Mysteries and Thrillers
In the third book in the Fog City noir series, Maggie Laurent, P.I., is making a name for herself, but it’s slow going. Her best friend, Maureen Dunleavy, who is a postulant at a nearby convent, asks Maggie for her help. At stake is the life of a young Chinese postulant. Maggie braves San Francisco’s underworld to keep her safe, bringing down the wrath of the mayor and police chief of San Francisco, and the kingpins of the prostitution, gambling, and drug trades operated by Chinese gang lords on her head.
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In the second book in the sieries, word spreads that Nick Moore has left San Francisco for good, leaving Maggie Laurent struggling to keep the Moore Detective Agency afloat. Then one day, her silent partner, Dickie Vance, invites her to lunch. He has a job for her. Find out what's going on with Herman Peters, Dickie's favorite cab driver and one of the "Nob Hill Irregulars" who feeds him gossip on the city's elite. This simple request leads Maggie deep into the world of labor unrest, the IWW, the Sedition Act, and into the arms of one of Herman's friends, a charming-as-hell Irishman. When this powder keg of unrest explodes with the arrival of Pinkerton operatives, the chain reaction of murder and violence threatens the lives of union members, cops, and Maggie herself.
In the first book in the Fog City Noir series, it’s 1930 in San Francisco, the bridges haven't yet been built, and although Prohibition is still in effect, the speakeasies are thriving. The Moore Detective Agency is two months and several fifths of whiskey away from closing its doors. When the wife of one of the most prestigious bankers knocks on their office door, asking them to look for her wayward stepson, it could be the lifeline they need to keep the agency going. The only case Nick Moore cares about is the one that contains twelve bottles of bathtub gin. Secretary Maggie Laurent takes the case and soon finds herself up to her neck in murder, arson, and the lies and double lives of San Francisco's wealthy elite, a world where she's seen as a nuisance at best and a threat at worst. Can she solve the murders before she becomes the next victim?
In the second Mary Ryan, San Francisco pastry chef, mystery, Mary Ryan is happy to be teaching at her old alma mater. But before long, she realizes the teaching staff are at loggerheads with each other. Adding to her dismay, ex-lover and Homicide Detective O'Connor has enrolled as a student, claiming to be on disability from the San Francisco Police Department. Mary walks into a turf war among the faculty, and then faculty and staff begin to be murdered. Mary is soon knee deep in murder, money-laundering, blackmail, professional sabotage, and computer hacking, and must rush to uncover the truth before the bodies start stacking up
Cranky Mary Ryan has sunk a lot of time and talent into the American Fare, San Francisco's hottest spot, while grieving over her broken marriage. At work very early, she steps on a laundry bag stuffed with the dead body of one of her employees. The investigation soon exposes all the dirty secrets that the food business would like to keep secret: the philandering chefs, the silly whims of the dining public, the hiring of illegal aliens, and the subsistence-living pay scale. Events begin to spiral that in time take out the restaurant's celebrity chef and force Mary to use her unique skills to uncover a poisonous scheme. Beat Until Stiff is the first book in the Mary Ryan series.
Catherine Walker is counting the seconds until she finishes high school and can leave the upscale suburban enclave where she’s lived all her life where swimming is the local religion. The town itself is defined by its swim team, faux rural character, too much money, and a sense of privilege and entitlement off the charts. When the murder of a classmate’s mother occurs, her status as an outsider will prove to be nearly fatal. All that privilege works against her as she faces being a lone voice in a community dedicated to protecting its own. She is the only person who can refute the killer’s alibi, and her time to expose him is shrinking as he stalks her and tries to silence her permanently.