Southern Peril: A Jersey Barnes Mystery (Jersey Barnes Mysteries)

Why is it so hard for Jersey Barnes to retire? When a state supreme judge calls in a favor, she tells herself (again) that this is her last case. She must investigate the judges brother, Morgan, and his newly-inherited business. When Jersey realizes the DEA is checking on Morgan, too, she finds herself in the middle of a 20-year- old mystery and a drug ring investigation. Still checking up on her geriatric father and his trouble-making friends, negotiating the steamy friendship/relationship with her bartender Ox, and dodging the flirtacious sparks flying back and forth with the cute DEA agent, Jersey begins to wonder if retirement is ever in her future. ϡ쯦랠 It's only when Morgan has a close call with death that he confides in Jersey: his father may have been murdered, and Morgan thinks he knows why. But he can't divulge further details without opening the door to his own humiliating secret, and risk losing Argos. While trying to keep her zany father and his poker buddies out of trouble, and exploring unfamiliar territory with her steamy business partner-turned-lover, Jersey stays on the case in her historic hometown of Wilmington, North Carolina. Savvy security specialist Jersey Barnes assures everyone that she has retired for good this timeshe had a party with a three-layer cake and champagne toasts to prove it. But when a judge calls in a favor, the former field-trained government agent agrees to figure out what secrets might be putting the judge's brother, Morgan, in danger. His car searched, his apartment burglarized, and it appears as though somebody is watching his every move. Not one to overreact, Morgan dismisses the judge's attempt to help him as an over-protective big sister's paranoia. He just wants to succeed in his new business venture, Argos. Wilmington's most hip restaurant, Argos guest list is legendary. When Morgan's father died, the eatery was left solely to Morgan. Despite his lack of experience in the food industry, the introverted bachelor is determined to keep his father's legacy alive. Why is it so hard for Jersey Barnes to retire? When a state supreme judge calls in a favor, she tells herself (again) that this is her last case. She must investigate the judge's brother, Morgan, and his newly-inherited business. When Jersey realizes the DEA is checking on Morgan, too, she finds herself in the middle of a twenty-year- old mystery and a drug ring investigation. Still checking up on her geriatric father and his trouble-making friends, negotiating the steamy friendship/relationship with her bartender Ox, and dodging the flirtacious sparks flying back and forth with the cute DEA agent, Jersey begins to wonder if retirement is ever in her future "Meet Jersey Barnes, the South's most unconventional security specialist, who has finally decided to leave home without a weapon. Her early retirement is for good this time, and she's ready to stuff her government-bought boobs into a bikini top and vacation someplace tropical. But before she has a chance to choose where, a judge friends calls in a favor" -- inside cover