A Lady Never Trifles with Thieves
by Suzann Ledbetter

"The simple truth is, I was born clever...." So says spirited young Denver City detective Joby (Josephine Beckworth) Sawyer—and she isn't bragging. With a whip-sharp mind, self-taught expertise in biology, herbology, chemistry, criminality, and legal action, Joby can pretty much get her man. But there's one still hanging on the line: her devoted policeman beau, Jack O'Shaughnessy. In Joby's line of work, murder and mayhem come before matrimony. And with two new cases to crack, her wedding gown can wait.

For now Joby has to get the goods on a no-good abusive husband so a wealthy wife can get out with her fortune and her features intact. Then, a high-class jewel thief goes from larceny to murder as a woman is found strangled with her pearl necklace. Against Jack's wishes, Joby takes a crack at the case with the help of her mentor, Won Li. Determined to prove she's as good an investigator as any man, Joby must use both her brains and her beauty to catch a thief—before he kills again.

Other Books by Suzann Ledbetter

Ahead of the Game

In Hot Pursuit

West Of Bliss

North Of Clever

South of Sanity

East of Peculiar

Suzann Ledbetter's Bio

Suzann Ledbetter is a gifted humorist, a columnist for Family Circle magazine, author of The Toast Always Lands Jelly-Side Down and Other Tales of Suburban Life and I Have Everything I Had Twenty Years Ago, Except Now It's All Lower, two books that take a laugh-out-loud look at suburban life in the nineties. Since 1988, Suzann Ledbetter has been taking lighthearted pokes at everything from nonsensical refrigerator features to school lunchbox packing tips in her Family Circle "Flip Side" column. If you like laughing at life, you'll love laughing with Suzann Ledbetter.