A popular marine biologist is dead. An octopus named Fred is accused of killing her. Can Xena interrogate Fred and solve the crime before more people die?
Xena Cali is a somewhat overzealous investigator with a passion for poetic justice. Her latest case takes her to the Biological and Aquatic Research Labs (BARL) in Galveston, where Dr. Jane Moore is found dead in a tank with a large octopus wrapped around her body. When Dr. Ari Pani (42 and very handsome) doesn't accept the police's conclusion of death by octopus, he hires Xena to find the truth before Fred is lethally injected in two weeks.
The investigation tests her mental and athletic prowess, her stash of spy shop gadgets and her assumptions about octopuses. She'll need all that and a commandeered Segway to stay alive.
Toxic Octopus is the first book in the Spy Shop mystery series. If you like fast-paced crime novels, clever satire and gritty beach towns, then you'll love this humorous mystery.

Toxic Octopus (Spy Shop Mystery)

Humor & Entertainment

Haneberg, Lisa

Humor

Written Pursuits

Xena Cali was a successful human resources executive who plummeted off the corporate ladder. She relocates to quirky Galveston Island, Texas, to open the Paradise Lost Spy Shop and a private investigation practice in the gritty Strand Historical District.
Xena uncovers and must overcome several challenges related the store's former "residents." At the same time, business owners are on edge about of a string of recent burglaries. Xena jumps in to help, but a rag-tag crime watch group makes solving the case harder and weirder.
Find out what Chef Robert Irvine, a probably-fake voodoo queen, and a golf-cart-driving pot-head artist have in common in this fun and fast-moving caper.

Ghost Rat (Spy Shop Mystery)

Literature & Fiction

Humor & Satire

Our hopes and dreams are starved for attention and may die. Meetings, multiple projects, and daily office brushfires soak up our time and energy. The pressure to make a secure and safe living is immense and can dim the strongest passions. Millions of busy people have put their goals aside. Some crave a promotion, some want to reinvent their functions, some want to learn a new profession, while others want to become world-class leaders.All they need is a little nudge.Based on techniques proven over Lisa Haneberg's 30 years as coach and leader, Two Weeks to a Breakthrough offers readers a process that will enable them to kick start (or restart) their goals into high gear.

Two Weeks to a Breakthrough: Small Changes, Big Impact

Business & Money

Personal Finance

Rodent Roger, a popular Galveston Island exterminator, goes missing the day after he tells private investigator and spy shop owner Xena Cali about a concerning uptick in green iguana sightings on the island. They're crapping in people's boats and falling from trees. Are the lizards swimming over from Florida to escape the pythons, or is it something more nefarious? Can Xena help untangle the mess before the raucous reptiles take over Galveston? Ultima Penelope Roger is a best-selling writer of romance novels. The Lizard Liquidators have set up shop on Galveston Island. Herpetologist Quintana Flores, PhD, works on a bizarre cruise ship that sails out of the Port of Galveston. Sasha Barlow is a driven junior reporter who'll do anything to get the story. Ned "The Pelican Man" Quinn writes a column about bird necropsies. Captain Ethan Slaughter is the head of the Major Crimes team at the Galveston Police Department. Xena and her team will have to partner with and/or battle this cast of characters and others to solve what becomes a disturbing murder investigation. Stiff Lizard is the third full-length book in the Spy Shop Mystery series. If you like fast-paced crime novels, clever satire, and gritty beach towns, then you'll love Lisa Haneberg's humorous and contemporary cozy caper.

Stiff Lizard

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Toxic Octopus (Spy Shop Mystery)

Ghost Rat (Spy Shop Mystery)

Two Weeks to a Breakthrough: Small Changes, Big Impact

Stiff Lizard