Karen Grigsby Bates, a contributor to People magazine and the Los Angeles Times and an NPR commentator, delivers a slick mystery featuring sharp-tongued reporter Alex Powell. While attending the National Association of Black Journalists conference, Alex discovers the dead body of a publishing bigwig who was about to be toasted as journalist of the year. As Alex investigates, she uncovers deadly secrets-and puts her own life in danger.

"After a man screaming about demons suddenly dies, former society girl Genevieve Stewart and her wealthy friend Daniel McCaffrey investigate a dangerous bar in 1889 New York in the second novel of the series following Deception by Gaslight"--

Working on the case of convicted rapist/murderer Edgar Barnes, true-crime writer Regan Landry turns up a number of irregularities that insure his release, but after a series of brutal killings, Regan confronts the possibility that she has unleashed a monster.

After losing out on an important career opportunity, reporter Jane Tate escapes to Oregon's Amish country seeking solace and maybe a story, but Jayne finds life more complicated than she expected.

Targeted for assassination after doing a story on an attempt by the Arapaho and Cheyenne tribes to file a claim on their ancestral lands, Denver reporter Catherine McLeod uncovers a conspiracy involving her ex-husband's wealthy family and state politicians.

Visiting a friend in 1926 Derbyshire, Daisy learns that her friend has been ghost-writing a popular novelist's most recent, and more successful, works while the novelist succumbs to a suspicious illness, compelling Daisy to investigate other members of his household.

"From the New York Times bestselling author of This Time Next Year comes a heartwarming and hilarious tale that asks: What if you picked up the wrong suitcase and fell head over heels for its mystery owner?"--