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Antique appraiser Marty Morgan's work in a murdered woman's home draws her into the search for a killer. A collection of Meissen Monkey Band figurines, her sister's psychic abilities and a detective's interest complicate the investigation.

Marty Morgan is asked to appraise Randy Jones's valuable but illicit collection of Native American artifacts. His murder turns the assignment into a dangerous investigation involving collectors, family grievances and efforts to return stolen objects to their tribes.

Antique appraiser Marty and her detective husband Jeff attend a Palm Springs polo club cocktail party, where the owner's fiancée is murdered. Relationships, Mafia grievances and inheritance questions complicate their efforts to identify the person responsible.

Celebrity chef Jacques Rushon is murdered at a country music festival near Palm Springs, and Marty Morgan's friends become leading suspects. With her detective fiancé's help, Marty must sort through rival food vendors, old relationships and hidden grievances.

A Palm Springs plastic surgeon is murdered after leaving several patients unhappy with their strikingly similar results. Disappointed clients, a jealous colleague and people entangled in his personal life provide competing motives that must be carefully untangled.

Marty's new appraisal client wins millions in the lottery and is then murdered. Helping her detective husband investigate, Marty encounters competing suspicions while her psychic sister and unusually perceptive boxer dog offer clues to the danger surrounding her.

Camille's plan to build a desert museum ends with her murder. Her fortune and valuable land give relatives, developers and other interested parties motives, leaving Marty to help detective husband Jeff untangle the competing claims.

A player who repeatedly wins enormous poker stakes becomes a threat to other gamblers at an exclusive Palm Springs casino. Marty and detective husband Jeff investigate the resulting murder, looking beneath the high rollers' wealth for the killer's motive.

A beloved aging rock star is murdered in Palm Springs, drawing Marty into a search for the killer. Her dog Patron's unusual ability to sense danger helps as she examines suspects and questions appearances surrounding the death.

A failed murder attempt at an exclusive club seems settled to the police chief, but Marty discovers reason to disagree. She investigates the would-be killer, weighing personal grudges and financial motives behind the apparently closed case.

Dog show judge Deidre Rogers is murdered after making enemies both inside the competition and beyond it. Marty investigates rivalries, bruised pride, and the wealthy judge's affairs, trying to determine which grievance finally became deadly.

Former cowboy movie star and Palm Springs mayor Monty Madsen is murdered amid debate over a desert wind project. Marty, detective Jeff, and their psychic dog investigate political ambitions, family conflicts, and environmental opposition surrounding his death.

Wall Street success fails to satisfy Joe, who seeks fulfillment at a desert ashram despite his family's objections. After he is murdered, detective Jeff, Marty, and their psychic dog must untangle competing personal and financial motives.

Marty’s routine antiques appraisal uncovers stolen property, and a note found among books points to a planned murder. With her client unreachable, she and the police must locate the threatened detective before the criminals carry out their plan.

Palm Springs antique dealer Carl receives death threats after upsetting customers and rejecting an unexpected daughter’s request for a relationship. His friend Marty investigates the possible motives, hoping to uncover who wants him harmed before the threats become reality.

Marty and Jeff travel to New York for a British antiques television event, but the presenter is murdered. Marty’s appraisal expertise and Jeff’s police connections draw them into a case involving professional rivalry, ambition, and an obsessive fan.

Joan celebrates selling her business at an outdoor concert, expecting to begin a trip around the world. Her murder during intermission brings Detective Jeff Combs and his wife Marty into a case rooted in her seemingly promising new life.