Did the doctor's callous bedside manner give a patient the urge to kill?

It takes a truly sneaky person to keep a secret in a newsroom. St. Louis City Gazette columnist Francesca Vierling is just the woman to do it-especially to help hide her editor's bout with breast cancer. Now she's surrep[...]

Whacked with a lawn flamingo? A reporter wants to know--who killed with kitsch...
The rehabilitation of North Dakota Place is a feel-good story--the kind "St. Louis City Gazette" columnist Francesca Vierling likes to write. Grand houses restored to former glory. Pride in a neighborhood--and, lik[...]

While working at an upscale bridal salon, Helen Hawthorne is forced to unleash her keen skills of detection once again when a wealthy, obnoxious mother-of-the-bride is murdered by an unusual weapon, a wedding dress, and she is accused of the crime. Original.[...]

From the Agatha Award-Winning Author of Dying In StyleEvery job has its pluses and minuses. Josie Marcus gets to shoe-shop-but she also must deal with men like Mel Poulaine, who's too interested in handling women's feet. Soon Josie's been hired by Mel's boss to mystery-shop the store, but one step l[...]

Someone has killed Halley Hardwicke, the hot young designer of thousand-dollar Italian silk scarves, in the mall parking lot-and police have their eye on Jake, the husband of Josie's best friend Alyce. The couple lived near the wrap maven, but it seems Halley and Jake were a little too neighborly. <[...]

national bestselling author viets reveals the lifestyles of the rich and murdered...
In the Superior Club's complaint department, Helen Hawthorne has to deal with the rich and spoiled. Then her deadbeat ex-husband sails back into her life aboard the yacht of his new lady-known as the "Black Wid[...]

Josie Marcus has been hired to check out a big pet store's involvement with puppy mills. When an employee who clued her into the mills? existence shows up dead, Josie realizes that sinking her teeth into this case could mean getting bitten back?[...]

At the high-end designer consignment shop Snapdragon, Helen Hawthorne must cater to the whims of snobby-yet-frugal customers like Chrissy, who comes in to sell a purse and ends up causing a scene. But when Chrissy is found dead in a dressing room with a hand-painted scarf around her neck, Helen goes[...]

"Back in Miami after a relaxing honeymoon, Helen Hawthorne and her new hubby Phil are opening their own PI agency--specializing in families with private problems. But even with a new business, Helen can't seem to get away from those dead-end jobs. "
Helen and Phil's very first client is Shelby,[...]

"Husband and wife PI team Helen Hawthorne and Phil Sagemont each have their hands full, but only Helen has to carry drink trays--as part of her latest undercover assignment...." To catch a jewel smuggler on a luxury yacht, Helen is posing as the ship's new stewardess. But between serving drinks and [...]

New in the national bestselling Josie Marcus, Mystery Shopper series, from the Agatha and Anthony Award-winning author of the Dead End Job Mystery series.
"Mystery shopper Josie Marcus is getting the dirt on doggy day-care centers, and discovers that one dog-loving local celebrity is really bad [...]