Susan Dunlap

After six months of perfect weather, the people of Berkeley, California, have forgotten how to drive during a thunderstorm....

When Philip Drem, the most feared and hated IRS auditor, is murdered, junk food junkie Jill Smith finds a long list of suspects....

Although the citizens of Berkeley are famously tolerant, that progressive attitude disappears at the property line between the homes of Dr. Hasbrouck Diamond and Leila Sandoval.....

A woman’s life is upended after she witnesses the aftermath of a deadly crime....

Investigating the poisoning murder of one of the judges at the annual Slugfest, a celebration featuring slug races and a cooked slug cuisine, meter reader Vejay Haskell uncovers a missing document and a secret lover....

Two witnesses see the man drag the old woman into a canyon while brandishing a rifle....

When a young gymnast dies performing a world-famous stunt, Kiernan suspects foul play....

To escape arrest for her best friend’s murder, Vejay must find the real killer - before it’s too late....

A mad Nazi plot gives Cassidy a chance to save his estranged wife - or lose her forever....

Until the helicopter crash, Jill Smith never knew fear. A homicide detective in the leftist enclave of Berkeley, California, she has faced down her share of thugs, thieves, and killers....

In a city of rule breakers, she's the law. But in a hunt for a killer, she's breaking all the rules....

A town as diverse as Berkeley, California, is never without controversy....

A call from an ex-husband is never welcome. For Berkeley cop Jill Smith it wins a Nobel Prize for chutzpah....

Berkeley cop Jill Smith is back in another adventure that could only occur in this brazen, eccentric town....

In Berkeley, California, Telegraph Avenue is the headquarters for the city’s strangest inhabitants....

Each year the Bohemian Club - a clique of powerful conservatives whose ranks include Nixon, Reagan, and Kissinger - gathers for a confidential meeting in the backwoods town of Henderson, California....