Martie Liter Ogborn

A young woman with a sex etiquette book in her lap is found dead at a high school football stadium. Nick Bancroft is hired by the girl’s father, Ramsey Sinclair, to find the killer. Nick, an investigative reporter and novice PI, is kicked around by various suspects as he pursues the killer and the story. His assignment is interrupted when he begins an affair with receptionist Maggie Atley. But, the course of true love is complicated along with the investigation when detective Faustine Smith enters the picture. Faustine is also hired by Nick’s client Mr. Sinclair … to keep an eye on Nick, and does an excellent job most of the time. As the case unfolds there are elements of danger, drama, and deception. Nick finds few things as they seem and few people can be trusted in this risque but cozy mystery and adventure. S. A. Gordon, author Murder Picnic, review of Murder by the Book. "The equivalent of comfort food for the reader of detective mysteries. It is the type of story you read with smoky jazz playing on your stereo and a snifter of brandy sitting on the table next to you … a mystery reader's meal for when all you want is a good yarn and a chair to relax in.”