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"Palm Beach. A prominent high-society matron - who happens to be a fierce supporter of the President and founding member of the POTUSSIES - has gone missing at a swank gala. When the wealthy dowager Kiki Pew Fitzsimmons is later found dead in a concrete grave, panic and chaos erupt. The President immediately declares that Kiki Pew was the victim of rampaging immigrant hordes. This, as it turns out, is far from the truth. Meanwhile, a bizarre discovery...

"A two-hundred-year-old code devised by Thomas Jefferson becomes the key to a present-day conspiracy at the highest levels of Washington and the power elite of Palm Beach"--Provided by the publisher.

This time, America's favorite senior citizen takes on thieves who've stolen her jewelry. Although it's not the first time they've targeted her small North Carolina town, Miss Julia vows to make it the last. Soon she and her posse rush to Palm Beach for some sun, sand, and a bizarre stakeout. But how can two elderly ladies, a boy, and a tipsy private eye outfox crafty criminals?

"Parker calmly tosses a firebomb through a plate-glass window, while some newfound partners in crime take down a nearby bank. Making their getaway in the confusion, the bank robbers tell him two things: that this heist was only seed money for a much gaudier one, and that Parker has to loan them his share of the take. They should have given him his cut, or killed him. Because now Parker is rampaging through the American South, taking on a new identity...

"The Palm Beach elite go to great lengths to protect their own - and their own no longer includes Elena Estes. Once upon a time a child of wealth and privilege, Elena turned her back on that life. Betrayed and disillusioned by those closest to her, she chose the life of an undercover cop, the hunt for justice her own personal passion. Then a tragic, haunting mistake ended her career. Now Elena exists on the fringes of her old life, training horses...

Archy lives a life most people only dream about. As Chief of Discreet Inquiries at his father's white-shoe law firm, Arch keeps tabs on the rich and famous while keeping hours only a barfly could love. When well-to-do widow Edythe Westmore is urged to buy a Faberge Imperial egg, her adult offspring violently oppose the investment and enlist Archy's services to put the kibosh on the deal.

Called in by patriarch Griswold Forsythe II - a client of Archy's father, who even the closemouthed senior McNally admits is pretty dull - our happy-go-lucky sleuth commences a covert search to discover which intimate relative is lifting the family valuables piece by piece.

With the help of her boyfriend and her uncle, Hannah sets out for New Orleans to follow her drams of singing. But life on the road holds many dark surprises--and shattering realities that Hannah herself may not be ready to face.

Grace Houston, an only child, finds her world torn apart by the death of her father and her mother's remarriage to Kirby Scott, a scheming fortune hunter with his eye on vulnerable and innocent Grace.

The opening night of Matthew Hayes' Amazin' Maze arrives and gasps of wonder and delight are replaced by those of horror, as Hayes' ladylove is discovered dead at the center of the maze. The authorities are stumped as Hayes' carnival background gives rise to a number of possible suspects. Or are there other forces at work? It's up to Archy McNally to see through the scam and catch a killer.