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Secret affairs, hunky gardeners, and housewives desperate enough to bare it all... welcome to Magnolia Lane , TV's newest hit show. As the new wardrobe assistant, shoe designer Maddie Springer is in fashion heaven. But then a young starlet is found dead. Now it's up to Maddie to sift through a secretive leading lady, an actor on the verge of a nervous breakdown, a sexy cyber scandal, and one tabloid... (more)

Done for a Dime

by David Corbett

Raymond “Strong” Carlisle made his mark as an ace sideman to the biggest names in R&B. Now he lies in the mud outside his home, shot dead from behind. He’s the first official casualty in a dirty war for control of Rio Mirada: a low-rent “city in transition” at the northernmost point of the San Francisco Bay, beset by drug dealers, arsonists, squatters, and restless developers. And now a murderer. In Rio... (more)

Paying the Piper (Leisure Fiction)

by Simon Wood

After an eight-year hiatus, the elusive serial kidnapper dubbed the Piper is once again commanding headlines in San Francisco after abducting Sammy, one of newspaper reporter Scott Fleetwood's young sons. However, where the Piper's previous crimes had been motivated by money—kids returned unharmed in exchange for millions in ransom—this one appears to be personal: the Piper holds Fleetwood responsible for botching... (more)

Blood Count (Worldwide Mystery)Dell shannon

Blood Count (Worldwide Mystery)

by Dell shannon

Murder on Nob Hill

by Shirley Tallman

Sarah Woolson has always dreamed of becoming a lawyer. The trouble is, in the San Francisco of 1880, polite society believes it is willful and unfeminine for a young lady to concern herself with such things. Undeterred, and confident of the legal education that her judge father has given her, Sarah uses her brains and a little subterfuge to finagle her way into a prestigious law firm. Her first client is a lovely... (more)

Bones

by Jan Burke

Irene Kelley bets her life on a deal she makes with a serial killer in the novel that "firmly ensconces <Burke> in the mystery pantheon with Patricia Cornwell, Sue Grafton, Robert B. Parker, and John Sandford."( The Tennessean )

A Sensitive Kind of Murder (Kate Jasper Mysteries (Paperback))

A Sensitive Kind of Murder (Kate Jasper Mysteries (Paperback))

by Jaqueline Girdner

Vegetarian/entrepreneur/amateur sleuth Kate Jasper senses a fatal vibe in her husband's support group. "Off-the-wall original...this series is a treasure." (Carolyn G. Hart) "Kate Jasper and her crew of Marin County's most lovable loonies are back." ( Publishers Weekly )

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Undercover in High Heels

by Gemma Halliday