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Criminal justice student Dez Roubideaux becomes involved with Frankie, a woman whose account of sexism in publishing sparks an immediate connection. Discovering that Frankie has lied sends Dez searching for the truth, putting people she loves in danger.

Coroner Fenway Stevenson investigates a mayor's death in a shabby motel while political pressure complicates her work. The case grows more urgent when the prime suspect's daughter disappears, forcing Fenway to question the story others want accepted.

After losing her mother and her job, Fenway Stevenson returns to the California town dominated by her estranged father's oil company. Appointed interim coroner following a murder, she investigates evidence that threatens her family's powerful interests.

While campaigning to remain coroner, Fenway Stevenson investigates the murder of a wealthy real estate businessman. Her stepmother's connection to the case draws family tensions into an investigation already complicated by rival elections and dangerous political pressure.

Newly elected coroner Fenway Stevenson investigates a university theater manager's suspicious death during a Shakespeare production. Secrets among the players complicate the case, while her father's imprisonment and troubling memories from her own past demand attention.

A body discovered in a bathtub draws acting coroner Fenway Stevenson into a case involving an apparently unmoved widow and an accused lover. This short mystery takes place between her first two full-length investigations in Estancia.

Fenway Stevenson attends her father's arraignment, only to witness another killing as the courtroom goes into lockdown. Trapped with twelve other people and unable to contact help, she must identify the murderer before anyone else is harmed.

A businessman is murdered in a luxury hotel, and the leading suspect is Fenway Stevenson's boyfriend's ex-wife. As political pressure demands an arrest, Fenway investigates contradictory evidence while her father's condition and collapsing business deepen her personal troubles.

Forensic toxicologist Kep Woodhead and federal investigator Bernadette Becker investigate a graduate student's poisoning in a medieval chapel. Their uneasy partnership encounters academic rivalries, disputed research, and suspects with strong reasons to keep the victim's work quiet.

Accused of murder after evidence appears in her apartment, Fenway Stevenson goes on the run to clear her name. Her search for the real killer uncovers connections to an old unsolved crime and her mother's past.

Kep Woodhead and Bernadette Becker investigate the poisoning of a con man shortly before his wedding. Angry investors provide plenty of suspects, but the biological threat extends beyond his home, giving their search for answers wider consequences.

With Estancia preparing for its Christmas parade, Fenway Stevenson investigates a celebrity chef's death in a remote cabin. Rivalries, online enemies, and the victim's concealed past complicate a case that others would prefer to keep quiet.

Coroner Fenway Stevenson investigates a prominent fraternal-order member's death and uncovers missing funds, false records and possible identity theft. The society's loyalty obstructs her search, forcing her to challenge people determined to keep their secrets buried.

The murder of a professional women's soccer coach draws Fenway Stevenson into a case involving frightened players and guarded officials. As she investigates allegations of coercion, political pressure and missing evidence threaten her efforts to uncover the truth.

Bernadette Becker and toxicologist Kep Woodhead question a birdwatcher's apparent suicide and find evidence of poisoning. Their investigation leads into disputes over mining, land rights and protected wildlife, while escalating threats reveal powerful interests determined to stop them.

A Nevada road trip turns dangerous when Piper's missing personalized knife becomes the weapon in a tech entrepreneur's murder. Outside her jurisdiction, Fenway Stevenson investigates the victim's digital-art business while trying to keep her best friend from being blamed.

A confidential informant draws Bernadette Becker into a tech executive's murder, putting her daughter in danger. With local police compromised, she and toxicologist Kep Woodhead investigate corporate secrets and scientific clues while facing a killer's increasingly personal threats.

Helping her boyfriend pack, Fenway Stevenson discovers a body wrapped in a Persian rug inside a storage unit. Investigating the facility's former owner exposes bitter relationships and hidden business dealings while pressure from a new sheriff complicates her work.

Detective Luke Guillory investigates a murder that keeps repeating every forty-eight hours, with only him remembering the previous events. Solving the case becomes essential to escaping the cycle as his marriage, career, and trust in himself begin to unravel.

A sheriff's deputy dies in a suspicious hit-and-run just as new evidence reopens another murder case. Fenway Stevenson investigates both deaths while mistakes within her department and worsening relations with the sheriff make trust increasingly difficult.