Almost a quarter of a century ago, acclaimed young writer Thea Janis disappeared. Although her body was never discovered, a man was convicted and incarcerated for the crime. However, 24 years later, someone is mailing portions of a manuscript that is unmistakably Thea's to her family. Cab driver and part-time detective Carlotta Carlyle finds herself in the middle of a case that's twisty, macabre, and endlessly fascinating.

Career taxi driver, amateur volleyball player, and sometimes sleuth Carlotta Carlyle has her work cut out for her when an elderly client whose protests against her landlord have caused controversy is found dead in her apartment. The plot thickens when Carlotta's volleyball teammate Gwen is pegged for the killer and a big-time music executive claiming he is the victim's stepgrandson hires Carlotta to sift through the dead woman's papers. Carlotta must come up with a game plan before the killer spikes again.

When an old woman hires Carlotta Carlyle to find her missing brother, the flinty investigator has no idea she's involving herself in a case of smuggling, drugs, and terrorism.

When an Emerson student and a Combat Zone prostitute both go missing at the same time, Carlotta Carlyle--the six-foot tall, redheaded private eye with an attitude--is called in to solve the case.

New Orleans Cajun cooking spices this mystery featuring actor/private investigator Michael Spraggue as he attempts to clear an innocent woman's name and to track down the real killer of a local chef.

When four seasonal employees at Yosemite National Park mysteriously disappear, park ranger Anna Pigeon goes undercover as a hotel waitress to solve the crime. Her investigation eventually leads her on a perilous solo journey into the Sierra Nevada mountains, where she must contend with predators both animal and human. This suspenseful mystery is the 12th in a series.

In Mississippi's Natchez Trace, sleuthing park ranger Anna Pigeon investigates a murder that may be connected to occult, sadomasochistic rituals.