Lalla Bains stumbles into solving this ‘mystery’ after her red Cadillac is discovered in a lake with a widowed piano teacher in it. What makes Lalla an interesting and appealing crime solver is that she’s an ex-model with a string of ex-husbands to her name, that’s resisting hitting the big 4-0 a...
"Another Exciting, Fun Detective Story from R.P. Dahlke"This is the last book of the boxed set of The Dead Red Mysteries. Again, Lalla Bains takes on her own investigation and misfortunes as she can't leave crime solving to the experts! She's now engaged to Sheriff Caleb Stone and this will be he...
Chapter Eleven: Outside Ian Tom's house, Caleb leaned on the open window of Pearlie's rental and sniffed. "Is it just me or does your rental smell like cat piss?" "I have no idea what you're talking about," Pearlie said, avoiding his eyes. "And if you'll excuse us, we have a job to do." He lo...
Passing close to Baja Naval she felt a breath of longing for that first day when she actually had a chance to leave before she so willingly went to the police station and the noose was tightened. But broken promises and slashed cushions seemed to be the path she was on and now there was no turnin...
Chapter Sixteen: Skylights had been added to let more daylight into the barn converted studio. A man in a T-shirt, overalls, and long leather welder gloves and helmet, was welding half a bronze horse to a tall ornate gate. I nudged Pearlie. “I knew it. It’s the...