Toby Wong Mystery

Toby Wong visits her quiet hometown in British Columbia, where nothing ever happens-until her old high school rival is found murdered. Shortly after returning to her sleepy hometown on Vancouver Island, Chinese-Canadian divorce lawyer Toby Wong runs into Josh Barton, who broke her heart as a teen at summer camp. Now a wealthy entrepreneur, Josh wants to divorce Tonya, the mean girl who made Toby's life hell all those years ago. Not long after Toby takes Josh's case, Tonya is found murdered. Josh is the prime suspect. Together with her fortune-teller mom and her pregnant best friend, Toby sets out to clear Josh, whom she still has a guilty crush on. While he seems equally smitten, can Toby trust him? The handsome cop charged with finding Tonya's killer doesn't think so. Since Tonya stayed in touch with everyone from that lousy summer camp, Toby keeps running into ex-campers she'd rather forget. Could one of Tonya's catty friends be her killer? Are Toby's old insecurities making her paranoid? Only too late does she realize that she really is in danger.

While divorce lawyer Toby Wong spends her days helping couples split up, she's still hoping for her own love story. The second novel in Elka Ray's Vancouver Island mystery series finds Toby settling back into island life and looking forward to getting to know two attractive men better, charismatic Josh Barton, whom Toby first fell for as a teen, and the newly-met Detective Colin Destin. Unfortunately, Toby's romantic prospects take a hit when she's sucked into a family drama. Toby's mom, Ivy, is distraught when her best friend, wealthy socialite Daphne Dane, goes missing. Is Daphne's new boyfriend behind her disappearance? And is he a conman, like his betrayed wife, who's also Toby's client, alleges? Things get worse when Toby finds a battered body. As well as threatening her relationships with Josh and Colin, Toby's involvement with the Danes puts her in danger. Part cozy mystery and part family drama, the second novel in Elka Ray's Vancouver Island mystery series will keep you up late with a twisty tale of love, money, and murder.