Double V Mysteries, Volumes #1-3

The Double V Mysteries series begins in the spring of 1949 in Hartford, Connecticut, when a recent ex-con finds his fortunes, or misfortunes, linked with a recent widow, whose husband is murdered. Elmer Vartanian's and Juliet Van Allen's (their surnames are the Double V of the series title) share a mutually intriguing crime-solving partnership that continues from Cadmium Yellow, Blood Red, the first book in the series, through a New Year's Eve party in a snowbound mansion in Speak Out Before You Die, and a horse show in Dismount and Murder in the summer of 1950.