Katie Aubrey by J.C. Eaton

No matter what my mother goes around telling everyone, I did not resign from my high-tech business position in Chandler, Arizona, and start a charcuterie catering service and sandwich shop in quirky Cave Creek as a result of a breakup with my philandering boyfriend....

Sophie (Phee) Kimball by J. C. Eaton

Usually I leave Bagels ‘n More, the local Sun City West gossip-central hub, with indigestion from listening to my mother and her book club ladies vent about everything from food prices to whose lawns haven’t been weeded. And if they weren’t complaining, my mother was...

Sophie (Phee) Kimball by J.C. Eaton

I never should have answered the phone at the crack of dawn. Especially on my day off. I should have just gone back to sleep, but it was an automatic response, like turning on the lights when I enter a room. I should have known better. The only person who calls me at...

Marcie Rayner by J.C. Eaton

Occupation: Minnesota P.I. and former Crime Statistician When I gave up my position as a crime statistician at St. Paul Community College to work as an investigative assistant for my late father’s former partner, I expected a few murders to waft my way. I also...