With the assistance of his Siamese cat, Jim Qwilleran is able to piece together the clues left behind by the killer of a local socialite.

Perry Starbuck intends to grab unbranded cattle and mark them as Starbuck property. But a sadistic "vaquero" with a whip has other ideas.

Caren Ainsley is living out a Cinderella story--plucked from obscurity to be the face of Nightstar, the hot, new perfume from Rayven Cosmetics. More than that, she's fallen for Marc Rayven. A man whose kisses promise the love she never thought she'd find. But this new world is ruthless and competitive--the glamour fleeting and the friends false. Can Caren hold on to everything or will it vanish when the clock strikes midnight?

When Clare College's resident eccentric Patrice Umphelby is found drowned in the campus lake, it's called a suicide. But the college president grows suspicious and calls in noted professor/detective Kate Fansler to research the matter. Ingratiating herself with her academic colleagues to learn more about Patrice's life, Kate digs up the evidence she needs to understand her death.

Ed London is the type of private investigator that you call to clean up the mess when your mistress turns up dead. But after he dumps a body in Central Park, it appears this case is still alive and kicking. Seems that the dead girl was in possession of something special that some very shady characters want back. Now Ed, along with his pretty actress friend Maddy, will have to crack the case before he ends up dead himself. But there's more than

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