Accidental death - maybe even suicide - from allergic shock, says case Detective Thomas Ryan. Impossible, insists Robin.Robin's own investigation uncovers one mystery after another. A lethal medication prescribed for an imposter. A secret assignment that Mary was working on. A sleazy politico acting as Mary's attorney. A "pavement princess" named Selma. And Mary's surprising liaisons with other women in her life apart from Robin.As she follows a trail of painful memory into the gay community in San Francisco and down the coast to Mary's house on the cliffs of beautiful Big Sur, Robin finds distraction from her grief in the alluring and enigmatic Cathy. But Cathy has a secret of her own...And as Robin draws ever closer to determining the real truth of Mary's final days, her own life becomes increasingly at risk...You will enjoy this intelligent, sharply witty mystery, the debut of an exciting new mystery writing talent.

    Bernadette Hebert has returned to Clearwater, Louisiana. The murder of a man she has long hated doesn't sadden her, but if she has refused to go she'd have to tell her partner why. Being from Clearwater means Bernie knows how to keep a secret. A bloodstained list of license plate numbers brings Bernie face to face with Carly Harrell, candidate for Clearwater Mayor. Once upon a time Bernadette had loved Carly, but the reunion is fraught with suspicion. Carly's from Clearwater, which means she has secrets too. Her political life may be promising, but her feelings for campaign worker Laura Lee threaten everything. Secrets seem to have been the dead man's specialty. In Clearwater, Louisiana, secrets are power...or a motive for murder.