When Tess Monaghan literally runs into the crew of the fledgling TV series Mann of Steel while sculling, she never expects to be hired on to serve as bodyguard/babysitter to the young female lead, Selene Waites. But the company has been plagued by a series of disturbing "mishaps" lately. And the discovery of a corpse surrounded by photos of the beautiful, difficult superstar-in-the-making is causing Mann's creator and Hollywood legend, Flip Tumulty,...

A husband's secret cellphone, a father's secret past, a mother's secrets, period-easy to hide behind the veneer of ordinary housewife; these are the scenarios found in this collection. Included here is "Just One More," a previously unpublished novella about a couple whose efforts to juice up their marriage have unfortunate consequences.

Baltimore private detective and new parent Tess Monaghan is plunged into a disturbing case involving murder, a manipulative mother, and a judgmental stalker that has been watching her every move.

This story begins when an orthodox Jewish man, Mark Rubin, hires Tess to trace his missing wife Natalie who has disappeared with their three children, a boy on the brink of adolescence, Isaac, and younger, boy/girl twins. It transpires that Natalie has taken off with another man, Zeke. The husband Mark, who loves his wife and adores his children, especially Isaac, is devastated. At first Tess has him marked as a control freak and thinks his wife may...