Finding a runaway teenager seems like a routine case---until Delilah discovers a corpse in the yard next door to her client. Is the missing young woman another victim or is she a witness, running for her life? Things are heating up in Orange County, including Delilah's feelings for sexy, wealthy Erik Lundstrom who won't stay out of her life.

"Fast-paced, well-plotted...in the must read category..." Booklist
"Tight plot...characters sharp and definite..." So. Florida Sun-Sentinel
"Well-scripted action...a canny piece of work..." Washington Post

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Meet Delilah West:

Marcia Muller is credited with publishing the first female prive eye novel in 1977, but "A case can be made that Delilah West was first," says Armchair Detective Magazine. Delilah debuted in a short story in Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine in 1974. The first of five novels in the series appeared in 1980.

"Delilah gives as good as she gets and is not to be trifled with..." L.A. Times
She's a "tough PI who won't quit until justice is done..." Washington Post.
"A sassy, sharp lady...you'd call her if you ever need a PI," according to Jan & Elmer Grape, Mysteries and More, Austin, TX.
And she's considered "one of the best PI's in the mystery today," by Terry Baker, Mystery Annex, Small World Books, Venice, CA.

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