This first book in what appears to be a series finds the rich-but-down-to-earth Kiki learning that her husband George has died naked in a St. Louis motel room.  The reader knows it's murder and not something as lurid as a heart attack during an afternoon delight, but Kiki doesn't.

Kiki not only has to deal with George's two-timing death, but he's left her without a penny to her name.  She has to sell her gold Lexus and find a way to support herself and her daughter, Anya.  It doesn't help that there isn't enough money for the staples, but Anya's private school costs more than Kiki could possibly make in a year.  George's mother is willing to do anything for Anya, but she despises Kiki.

Kiki, a scrapbooker extraordinaire, turns to her hobby for income.  She gets a freelance gig at the store she frequented when she had money.  One of her first jobs is as the instructor at a bridal shower.  Kiki makes a supposedly cutting remark to one of the shower's guests.  When the guest, also an old flame of George's turns up dead, Kiki is the primary suspect.

Nonetheless, Kiki not only has two murders to solve, but someone has broken into the shappby place she and Anya now call home.

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Four brilliant scientists begin the process of cleansing humanity by systematically releasing a chemical to destroy the earth's undesirables. What they don't count on is demented, power-hungry Tony Andrews who has his own plan and weapons to dominate the world.

Blake Trahern is a Paladin who is slowly slipping into to place of no return.  When his mentor is killed, he goes back to St. Louis to protect Brena, the mentor's daughter and Blake's first love.  Brena learns what Blake is and that her father had been part of the secret organization.  His death means that someone in the group is betraying them all.

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Two St. Louis Policemen are machine-gunned when they pull over a reckless driver.  Detective Hastings investigates the brutal killings while learning to deal with the loss.

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A fast-paced thriller finds a smitten U.S. marshal and a vengeful killer chasing after the same elusive woman in witness protection.

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"Forensic nurse Chastity Byrnes is trying to put the past behind her. It has been ten years since Chastity exposed her father for the monster he was. Ten years since she made the accusations that shattered her family and sent her into exile. Ten years since she's seen her sister, Faith." "Now, though, Faith needs her help. Chastity gets a call from Dr. Max Stanton, the brother-in-law she never knew she had, to tell her that Faith is missing. Max begs Chastity to come to New Orleans to help him find her. And even though Faith was the one who deserted Chastity so long ago, Chastity goes." "To find her missing sister, Chastity has to battle her own demons in a city where forensics are an old boys' club and a woman can find trouble in her sleep. She has to wade through distrust and deceit to get to the truth, whether she wants to hear it or not. She has to rediscover the sister she lost by investigating fertility clinics, the powers of St. Roch, and the mysteries of voodoo. She has to discover why women who might have helped her sister are dying." "As a hurricane threatens the vulnerable city, Chastity puts more than her life at risk as she fights to rescue her sister from the threat that stalks them both."--BOOK JACKET.

St. Louis, Missouri, is a quietly dying river city until it hires a new police chief: a charismatic young woman from Bombay, India, named S. Jammu. No sooner has Jammu been installed, though, than the city's leading citizens become embroiled in an all-pervasive political conspiracy. A classic of contemporary fiction, The Twenty-Seventh City shows us an ordinary metropolis turned inside out, and the American Dream unraveling into terror and dark comedy.

While working in a St. Louis office, Naja dreams of opening an internet cafe.  At a First Fridays event, she meeta a handsome and charismatic man who offers to back her venture.

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