Marley Clark Mysteries

Marley Clark, a retired military intelligence officer, works security for a Sea Island community simply to keep busy. A single night patrol transforms the feisty widow's yawner of a job into a deadly battle of wits when she finds an islander drowned and bobbing naked in a Jacuzzi amid a potpourri of veggies.Asked to serve as the lead investigator's liaison, the 52-year-old heroine is startled to discover she's become Deputy Braden Mann's target as well-for romance. Yet their steamy attraction doesn't deter the pair from sorting through a viper's nest of suspects as the body count grows and the pun-loving killer plans a grizzly epitaph for Marley. DEAR KILLER is the first in a series of Marley Clark adventures that promise to dish up heart-pounding suspense with a side of romance.

Visiting her crusty 79-year-old aunt in northern Iowa, Marley Clark attempts to save a billionaire when he tumbles from a double-decker tourist boat captained by her cousin. The victim-founder of a biotech empire-is dead before his body hits the water. Soon Marley is consoling the widow, an old college friend and a prime murder suspect.As Marley becomes embroiled in the murder investigation, members of the tycoon's family perish faster than overripe fruit, and the arrogant head of an international security firm renews an old vendetta. When it appears the murder spree may tie into biological weapons and terrorist threats, Marley's former Pentagon boss joins the probe.To unmask the villains and protect her kin, Marley reaches deep into her bag of tricks, taps relatives' homegrown resources, and debates the wisdom of trusting a handsome attorney with a suspicious past and a killer smile.