In this fast-paced and funny debut mystery, movie stars are in Santa Barbara for the film festival, and powerful business interests are at stake. Detective Nola MacIntire and her partner, Tony, must untangle the complicated web behind three seemingly unrelated deaths in this idyllic beach town.

"Fed up being the wife of a domineering, controlling husband, Nora Jaco drives away from her home in the middle of the night determined to return to her old life in New York City. The drive east from Santa Barbara, California, takes her to Highway 40, which shows billboards of the historic Route 66. Having read about it and curious, she decides to take that road, thinking she may never get another chance to do so. This turn will prove to be one filled...

"It's fair to say that gutsy pilot Mel Anderson is happier in the air than on the ground. But she also has to clean up after her disorganized best friend and business partner and keep an eye on their employees, who tend to make more work than they get done. Now, the one man she hoped she'd never see again is back and looking for trouble. The kind of trouble that keeps Mel grounded in a most unexpectedly pleasurable way... Bo Black wants his family's...