Suicide King is the FIFTH cozy mystery in the Jake Samson and Rosie Vicente detective series. "Political pundits will relish the fifth fast-paced whodunit ... another solid performance." -Publishers Weekly Laid-back P.I. Jake Samson's never been a big fan of politics: fun and profitable if you un...
At 7 a.m. I had a cup of coffee. I dialed her number and stretched the phone cord over to the kitchen table. She answered at three rings. “I got your message,” I said. “I wonder,” she retorted. What I didn’t understand was why suddenly she was retor...
He might not have anything for a day or two. Eva was in the kitchen cooking. Pa, she said, was taking a walk with his friend Rico. She invited Rosie for dinner, but Rosie said she had a date. “Such busy people,” Eva clucked, mixing just the right am...
She looked like the loser in a badly matched heavyweight bout, with a bandage over one eyebrow, a black eye, a purple cheekbone, a grazed and swollen jaw, a cut lip, and a red nose. I figured the nose was red from crying, because it didn’t look damaged. She had a little trouble walking and held h...
The truck looked the same as it had the day before. He nodded at us, but he didn’t move. “Any news on the truck?” Rosie asked. “New axle’s on the way. Body man’s coming in tomorrow, like I already told you. But we got a probl...
Artie’s and Julia’s were not among them. I climbed the steps to my room, grabbed some clean socks and underwear, and walked over to Artie’s. I knocked. No one answered, so I used my key. Sure enough, no one was there, not even Berkeley the golden retriever. The bathroom wa...
She’s very efficient. “I love the property. The cottage is a little small, but Sally says we can add rooms if we need to. The lot’s big enough even if the planning commission’s feeling snarky that day.” “So you saying it’s a go?” &...