Diane Vallere Books in Order

A storm, a luggage mix-up, and three sharp amateur sleuths set this linked novella collection in motion. Each wrong suitcase opens the door to a different mystery, with the stories cleverly crossing paths along the way.

Madison Night's retro style makes her memorable, and suddenly that feels dangerous. When a killer targets women dressed like her, Madison has to solve the case before her signature look makes her the next victim.

A mysterious five-thousand-dollar bill arrives in Madison Night's mail like a threat from the past. Her search for the sender leads to a dead body, a returning ex, and a trail of rare money and counterfeit trouble.

Madison Night is juggling clients and a product endorsement when reports of missing women turn into murder. Evidence points at Tex Allen, and Madison must untangle a copycat scheme before someone she cares about is destroyed.

A Palm Springs decorating job should be a welcome escape for Madison Night. Instead she finds a body by the work site, old nightmares resurfacing, and a murder that hits far too close to the help she has been told to seek.

After a falling-out with a close friend, Madison Night throws herself into a design competition to steady her life. Then the friend is murdered, and a wave of anonymous hacking turns a personal feud into a much darker puzzle.

Heartbroken and looking for distance, Madison Night heads cross-country to escape a breakup. Instead she stumbles into danger, missing diamonds, and the hard truth that running away does not leave the past behind.

An elderly friend leaves Madison Night a shuttered pajama factory, along with more questions than comfort. As she digs into an old death tied to the building, the factory's buried secrets start feeling very much alive.

With her business tied up in court, Madison Night is desperate for a distraction, and finds one when she and Tex discover two bodies in a park. A volunteer project and a neighborhood florist soon pull her deeper into the cold case.

Trying to rebuild after losing her business, Madison Night heads back to school for an MBA. When a professor is murdered after a tense class, she has to study the people around her before the case turns deadly.

A newspaper obituary mix-up leaves Madison Night reading about her own supposed death. The mistake leads her to a forgotten jazz singer, an old unsolved murder, and secrets that may put Madison next in line.

Madison Night's business is finally taking off when a police publicity campaign puts her in front of the cameras. Then the original spokeswoman is murdered, and Madison learns that the spotlight can be a dangerous place to stand.