Bitter Sweets: A Savannah Reid Mystery (Savannah Reid Mysteries)

savannah Reid, That Big, Sexy, Southern-born Sleuth With A Black Belt In Karate And Blue Eyes To Die For Has Finally Established Herself As A P.i. In Posh San Carmelita, California. She Even Has Her Own Digs - The Moonlight Magnolia Detective Agency - With Her Name On The Door, And Her Own Personal Assistant. All Savannah Needs Now Is Her First Case So She Can Pay The Rent, Settle Up With Her Creditors And Put Some Serious Sweets On The Table. When The Phone Rings, It's Just The Break Savannah's Been Hoping For: Real Estate Broker Brian O'donnell Wants Savannah To Find His Long-lost Sister. Savannah Has No Sooner Located Lisa And Celebrated With A Hefty Slice Of Cheesecake, When She's Forced To Eat Her Words: Murder Enters The Picture. Devastated By The Part She May Have Unwittingly Played In A Diabolically Clever Double-cross, Savannah Sets Out To Find The Culprit And Rescue A Missing Child. Instead, She Finds Herself Under Suspicion Of Murder. Caught Dead Center In An Increasingly Dangerous And Complex Murder Case, Savannah Is Sorely Tempted To Retreat Into The Sweet Safety Of A Chocolate Binge. Meanwhile, She Has Her Fill Of A Veritable Smorgasbord Of Disreputable Suspects Scattered Among The Lovers, Losers And Liars Who Lurk In The Shadows Of Lisa's Puzzling Past. Each Of Them Has A Motive. Not One Of Them Has An Alibi. Now, Savannah Must Call Upon All Her Resources To Sort Out The Baffling Clues, Corner A Killer, And Clear Her Own Name. If She Fails, The Spanking New Moonlight Magnolia Detective Agency Just May Bite The Dust Before It Even Has A Chance To Prove Its Mettle. publishers Weekly introduced In Just Desserts, Savannah Reid, A Georgia Transplant And Former Cop In Southern California, Is Having Second Thoughts About Forming The Moonlight Magnolia Detective Agency. Her First Case Is A Man Looking For His Sister, From Whom He Was Separated As A Child. Savannah Locates Lisa Mallock And Her Daughter, Christy, And Learns They Are Hiding From Lisa's Abusive Ex-husband, Earl. Then Lisa And Christy Are Abducted, And Savannah, Certain That Her Investigation Led To The Crime, Feels Responsible. After She Finds Lisa's Mutilated Body In A Remote Fishing Resort, The Moonlight Magnolia Agency, Including Savannah's Former Police Partner Dirk, Mobilizes To Find Christy Before She Too Is Harmed. Savannah's Visiting Granny Reid Is Unable To Stand Idly By And Adds Her Country Bromides To The Proceedings. Despite The Fact That The Police Are On The Verge Of Arresting Her Every Step Of The Way, The Dessert-loving Savannah And Her Motley Team Of Investigators Manage To Save The Day And Pull Off A Light, Satisfying Tale. (may) Savannah Reid, that big, sexy, Souther-born sleuth with a black belt in karate has finally established herself as a P.I. in posh San Carmelita, California. All her Moonlight Magnolia Detective Agency needs now is enough business to pay the rent and put some serious sweets on the table. No sooner does Savannah complete her first case--finding the long-lost sister of a local real estate broker--than murder enters the picture. Framed in a diabolically clever double-cross, she sets out to find the real culprit...only to discover that she's the prime suspect among the lovers, losers and liars lurking in the shadows of the victim's past. Each of them has a motive. Not one of them has an alibi. Now Savannah must call upon all her resources to sort out the baffling clues, clear her own name, and corner a killer whose appetite for murder is growing every day... In Bitter Sweets, G. A. McKevett serves up a mystery where the suspense is sweet and everyone gets their just desserts. And in Savannah Reid, she give us an earthy, exuberant sleuth to believe in, root for and care about. "Delightful." -- John Westerman, author of The Honor Farm Newly established PI Savannah Reid of California, unjustly fired from the police force, lands her first client. A man is looking for his sister to share an inheritance. No sooner does Reid find the sister than she is murdered. Was the killer the brother, or is there another killer?