What's a 20-something Union war widow to do in 1867? Start up her own detective agency with a former Reb P.O.W. of course!Quinn Sinclair, who uses the name Mrs. Paschal professionally, and her wryly observant partner Garnick get two cases on the same day - one to help a man prove he didn't kill his wife, another to help a lawyer find reasonable doubt that his client killed her ex-lover's new bride. As the detectives dig deeper, they unearth facts that tie the cases together in disturbing ways.This tantalizing tale of 19th Century Chicago comes complete with corrupt politicians, yellow-press reporters, gambling parlors, and colorful bawdyhouse madams. At every turn in the investigation, Quinn discovers more suspects and more secret motives for murder.Not least among her worries, someone seems intent on murdering her!About the author:Jeanne Matthews graduated from the University of Georgia with a degree in Journalism and has worked as a...

Dinah Pelerin has finally put her life in order. Living in Berlin with her boyfriend Thor, she has landed a job teaching Native American cultures at the university. She's never felt happier. And then her Seminole mother Swan shows up with a crazy scheme to blackmail a German tax dodger and dredges up a secret Dinah has kept hidden from the IRS and from straight-arrow Norwegian Thor, a former cop now with hush-hush international duties.Germans harbor a century-long fascination with the American Wild West and American Indians. Some enthusiasts dress up as Indians and adopt Indian names. Like Der Indianer Club which has invited Swan to a powwow where she plans to meet her blackmail victim. Dinah tries to head her off, but arrives at the scene too late. A man has been killed and scalped and Swan quickly becomes the prime suspect. Torn between love for her mother and dismay at her incessant lies, Dinah sets out to find the killer—hoping the killer doesn't turn out to share...

Once a rich city state, the island of Samos is today part of Greece. It;s had its share of conflict and tragedy. And murder.In 1973, on one of Samos; beautiful, remote beaches, movie star Marilita Stephan murdered her boyfriend, his mother, and a powerful colonel in the military junta, a crime for which she was executed.Forty years later, Dinah Pelerin expects only good times to roll when she arrives on Samos to spend the summer with her boyfriend, Thor, before she joins a nearby archaeological dig. Dinah;s previous encounter with the sexy Norwegian underlined her fascination with myths, but she didn;t suspect that policeman Thor might be spinning her one when choosing their vacation destination.Her first hint that Thor may not be on sabbatical comes when an Iraqi immigrant to Samos, a man with a fake ID, is killed shortly after they meet him at a village taverna. Thor is keenly interested in the crime, but before he can investigate his car plunges off a cliff and he...