When C. D. Masterly--the director of a big budget western that could put the town of Empty Creek, Arizona, on the map--is murdered, it is up to ex-Marine, bookstore owner, and sometimes sleuth Penelope Warren and her cat "Big Mike" to discover who wanted Masterly written out of the script.

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Pet-store owner and amateur sleuth Robin Light comes to the aid of a neighborhood youngster whose cousin Eli's roommate, Nestor Chang, has vanished with a load of contraband Cuban cigars whose owner, a shady local businessman, will do anything to get his property back.

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Struggling to come to terms with his own homosexuality, investigative journalist Mark Manning sets out to find missing Chicago socialite Helena Carter, who vanished seven years ago and is about to be declared legally dead, with the bulk of her fortune going to the Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago.

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Lady Susanna Appleton would be content to tend to the medicinal herbs in the garden of her London townhouse, but a mysterious murder prompts her to investigate and reveals that even her own husband is not above suspicion, in a mystery set in Elizabethan England .

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A Dallas O'Connor Mystery

Fashion stylist Dallas O'Connor turns sleuth to investigate the brutal killing of a beautiful young model, after she and Cuban artist Raul Domingo become prime suspects in the crime.

A Dallas O'Connor Mystery

Fashion stylist and occasional sleuth Dallas O'Connor must try to discover who is turning a big-budget photo shoot into a venue for murder, and faces suspects ranging from bickering designers to a lingerie model.

Lawyer Kali O'Brien's seemingly routine adoption case takes a disturbing turn when controversial radio host Bram Weaver, claiming to be the father of the baby being adopted by Kali's clients, initiates a custody battle and is later murdered.

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Just before her son's birthday party, the body of a young woman is found hanging in the woods behind the local inn, accompanied by a page ripped from People featuring an article about Jane, her cat Winky, and the town of Shady Hills, and soon Jane and her feline companion are on the trail of a killer.

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When her late husband's cousin, Stephanie, is found murdered after she takes a job at a trendy and elite publishing house, Jane Stuart goes undercover at the company and searches for a killer amidst manuscripts and mayhem

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