"Nights out are hard to come by for new parents. So when Kate's new-mommy club, Roo & You, holds a dinner cruise, she and her husband, Jim, leave baby Laurie with Kate's mom and join the grown-ups for some fine dining on the San Francisco Bay. But when one of the co-founders of Roo & You takes a fatal spill down a staircase, the police department crashes the party. Suddenly every guest is a suspect, and it seems like every mom and her man has a motive....

After her friend Jill's boyfriend falls to his death under questionable circumstances, Kate Connolly must determine whether the scathing review Jill wrote about a local restaurant is connected to his death. Kate races to solve the case before the new PI in town swoops in and poaches this client like the last one. Between nap times, diaper changes, and playdates, Kate aims to uncover the truth about Jill's boyfriend.

"With side-splitting humor, an irresistable cast of characters--both human and canine--and an intimate small town setting, Yappy Hour is sure to delight fans of Rita Mae Brown and Diane Kelly. Every Friday night in the idyllic seaside town of Pacific Cove, CA, the Roundup Crew, a group of dog-loving friends, meet at a neighborhood wine bar for Yappy Hour. When Rachel, the owner, mysteriously leaves town and asks her sister, Maggie (who is neither...

"The only constant is . . . murder. When Kate's best friend Paula is hired to renovate one of San Francisco's famous Victorian-style 'painted ladies,' it seems like the gig of a lifetime. But when a stiletto-brandishing tenant chases Kate and Paula off the front steps, it quickly becomes clear that finding the perfect paint swatches is going to be the easy part. And that's before a skeleton in a Victorian-era gown tumbles out of the attic. Kate knows...

"There's murder on the dance floor--literally. All Kate was supposed to do at this swing-dance lesson was master the triple step, which seemed like a breeze . . . when she wasn't pregnant with twins. But now a dead body has lindy-hopped its way off the studio's roof, clutching a cryptic note with a dire warning: if the studio goes ahead with the upcoming 1950s-themed benefit dance, one of the attendees will die on the dance floor. Kate's got a case...

"After Love or Money made them reality TV stars, former cop Georgia Thornton and her new boyfriend Scott were supposed to live happily ever after. Unfortunately as their fifteen minutes of fame came to an end, actual reality kicked in and their prize money quickly evaporated. So Georgia and Scott agree to appear in a new program, pitting them against other teams in an athletic journey across the countryside of Spain for a chance to win $250,000. But...