Susan Kandel Books in Order

Biographer Cece Caruso is researching Perry Mason creator Erle Stanley Gardner when a prison visit draws her into a decades-old murder case. Trying to uncover what happened places her in danger as the investigation reaches beyond her manuscript.

Biographer Cece Caruso’s fascination with Nancy Drew becomes professionally useful while researching the series’ pseudonymous creator. A collector’s unusual memorabilia and a subsequent murder pull her into a real mystery that could make her the killer’s next target.

Cece Caruso tutors the actor playing Dashiell Hammett in a film based on her biography. When a former lover of the star is found dead, inconsistencies in his story draw Cece into an investigation that could endanger both the production and herself.

Cece stages a Miss Marple play to promote a mystery-themed housing development, only for the leading actress to be murdered. With another death and suspicious business dealings complicating the opening, she must solve a case worthy of the author inspiring it.

Researching Alfred Hitchcock, Cece accidentally acquires a stranger’s phone after a film screening. Her attempt to return it draws her into a murder and a tangle of mistaken identity, forcing her to investigate before suspicion permanently settles on her.

Party planner Dreama Black thinks a lavish wedding assignment could finally be her big break. When the bride suffers an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, missing evidence and a mysterious payment persuade Dreama that something more complicated has happened.