by Philip Singerman (2001)
"After his long-lost love and new bride, Clara, is brutally murdered in an Austrian mountain chalet while they are on their honeymoon, supersleuth and undercover operative Roland Troy quits chasing criminals and retreats to the backwoods of Vermont. But when his old friend and former partner McKenzie Rockett travels from Florida to ask a favor, Troy can't say no to Rockett's request for help in solving one last homicide."--Jacket.
Steve Hayes, David Whitehead
A vicious serial killer haunts the bayous of Louisiana. The only person who can catch him is FBI Agent Kate Palmer. But Kate's specialised work has taken its toll on her and she's facing burnout. Worse still, she's about to rekindle a relationship with the only man she ever loved when the Bayou Butcher strikes again - terrifyingly close to home. For Kate, that makes it personal - it might also be just the thing it takes to break her completely.
Russell Hill
In 1949, Jake Hamrick, a 19-year-old who has been obsessed since childhood with the ivory-billed woodpecker, leaves Illinois for Louisiana accompanied by Robin, his tiny girlfriend. They search in the bayous where the bird was last reported, and Robin, as obsessed as Jake, dresses like the bird, smearing her naked body with white clay, wearing a cloak of black crow feathers, her hair in a red crest. Local hunters pursue Robin and Jake deep into the bayous, where they are harbored by Robert, an ancient black man.
Mary Stanton
Law school hasn't prepared Bree to appeal cases for the dead. After inheriting her great-uncle's haunted law firm, she must now represent ex-banker O'Rourke, who supposedly killed himself after losing a fortune. But with a merry widow and evidence mounting, it's beginning to look like murder. So Bree and her team of angels begin to investigate. But Bree soon discovers that someone would rather see her deceased than debriefed.
Richard Haley
Wealthy financier Gil Bentley, anxious that his daughter's boyfriend isn't marrying her just for money, hires Frank Crane to ascertain Stuart Knight's background. Crane discovers that Knight is concealing his past; he's also seeing another woman, and seems to have far too much money. It appears that Knight was implicated in a major robbery some years before, and some of those involved are now being murdered.