After violating protocol in her efforts to defend her brother against murder charges, Detective Harriet Blue is reassigned to a small town in the outback, where a diary outlining plans to massacre the entire town is found.

Reluctantly agreeing to babysit a professional grave robber's pet boa constrictor, Stephanie Plum is embroiled in a bizarre series of crimes that escalate from the violation of stolen corpses to the murder of a homeless man, a case that is complicated by the return of the hunky but reckless Diesel.

Mystery bookstore owner Annie Darling investigates after a local artist is accused of murdering his wife with a sculpting mallet.

Detective Tracy Crosswhite must deal with the lingering memory of her sister's murder while investigating the discovery of a body in Puget Sound and the suspicious disappearance of a woman months earlier.

While investigating a traveling circus, detective Gemma Monroe discovers that a murdered clown is actually the mayor's missing son and must trace back a chain of events that began nearly forty years ago.

Freelance writer Jaine Austen and her cat Prozac investigate the murder of a demanding actress set to star in a play based on a short-lived zombie sitcom.