nächsten Band gibt. Das macht einen neugierig.

Eine klare Leseempfehlung.

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Dr. Geoff

Colleen Helme's BEST Shelby Nichols story yet! Fantastic Read!

Reviewed in the United States on 11 August 2012

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I travel a lot for my job, so I am very selective about my reading. I am often many long hours on a plane, so I want something totally absorbing, gripping, an edge of your seat page turner that will get me so lost in the story that I forget about time passing. Yes, I read on my Kindle when I work out on an exercise bike and treadmill too, so you can imagine how important a good story is to me.

I really enjoyed Colleen's first Shelby Nichol's book, Carrots, and I liked Fast Money even better. I think that developing a believable, consistent character or set of characters is so important for a story. Unfortunately, we readers are extremely observant, and so often there are chinks and cracks that form in the foundation of a book. One false move by a character in an adventure, and the READER gets it. As in the story can fall apart in a heartbeat.

One of the things that I like best about Colleen's writing, and in fact her story telling is her amazing consistency. Collen's got a tough row to hoe, too, doesn't she? We're not just talking about what people say and DO in her books, we're talking about what they THINK!

With an amazing flair and style, and a consistency that would put a Swiss watch to shame, Collen has done it again! I think I liked Lie or Die even better than the previous two books, because Colleen has built her characters and foundations. She's not building a house any more, we're up to a village and town, and growing.

Shelby is so much like your neighbor. Your friend. Your kid's friend's mom. The person you go to a bake sale with, or run a Girl Scout Cookie sale with. She just has this one tiny little difference. Well, maybe not so tiny. She can read minds.

Being mixed up with the local mob boss, having a trial attorney for a husband, and two teens who thinks she's... well, a goofy parent, only add to the sheer reality of the mix. Let's see, avoid being kidnapped, go shopping, come home and get dinner ready for the kids. Sound familiar? She seems so ordinary. And even though she sometimes has a good front (sometimes not; I loved the parts where she's chugging the Mylanta)! she is so extraordinary in her ordinary every day-ness that you just can't help but be charmed by her.

Another of my favorite things about this and the other Colleen Helme novels is that they are blemish and error free. As an author, editor, former English Major and full time Reader, I am extremely picky about typo's, grammar, syntax, punctuation, and other annoying flies that can buzz about my reading pleasure, distracting and vexing me. Not so with a Shelby Nichols adventure. I can count on a FLAWLESS execution, and since we are in Olympics mode these days anyway, oh what the heck: Judges give it a 10.0!

So plot development is equally as good. You always think you can outguess Shelby, or Dimples, or Uncle Joey, but as you read Colleen does a masterful job at building and maintaining the suspense. She surprises you with a completely different turn of events, and keeps you wanting to read and turn pages until you come to the short and simple end of the tale. Now, the only problem with the end of the book is I am going to have to wait a LONG TIME for more Shelby Nichols adventures! She did leave us a clue this time, though, a little errand for Uncle Joey in Orlando. What will come next? Will it involve an Orlando adventure? Will the kids become targets this time? We'll have to wait and see. Hopefully not long, yes? We can count on you for this, Colleen?

To sum up, I really enjoy Shelby Nichols, and all the characters which have equally well developed and consistent expression. I love the mystery, I love the adventure, and I love the absorbing fun of a Shelby Nichols book. I do believe that Colleen continues to up her own level of writing and creativity with these books, such that they continue to get better, not just stay the same. They are a fun ride, they leave you wanting for more, and they make for a nice, real-life everyday style mystery.

I was originally on the fence about Carrots, but now I am so pleased that I bought it, along with Fast Money, and Lie or Die. I have enjoyed Shelby Nichols adventures long after the price is forgotten. If you're not sure you should read these books, avoid disappointment! Read them! While they don't have to be read in order, as with other building series, I do recommend that. You'll enjoy them all, so it's totally worth it. And you're worth it, come on, treat yourself!

Thanks, Colleen, for once again making Miami to Buenos Aires and back again go by SO fast that I didn't realize we were already turning off all electronic devices and putting our tray tables in their upright and locked positions!

Respectfully Submitted,

Dr. Geoff Parker

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