<p>After a messy homicide case involving her "ex" and a break-up with her new boyfriend, Kate decides to tap into some positive energy by hosting a support group--in the hot tub, of course. It's the perfect California scene. Until one of her New Age pals turns up mellowed out and murdered in the jacuzzi.</p>

Murder Most Mellow

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Girdner, Jaqueline

Mystery

Diamond Books

Meet Kate Jasper, Marin County, California's own, organically grown, amateur sleuth. ("She's smart, funny, vulnerable, and unpretentious."--Marilyn Wallace, editor of the SISTERS IN CRIME series.) In this first Kate Jasper mystery, Kate visits her chiropractor for a simple spinal adjustment, but instead finds a dead man on one of the tables...dead of a broken neck. And it seems everyone in the chiropractor's office knew the victim, Scott Younger, in one way or another, except for Kate herself. Maggie, Kate's friend and chiropractor, has known Scott for years, as has her staff. Her receptionist, Renee, even dated him. Devi knew Scott from college. Guru-follower, Valerie, accuses Scott of being a drug pusher! And Wayne, Scott's now unnecessary bodyguard, a shy, homely man who almost makes Kate forget her husband has left her, knew him the best of all. But Kate can't forget murder, especially since Wayne is the main suspect. And there's the pesky matter of Kate's fingerprints on the metal bar that broke Scott Younger's neck. Kate Jasper's in for a spine-tingling, bone-chilling adventure.

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A Stiff Critique

Most Likely to Die

Kate Jasper, Marin County, California's own, organically grown, amateur sleuth returns in this seventh mystery in the series. ("A very likable, feisty and compassionate protagonist ... a superior sleuth."--Frances Werner, owner of The River Reader.) Kate's twenty-fifth high school reunion was bad enough, but the post-reunion barbecue for the old gang was a real shock. Kate lends her own pinball machine, "Hot Flash," to Sid Semling the week before his barbecue party. Sid, master prankster and live wire, does his own wiring on the pinball machine so it spews sexist menopausal insults as fast as he does. But when he steps up to play pinball at the party, it zaps the jokes right out of him. The machine's been rigged for electrocution, and Kate scores as the primary suspect. Everyone was annoyed by Sid, but it was Kate's pinball machine that made him the first man to die from a Hot Flash. She must short-circuit the real culprit before she becomes the next MOST LIKELY TO DIE.

A Cry for Self-Help

Death Hits the Fan

Kate Jasper, Marin County, California's own, organically grown, amateur sleuth returns in this tenth mystery in the series. ("The great Kate is at her lovable best."--MIDWEST BOOK REVIEW.) Kate Jasper is feeling "karmically impaired" in MURDER ON THE ASTRAL PLANE. In her view, she carries an astral virus to any group she joins, always leaving someone just plain dead. Kate's best friend, Barbara Chu, says Kate's simply thinking negatively. Barbara practices a little metaphysical shock therapy by tricking Kate into participating in an unannounced psychic soiree. And sure as shooting stars, by the end of a blindfolded intuition exercise, Silk Sokoloff, author and columnist of "Erotica, Et Cetera," has been fatally garrotted by a wire cat toy. Kate figures one of the clairvoyants, intuitives, or telepaths in the group should be able to figure out whodunit. But their collective psychic vision isn't anywhere near 20/20. Now Kate needs her own crystal ball if she wants to die of old age rather than New Age.

Murder On the Astral Plane

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