Cassidy James Mystery

The letter was brief and to the point: "If we wanted to live with faggots we'd move to San Francisco. Get out of town. Now."At their wits' end, two gay men hire private investigator Cassidy James to find out who is blackmailing them to leave their home on Cedar Ridge. Cassidy's original theory that this is the cowardly act of a homophobic nutcase is quickly negated when she learns that other residents of the Ridge have been getting threatening letters as well. Letters from someone who knows the most intimate details of their lives. Someone who will stop at nothing to get what he wants.Cassidy throws herself into the investigation, hoping against hope that it will help her forget the horror of her first case…and the woman who broke her heart. Now a target herself, Cassidy doesn't realize how close she could be to getting her wish. After all, dead women have nothing to forget…Be sure to pick 1st Impressions, the must-read first installment in Kate Calloway's exciting mystery series. Watch for the next Cassidy James mystery, 3rd Degree, coming soon.Cassidy James Mystery Book 2.Originally published by Naiad Press 1997.

A sadistic serial killer is abducting young women and leaving their mutilated bodies along Oregon's coastal highway. Kings Harbor policewoman Martha Harper believes the clues lead to a local college, but her superiors don't see it that way. Desperate for help, she turns to her best friend, Cassidy James.Posing as a teaching assistant in the Theater Department, the undercover investigator soon finds herself surrounded by a cast of intriguing characters, including the alluring Professor Lauren Monroe-whose talents, Cassidy will soon discover, are not limited to the classroom. But the more she learns about Lauren and the people around her, the more Cassidy suspects she's not the only one playing a role…Cassidy James Mystery Book 5.Originally published by Naiad Press 1998.

The last person private investigator Cassidy James expects-or wants-to hear from is her ex-lover, psychologist Maggie Carradine. But when a distraught Maggie calls begging for help, Cassidy puts her anger and hurt aside and agrees to meet Maggie face-to-face. Her misgivings are reinforced when Maggie reveals the bizarre manner in which she has just witnessed not one, but two, separate brutal murders. The victims are both connected to clients of Maggie's and the gruesome clues intensify Cassidy's fear that the killing has just begun.Originally published by Naiad Press 1999.Cassidy James Mystery Book 6.