Cleaning woman/karate expert Lily Bard is determined to leave the investigation of lifelong Shakespeare, Arkansas resident Deedra Dean's murder strictly to the police, but she is compelled to take on the role of sleuth when the authorities come up with a long list of suspects and very few clues.

"A charmingly eccentric hotel maid discovers a guest murdered in his bed, turning her once orderly world upside down--and inspiring a motley crew of unexpected allies to band together to solve the mystery--in this utterly original debut. Molly Gray is not like everyone else. She struggles with social skills and interprets people literally. Her gran used to interpret the world for her, codifying it into simple rules that Molly could live by. Since...

A new series set in Shakespeare, Arkansas, featuring a heroine who runs a cleaning business. One night in a garbage bag she discovers the body of her landlord, which makes her a suspect. Now she must clear her name. A study in smalltown inhabitants.

During her weekly group therapy session in Shakespeare, Arkansas, Lily Bard--cleaning woman, karate expert, and amateur sleuth--and her companions stumble upon the body of a woman, and Lily finds herself embroiled in another disturbing murder case.

Since retiring from the Atlanta Police Department, Callahan Garrity is really cleaning up with her House Mouse housecleaning company -- especially since she added "crime investigation" to the list of services offered. Callahan agrees to locate the missing member of the popular '60s girl group, the VelvetTeens, and she doesn't have to search long. Deloras Carter, the A.W.O.L. singer, is found passed out drunk by a swimming pool near the dead body...

When the Long Farden village hall is in danger of being destroyed, the citizens form a committee to save it, with the usual grumps and curmudgeons included. But it seems someone opposes the preservation enough to set the historic building on fire. When a dead body turns up in the canal, Inspector Cowgill fears the dispute is only going to get uglier-and deadlier. Naturally, he turns to Lois Meade to sort out the culprit before the village hall becomes...

"When an acclaimed author dies at the Regency Grand Hotel, it's up to a fastidious maid to uncover the truth, no matter how dirty."-- "Molly Gray is not like anyone else. With her flair for cleaning and proper etiquette, she has risen through the ranks of the glorious five-star Regency Grand Hotel to become the esteemed Head Maid. But just as her life reaches a pinnacle state of perfection, her world is turned upside down when J.D. Grimthorpe, the...

From Anthony and Agatha Award-winning author Elaine Viets—the thrilling mystery series about one woman trying to make a living... while other people are making a killing.
Still on the run from the long arm of the law, Helen Hawthorne has found employment as a maid at Fort Lauderdale's Full Moon Hotel, picking up after clueless tourists and keeping her head down.
But staying discreet gets a bit more difficult when Helen opens the hotel...

Spring-cleaning fever almost has the inimitable Ellie Haskell scrubbing the Merlin's Court chandeliers with a toothbrush, turning the entire household topsy-turvy. Her husband Bentley's restaurant is being picketed by a cadre of vengeful vegetarians; her beloved, if truculent, gardener, Jonas Phipps, is looking much too peaked for Ellie's taste; the ever-caustic Mrs. Malloy has given notice and gone off to London to look after her new granddaughter...

"When local spinster Gloria Hathaway is brutally strangled, it seems that Lois [Meade] is in the unique position to find out invaluable information about the murder ... Danger lurks close by as Lois becomes embroiled in the deeply hidden passions and emotions smouldering beneath the facade of idyllic village life."--Front flap of jacket.