Detective Santy Mystery

Set in Orange County, California during the early 1970s and 1980s, this murder mystery brings back the bygone days of tractor showrooms, hippies and head shops in Laguna Beach, and a Catholic church in a citrus packing house dubbed the "Sunkist Cathedral." In a world of WWII-era blimp hangers and disappearing orange groves, Detective Dick Santy investigates a murder that has unmistakable connections to the controversial construction of a nuclear power plant. An arrest is made in the murder but he is not convinced they have the right man. The victim's 18-year-old daughter is not convinced either and sets out, with the help of Detective Santy, to seek the truth about her father and, in the process, learns that there are some questions best left unanswered. Louise Hathaway is a pen name of a husband and wife writing team. They write in several different genres including murder/ mystery; romance, travel, time travel, and literary criticism. Set in Orange County, California, these murder mysteries are about the life and career of Homicide Detective Clarissa Santy. The series begins with the murder of her father who was a fervent anti-nuclear power protester. When she turns 18, she comes to the realization that the wrong man was arrested for the murder and then finds out more about her family and learns the hard way that there are some questions best left unanswered. Follow her as she investigates the murder of a priest at an Abbey in the Canyon and the gruesome death of a famous southern chef.All of the books in the series can be read as stand-alones.

In this murder/mystery, the peaceful world of a monastery in Orange County, California is shaken to its core when one of its priests is murdered. Who would want to kill him? Tempers have been running high in Silverado Canyon ever since the abbey purchased land to expand its property. Was the murderer an eco-terrorist who feared the expansion project might cause the habitat destruction of an endangered toad? Or maybe was it the powerful anti-development lawyer who has fought tooth and nail to stop every construction project in the canyon? Maybe it was the owner of the motorcycle bar, Kline's Corner, who got fed up with the priest's complaints about the bar's live music interrupting Mass and Vespers?Detective Clarissa Santy is trying to solve the murder, while at the same time, she's busy reintroducing her father to the world outside of prison, where he's spent the past 30 years for a murder conviction. Between keeping him out of trouble, babysitting a Criminal Justice Intern from UCI, and dating again after losing her husband several years ago, her life has never seemed so complicated. Louise Hathaway is a pen name of a husband and wife writing team. They write in several different genres including murder/ mystery; romance, travel, time travel, and literary criticism. Set in Orange County, California, these murder mysteries are about the life and career of Homicide Detective Clarissa Santy. The series begins with the murder of her father who was a fervent anti-nuclear power protester. When she turns 18, she comes to the realization that the wrong man was arrested for the murder and then finds out more about her family and learns the hard way that there are some questions best left unanswered. Follow her as she investigates the murder of a priest at an Abbey in the Canyon and the gruesome death of a famous southern chef.All of the books in the series can be read as stand-alones.

In this cozy murder mystery, Detective Clarissa Santy hopes to spend a quiet honeymoon with her husband in one of America's most beautiful cities. She and her husband are both big fans of the book and movie Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, so they decide to make a pilgrimage to Savannah to see the sights mentioned in the book. Her time as a tourist is short-lived however when a famous chef is murdered. The chef just happens to be her cousin--so this is personal--and Clarissa can't rest until she finds out whodunit.This book has something for everybody: it's part murder/mystery, part travelogue, part romance novel, and even includes a search for a buried treasure.Here's what a reviewer wrote about this murder mystery: "The story flows well, and Ms. Hathaway has written some interesting characters. A good cozy mystery." Louise Hathaway is a pen name of a husband and wife writing team. They write in several different genres including murder/ mystery; romance, travel, time travel, and literary criticism. Set in Orange County, California, these murder mysteries are about the life and career of Homicide Detective Clarissa Santy. The series begins with the murder of her father who was a fervent anti-nuclear power protester. When she turns 18, she comes to the realization that the wrong man was arrested for the murder and then finds out more about her family and learns the hard way that there are some questions best left unanswered. Follow her as she investigates the murder of a priest at an Abbey in the Canyon and the gruesome death of a famous southern chef.All of the books in the series can be read as stand-alones.