Tulsa attorney Ben Kincaid trades his law practice for life as a jazz musician, only to wind up defending a nightclub owner and ex-convict accused of murdering legendary singer "Cajun Lily" Campbell.
Mystery bookstore owner Tricia Miles has been spending more time solving whodunits than reading them. Now a nearby gas explosion has injured Tricia's sister's boyfriend, Bob Kelly, the head of the Chamber of Commerce, and killed the owner of the town's history bookstore. Tricia's never been a fan of Bob, but when she reads that he's being tight-lipped about the "accident", it's time to take action.
These were the dark days for Matthew Scudder. An ex-New York cop, he had drowned his career in booze. Now he was drinking away his life in a succession of seedy establishments that opened early and closed late, reduced to doing paid "favors" for the cronies who gathered with him to worship the bottle. Now, in a sad and lonely place like so many before it, opportunity comes knocking - a chance to help the ginmil's owner recover his stolen doctored financial records; a chance to help out a drinking buddy accused of murdering his wife.
The cold blooded murder of Kevin Rees, Auxiliary Nurse at the private Howell Clinic for stroke victims, is greeted with apparent sorrow by all who knew him - well, nearly all. 'A born nurse' is the summation of his professional qualities by colleagues and patients alike. But is Dr Edwin Howell, maverick neuro-psychiatrist, and co-owner of the clinic just saving face when he anxiously divines the crime was the work of a burglar?
The Cat Who Blew the Whistle by Lilian Jackson Braun
When the residents of Moose County board the old steam locomotive on its inaugural round trip, little do they realize that this first trip would be the last. The engine owner has gone, along with millions of dollars belonging to depositors.
