Showing results for "Caught Dead" in Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

When one of the beautiful Le sisters is killed, Hartford, Connecticut's small Vietnamese community is stunned. Mary Le Vu, wife of a poor grocery store owner, is gunned down in a drive-by shooting. Her twin sister insists that dutiful Mary wouldn't be caught dead in that drug-infested zone, but the police rule it an unlucky accident. Skeptics hire private eye Rick Van Lam to get to the truth.

Most folks associate the city of Salem, Massachusetts, with witches, but for Lee Barrett it's home. This October she's returned to her hometown - where her beloved Aunt Ibby still lives - to interview for a job as a reporter at WICH-TV. But the only opening is for a call-in psychic to host the late-night horror movies. It seems the previous host, Ariel Constellation, never saw her own murder coming.

When the beautiful Liza Nichols knocks on Amanda Pepper’s front door early one Monday morning, she throws the schoolteacher’s comfortable routine wildly awry. When Amanda arrives home from school later that day, she discovers Liza’s lifeless body slumped on the floor. To make matters worse, Amanda is named the primary murder suspect. In a desperate effort to clear her name, Amanda joins forces with the handsome detective assigned to the case, giving him advice and doing some unofficial snooping of her town.