When Ellison Russell is nearly killed at a benefactors’ party, she brushes the incident aside as an unhappy accident. But when her house is fire-bombed, she’s shot at, and the person sitting next to her at a gala is poisoned, she must face facts.Someone wants her dead. But why? And can Ellison find the killer before he strikes again?Add in an estranged sister, a visiting aunt with a shocking secret, and a handsome detective staying in her guesthouse, and Ellison might need ...

It isn't easy having Hollywood's biggest, brightest star for a mother—especially when her Russian oligarch boyfriend has been kidnapped. When Poppy Fields flies to London to be with her mother, she finds nothing but fog, danger, and phenomenal shopping.Too bad half the city wants Poppy dead, and she has no idea why.The odds against her are high, the menace is real, and if she doesn't find answers quickly, a dirty bomb will send global financial markets plummeting. Poppy wil...

When Ellison's friend Kay Morrison visits Kansas City from New York, there are certain women who turn green with envy. After all, Kay works in the fashion industry, she actually attended the Battle of Versailles, and her clothes are to die for. Maybe literally.Ellison is convinced someone is trying to kill her friend. Kay is convinced that finding too many bodies has made Ellison paranoid.Both of them are right.Can Ellison catch a killer before it's too late?

Poppy Fields, Hollywood IT girl extraordinaire, accompanies her A-list mother to Paris, and why not? It's PARIS!What her mother doesn't know is Poppy's on assignment. Her mission? To help bankrupt a drug cartel. To do that, she must access encrypted account numbers, evade a drug lord with a grudge, dodge a Russian oligarch, and align herself with a man who looks like a Norse god. Oh, and there's that plot—the one to launch a massive attack on the City of Lights.If Poppy's n...

Ellison and Anarchy Jones are looking forward to a relaxing weekend in the country. Time spent skeet shooting, fishing, and horse-back riding with friends. Hours spent swaying in a shady hammock without friends.But when Ellison walks into a murder scene, her friends become suspects. And each of them has an excellent motive for murder.Can Ellison sift through the lies and unmask a killer, or will a weekend away cost her everything she holds dear?

Thanksgiving night in Kansas City means the Plaza Lighting Ceremony.When Ellison Jones and her family go to her great-aunt's apartment to see the lights come on, she doesn't anticipate a murder (she never does). But when a shirt-tail relative falls from a seventeenth-floor balcony, she and Anarchy are drawn into the investigation.Can they catch a killer before anyone else dies?

Ellison Russell wanted a decorator, not a corpse. Too bad she finds Mrs. White in the study killed with a revolver. Things go from bad to worse when she finds Mr. White in the dining room killed with a candlestick.With so many bodies, is it any wonder Detective Anarchy Jones’ new partner considers Ellison a suspect?With the country club gossips talking a mile a minute, an unexpected cocktail party, a visit from Aunt Sis, and a romantic decision, Ellison hardly has time to t...

Prudence Davies is one of Ellison Jones's least favorite people on earth. She's vindictive. She's mean. And the two share a twisted history. Or, they did.When Prudence is murdered after a very public spat, Ellison finds herself a murder suspect. Worse, the investigating officer has it in for Ellison's homicide detective husband.Old secrets. Old lies. New drama.Can Ellison find the killer or will the bad blood between her and Prudence mean the end to all she holds de...

A dead body in the trunk of a car. It's the Kansas City mob's signature.So why is a member of Ellison's circle found shot to death in a sedan at the country club?Did Baxter Phelps have ties to the mafia? Did they make him an offer he couldn't refuse? Is Baxter's widow Helen in danger?As Ellison is drawn into a dangerous investigation, she can't help but think maybe this time Mother is right. She should mind her own business.

An enticing historical mystery that follows a crime-solving female reporter in the glamorous world of 1920s Manhattan, from the author of The Deep End.“Sex and the City, circa 1920.” —Kirkus ReviewsThis writer just found her next scoop … and it’s deadly.New York, 1925: Freddie Archer frequents speakeasies and wild parties with her friends Dorothy Parker and Tallulah Bankhead. And the best part is that it’s...

Ellison Russell Jones’ best friend Libba has a questionable track record when it comes to men. But finally—finally—she’s selected a good one.Charlie Ardmore hales from a fine family, plays a mean game of golf, and is a cardiologist.Even Mother approves.But when Charlie’s patients start dying, the whispers begin. Is Charlie a killer?Could Harrington Walford, Ellison’s beloved father and one of Charlie’s patients, be the next to die?Can Ellison stop a ...

Get me to the church on time!Not so much the church, as the patio. And not if Ellison can’t stop finding bodies.She’s finding corpses in pairs now, and planning a wedding, and trying (truly, she is) to steer clear of the murder investigation. But when she finds a third body, Ellison becomes a suspect.Will Ellison get her happily ever after or will a devious killer turn her wedding into a funeral?