After two decades in law enforcement, C.o.P. Judith Anderson has seen it all.Or so she thought... She's more than a little taken aback when a young woman walks into her police department, holds up one of Judith's business cards, and timidly asks if she herself is this Judith Anderson, Chief of Police. The woman has no memory of her own identity nor her past, so Judith turns to her friend, psychotherapist Kate Huntington to puzzle out Jane Doe's history—with only the busines...

All is not as it seems in Starling, Florida…A phone call from a desperate teen, awaiting trial for felony murder, spurs Chief of Police Judith Anderson to re-open the case of a drug deal gone wrong.She has mixed emotions about the felony murder charge—which can be brought against anyone involved in a felony that results in someone's death—and her investigation finds more questions than answers. How did two white gang members involved end up with sweet plea deals, wh...

Meet Marcia Banks...I’m a normal person. Well, I do have an unusual first name, pronounced Mar-see-a, not Marsha. And an abnormal vocation—I train service dogs for veterans with PTSD.But otherwise I’m normal... Except I tend to get sucked into other people’s messes, which has led to my unusual avocation—amateur sleuth. Romp along with me and my four-legged best friend, Buddy through our first three big adventures, plus a bittersweet Christmas tale!...

The world moves toward normal, but Marcia's life is rarely "normal"…Newly vaccinated, Marcia Banks can finally schedule the human phase of training with her Air Force pilot client—the soon-to-be owner of a Chow-Husky service dog named Bear. But when she calls to set things up, she's informed that the veteran has been in a private psychiatric hospital for months, with no one allowed to visit due to Covid.Marcia puts out feelers to find out what is g...

A tropical paradise turns deadly.Service dog trainer Marcia Banks had thought it was the perfect arrangement—stay on her client's private Gulf-coast island and get the human phase of the training done more quickly, while enjoying a much-needed break from the chaos of house renovations back home.This certainly wasn't the tranquil getaway she'd envisioned, however. Two resident ghosts, a sour-puss housekeeper and bearing witness to her client's shaky marriage...

Trouble seems to find Kate Huntington, even on a Caribbean cruise. She and her friend, Liz, befriend socialite Cora Beall, who is having relationship problems. When Cora is found dead, her cabin locked from the inside, the ship's captain assumes it's a suicide.Kate is skeptical. Her private detective husband begs her to let it go, but the evidence points more and more toward murder. And she can't stop thinking about Cora's teenage daughter who is back in the States with her stepfat...

Army veteran Jake Black has a new lease on life, thanks to service dog Felix and his trainer, Marcia Banks. Despite a traumatic brain injury, Jake's able to ride his beloved motorcycle again, with Felix in the sidecar. But his freedom to hit the open road is threatened once more when he and his wife are arrested for robbery.Called in to dog-sit, Marcia can't sit idly by. She and her mentor dog, Buddy, set out to clear the Blacks' name, fighting misconceptions about bikers and the n...

Nothing about her new client is what service dog trainer Marcia Banks expected—from the posh house that says family money to his paranoid preoccupation with his sister's love life—but when Roger Campbell dangles a thousand-dollar retainer under her nose, she can't resist playing private detective.In between training sessions, Marcia digs into the sister's boyfriend's sketchy past. But the deeper she digs, the more questions arise. How is a disastrous frat party five years ago linke...

Just because you're paranoid...Service dog trainer Marcia Banks-Haines tackles a locked room mystery in a haunted house, while training the recipient of her latest dog.The border collie, Dolly has been trained to clear rooms for an agoraphobic Marine who was ambushed in a bombed-out building in Syria. But the phantom attackers in his psyche turn out to be the least of his troubles when Marcia finds his ex-wife's corpse in his master bedroom, with the door bolted fr...

A second collection of Books 5 to 7 starring service dog trainer, Marcia Banks and her four-legged best friend and mentor dog, Buddy—including a Halloween romp with a seriously scary twist and a visit to a tropical island that turns deadly.In Patches In The Rye, service dog trainer Marcia goes a bit off the rails for a while, as she's tempted to try her hand at being a private detective. Nothing about her new client is what she expected—from the posh house...

A three-book bundle, plus a fun bonus novella set at Christmas time. Grab a copy and join psychotherapist Kate Huntington on the roller coaster ride her life becomes when a killer gets her in their cross hairs!MULTIPLE MOTIVES: Kate is normally the one who helps other people cope with trauma and tragedy, but she herself has led a charmed life—until a killer rips it apart. When the lead detective assumes she and her lawyer friend, Rob Franklin, are lovers t...

The final 2 books in the Kate Huntington Mysteries, PLUS Book 1 in the spinoff series—starring Lieutenant Judith Anderson—the C.o.P. on the Scene police procedurals.Anxiety Attack ~ An operative working for Kate's P.I. husband is shot during an undercover assignment involving industrial espionage, and the alleged shooter turns out to be one of her psychotherapy clients—a man suffering from severe social anxiety. Kate believes he's innocent and tensions bui...