Contemporary Detective Mysteries

All homicide detective Dylan Collins wants is a few hours of pleasure to take his mind off of the case haunting him. A serial killer is stalking the streets of Charleston, SC—a killer who calls himself The Grim Reaper. When the woman he'd just spent the night with turns up and offers her services as a psychic consultant on the case, his ardor quickly cools. Last thing he needs is to get tangled up with a con artist.

The dean of academic affairs at a campus on the California coast is found dead with a bike chain around his neck. Circumstantial evidence points towards a lecturer, who is the union leader and the victim's antagonist. Captain Nick Fusco, the homicide detective assigned to the case, follows his gut feeling and steers away from the obvious suspect. An unexpected romance with an amateur sleuth adds further insights to his investigation and leads him to an unforeseen discovery: the unspoken class system of the academic world.

I couldn’t believe it. The one time I met a guy, he ended up dead. And I was the prime suspect. I couldn’t remember what happened, but I know I didn’t do it. Why would I kill someone in cold blood? Luckily, Detective Russell believed me. He was so kind. I was happy to let him take the lead. He was so sexy and sweet. But what would he want with a little like me?