O. Brien Meg Boeken

Successful L.A. literary agent Mary Beth Conahan has come a long way from her troubled past. But when Mary Beth's ex-husband and her bestselling author are killed, she finds herself in the middle of a murder investigation. And if that's not bad enough, an old friend -- Lindy Van Court -- shows up with troubles of her own.In high school, Lindy was everything Mary Beth was not: a cheerleader who dated and finally married Roger Van Court, the wealthiest boy in school. Now, however, Roger has thrown Lindy out of their pricey San Francisco home. She's living on the streets, denied access to her only child.Mary Beth can't turn her old friend away. But almost immediately their lives are threatened. Caught up in a series of terrifying events, Mary Beth will uncover more than she bargained for -- a sinister plot and a heartbreaking secret that will change Mary Beth's life forever.

Trapped by an earthquake in a small writer's colony on a tiny island off the coast of Seattle, six women are forced to rely on one another for survival, but when two strangers arrive on the island and one of the women turns up dead, the victim of an apparent accident, Sarah Lansing begins to suspect that someone on the island is a murderer. Original.

Jessica James ist eine hartnäckige Kriminalreporterin, die ein Gespür für gute Geschichten hat, aber sich nicht sicher ist, wie sehr sie die Geschichte mag, die sie von dem charmanten, gutaussehenden neuen Freund ihrer Mutter, Charlie Browne, hört. Besonders da die Geschichte mit dem Hare verbunden ist – einem gestohlenen Gemälde, das jetzt unter Jesses eigenem Bett versteckt ist. Jessies Untersuchung von Charlies Hintergrund fördert ein Loch zutage, durch das man die Mona Lisa schmuggeln könnte, was sie um ihre romantische, nicht ganz praktische Mutter besorgt. Und das aus gutem Grund – in nur wenigen Tagen hat sich Kate James in einen Kunstdiebstahl verwickelt, wurde von einem Einbrecher am Kopf getroffen und ist in ein Gespräch mit einem Mörder verwickelt. Jetzt muss Jesse einen gestohlenen Kunstring aufdecken und zwei Morde lösen – einen, der vierzig Jahre alt ist, und einen, der viel zu neu ist – bevor der Mörder ein weiteres Meisterwerk in scharlachrot malt.

Mystery usually follows murder, but when Baby Cakes Sloan bites the bullet, everbody in Rochester already knows whodunit. Beautiful Babs had been Marcus Andrelli's lawyer, until she got iced on the crime king's yacht. Of course all fingers of guilt point to Andrelli. But Jesse James smells something fishy. And she's casting for the truth, even if she has to drag the bottom of Lake Ontario to get it.Nobody knows Andrelli better than Jess. Mafia don, certainly. Killer of the woman he loved, no. To solve the murder, Jess has got to find the one missing witness: Andrelli's bodyguard. Reeling in this tall, dark and eccentric man should be a cinch for a woman as street smart as Jess. But fishing for a guy who's as slippery as an eel lands her in a Mafia whirlpool, and enough hot water to drown a reporter with heels in cement.