An arsonist in Seattle is using rocket fuel to set fires so hot nothing is left to identify the victims. The victims are all divorced women, but their children are spared and the arsonist sends the fire department philosophical quotations. Detective Lou Bolt and police psychologist Daphne Matthews go to work. By the author of No Witness.

Twelve-year-old Lou's attempt to play matchmaker for her mother and Richard are foiled by a mandatory visit with her grandmother, which is marked by boredom, Brussel sprouts, and Memaw's own plans for Mom's love life.

"Two best friends with a flair for adventure use their gardening and art skills to catch a criminal during Dia de los Muertos"--

"BFFs Lou Lou Bombay and Peacock Pearl are busy preparing for the Bicentennial Bonanza, their city's two-hundredth birthday bash! And this year, the party will take place in their beloved neighborhood of El Corazón. With a baking contest, talent show, and a new gazebo planned, the community can't wait to celebrate the founders (and historical BFFs), Diego Soto and Giles Wonderwood. But when Vice-Mayor Andy Argyle claims the festivities belong to...

Louis Kline P.I., ex-cop, gets a job from a woman who wants him to find her missing daughter. The case leads to Philadelphia, where he finds himself in the middle of a Chinese drug operation.

"A Los Angeles transplant, Sister Louise "Lou" LaSalle feels right at home in Briar Coast, New York. After all, her beloved nephew, Chris, works at the college founded by her congregation. But while Sister Lou has always played by the rules, she's about to have her faith in herself tested--by murder...Sister Lou expects some pushback when she invites her friend, Maurice Jordan, to be the guest speaker for the St. Hermione of Ephesus Feast Day presentation....

While hunting for the kidnaper of children, lieutenant Lou Boldt of the Seattle police discovers someone on the force is feeding the villain with inside information. As Boldt comes closer to a solution, the kidnaper abducts his daughter. By the author of Beyond Recognition.

Seattle forensic psychologist Daphne Matthews investigates the life of Mary-Ann Walker to discover why she threw herself off the Aurora Bridge.

"Fast, furious. . .sharp, stylish writing."—Jeffery Deaver

Head Games

A man's body is found decapitated. Wrapped in plastic. Stuffed in the trunk of a Fleetwood Cadillac parked outside a federal courthouse. The car's owner: a sweet-natured con man who's on trial for mail fraud—but innocent of murder. Kansas City defense attorney Lou Mason has no idea how a corpse ended up in his client's car. But when the victim is identified

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Second in the gripping, hard-hitting Lou Klein detective series - Sins that ex-cop Lou Klein thought he'd buried return to haunt him when a woman from his past reappears. Born into a family of cops, Franny Patterson married into a family of crime when she wed Brian Haggerty, owner of one of Philadelphia's hottest nightclubs. Now she wants out - and she has approached her former love, Lou Klein, for help. While he can't ignore her plea, Klein suspects...