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One night after a cooking class, Hannah goes to throw out the garbage only to find the murdered body of the sheriff.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. The last thing Maura Thomas remembers before her car careened over a steep embankment is having dinner with her college roommate.over twenty years ago.

Haunted by her dreams. Kathi Ellison is an English literature major at the University of California in Berkeley, living with her boyfriend off-campus.

Christmas normally descends on Lake Eden, Minnesota, as gently as reindeer alighting on a rooftop-but this yuletide season the only thing coming down Hannah Swensen's chimney is a case of murd

Hannah Swensen's supplies are delivered daily by Ron LaSalle, whom she often passes on her way to work.

Life in Lake Eden, Minnesota, is usually pleasantly uneventful. Lately, though, it seems everyone has more than their fair share of drama to manage.

Hannah is thrilled to be marrying Ross Barton, her college crush.

A romantic seven-day cruise is the perfect start to bakery owner Hannah Swensen's marriage.

Thanksgiving has a way of thawing the frostiest hearts in Lake Eden.

A detective thriller set in Sydney and introducing Cliff Hardy, private investigator, who is paid to unravel problems the police can't or won't handle.

Even when he's not involved in a major case, PI Cliff Hardy's life is far from routine.

John Gulliver, fly-by-night publisher, leaves Britain for Australia with his family, in 1910. Aboard ship catastrophe strikes and they are scattered with a famous painting their only link.

It's only 24 hours into a new case and PI Cliff Hardy's already been heavied; you know that the job is going to get his full attention.

When Barnes Todd is killed in a car smash south of Sydney, people are lining up to say how sorry they are. But Cliff Hardy, private investigator, soon discovers the accident was really murder.

Sacked by the Federal Security Agency, Crawley plays dangerous games in the Melbourne underworld.