Malice and personal ambition clash tragically in this thought-provoking courtroom thriller.

Bobby J

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Helms, Richard

Mystery

Mystery & Suspense Pr

Praise for M. Diane Vogt's Judge Wilhelmina Carson mysteries: 
"Anyone who has ever had cause to resent a trophy wife will identify with Willa's emotional dilemma and cheer her resolution of it."—Publishers Weekly "An extremely entertaining and crisp mystery . . ." —Midwest Book Review "Willa is one of the nicest, likable, yet believable amateur sleuths to come along in years. . ." —Harriet Klausner "When Willa returns, I'll be waiting." —Contra Costa Times "[Justice Denied] is like a really good episode of television's West Wing!" —Debbie Neckel, Book Crazy Radio Tampa's flamboyant Judge Wilhelmina Carson returns in the third installment of this well-loved series. Ron Wheaton dies in Judge Willa's home at the height of Tampa's Gasparilla Pirate Fest, drawing Willa into a deepening morass of deceit as she rushes to defend her long-time secretary from accusations of murder. Tampa's Gasparilla Pirate Festival provides the backdrop for jewelry theft, bank fraud, and murder. Just as Judge Willa is recovering from the shock of meeting her father's new trophy wife, Margaret Wheaton, Judge Willa's long-time friend and secretary, becomes mysteriously involved with a nefarious jeweler. When both Margaret's husband and the jeweler end up dead, Margaret is the number one suspect. But Willa's Dad could be the killer, too. Willa sets out to prove them both innocent and takes the reader on a ride through Tampa's month long pirate party, with twists and turns that keep you guessing until the very end: whodunnit?

Gasparilla Gold

Vogt, M. Diane

Catherine Deean, a Los Angeles caterer, finds trouble and danger when she begins to investigate mysterious murders which seem to be connected to a chef hired by her boss.

Chill Before Serving: A Mystery for Food Lovers

Cynthia P. Lawrence

Into the Dark

Schwartz, Richard

Terrell Newman, newly promoted to Lieutenant in the San Antonio police force, is called to investigate the death of a young woman found laid out in her bed as if she had been prepared for burial by a funeral home. As he begins to piece together the evidence, Newman realizes that this is not the first killing and won't be the last. With the help of eccentric FBI forensic psychologist Walter Selig, he builds up a profile of a man who is projecting his fear of abandonment onto the women he meets through the Internet. The novel explores the mind of the killer and opens as he prepares to kill the San Antonio victim, then follows him as he seeks out his next victims while Newman tries to track him down before he can kill again. As Selig predicts, there are radical departures from his previous pattern of killings.

The Deliverer: Book One in the Terrell Newman Detective Series

Taylor, Bernard J.

When a prominent lawyer is found ritually murdered in what appears to be a sadistic frenzy, Terrell Newman is led into the twilight world of sadomasochism in his search for the killer. He discovers that the dead lawyer was a frequent visitor to the "House of Correction"-a slave farm run by an expatriate Englishman in the hill country outside San Antonio. Among others to come under suspicion is the lawyer's daughter, who advertises herself on the Internet as "The Goddess of Darkness."

The House of Correction: Book Four in the Terrell Newman Detective Series

Natasha Chamberlain is a young, single office manager who dreams of becoming an investigator. Offered the opportunity to act as bodyguard to computer genius/multimillionaire Roger Valentine while posing as his girlfriend, she jumps at the chance, hoping she can use this as a stepping stone into her firm's investigative department.
Jonce Striker, founding partner of Investigative Services, Inc., does not know what he has let himself in for by suggesting Natasha play bodyguard to his good friend, Roger. From the first outing, when Natasha mistakes an extended lighter for a gun and creates chaos at a banquet given in Roger's honor, she causes Striker nothing but consternation and agitation. Natasha is overzealous in protecting Roger and manages to bungle three separate attempts by an extortionist to collect money from Roger while driving Striker crazy with her zaniness.
Things turn serious when Roger and Natasha are fired upon while playing golf. Who is trying to kill Roger, and why? Is it the same person trying to extort money or someone else? Laugh out loud at Natasha's antics as she stumbles her way through the investigation.

The Bodyguard

Literature & Fiction

Christy Tillery French

Humor & Satire

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