HOA Mystery

MANAGING AN HOA IS MURDER.... He championed shooting deer inside the HOA's nature sanctuary. Now his corpse is, posed curbside, cradling a trophy deer head. The theatrical murder panics residents, and Ted Welch asks Kylee Kane, retired Coast Guard investigator, to help his HOA management firm calm fears. Kylee agrees. Her own mother is getting death threats over her crusade to protect the deer. HOA=DOA TERROR REIGNS... When a belligerent owner in another HOA is murdered, terror reigns. The Sheriff's Department blames Ted for letting HOA feuds spiral into homicide. Kylee discovers links between the victims and suspects a recently, pardoned general is next. Authorities and the arrogant general dismiss her warning. Can she foil the third act in the crafty killer's death-as-theater game or will she be the next corpse on display?

A CRAFTY KILLER'S BLAME GAME Refereeing homeowner association spats over acceptable mulch color was never part of Kylee Kane's post-Coast Guard retirement plans. The irate combatants are trying the security consultant's patience when gunfire erupts and a SWAT team swarms in. How did they arrive before any possible report of an active shooter? Two days later, Kylee discovers a ghost boat. Not a soul onboard. Among the missing-presidents of HOAs managed by her employer. Are the incidents linked? As Kylee chips away at shift-the-blame deceptions, the ruthless killer expands his hit list to include not only Kylee but everyone she loves. Will it be Kylee's last Thanksgiving?

Deepfakes Can Be Murder Kylee Kane, a security consultant for Welch HOA Management, finds the first victim, Andy Fyke, crumpled at the bottom of a flight of stairs. Kylee suspects his fall's no accident and is tied to Andy's campaign to prohibit rentals in his Hilton Head Island community. Yet, Andy's obvious enemies have ironclad alibis. When another Lowcountry HOA retiree dies in a hit-and-run boat tragedy, Kylee begins to think the incidents are linked—even though the victims and their assailants have little in common. The link is the Chameleon, an Artificial Intelligence expert, who can create a deepfake of almost anyone—living or dead. Even more frightening is the Chameleon's ability to seek out disturbed souls and laser-focus their rage. A talent employed to compel subjects to act as surrogate assassins. When Kylee begins to pursue the Chameleon, the AI expert decides it's time to groom an assassin to permanently sideline Kylee.

What is happening beyond the Stillwater Cove gates? After the posh Lowcountry HOA's new board fires Ted Welch's HOA management company, it doubles the security force. Now guards strictly control who enters the community and electronically track even invited guests. Kylee Kane gives these changes little thought until Maury, a friend and Stillwater resident, dies in a perplexing golfcart crash. Maury's widow swears his death is no accident-it's murder. Kylee vows to uncover the truth. When Maury's personal effects are returned, they include the feather of an endangered South American parrot. The mystery deepens. The killer makes his own vow-Kylee won't be alive for her planned Christmas Eve wedding.