Tongue deftly in cheek, Tony Kozol is back in a new, wild and wicked adventure-this time in the wild, wild West. It seems Tony has finally landed a dream gig, rhythm guitarist for one of the hottest country acts going, Cliff Cash and the Cowhands. Of course, the job is only temporary while Brian Love, the permanent guitar player, is recuperating from a broken arm. Love wants Tony out-badly. And Tony's odds of sticking around are getting longer and longer as his bandmates are singled out for murder. In Austin for the Southwest Music Conference, Clint Cash and the Cowhands have just finished up...

It's Carnaval time in Rio de Janeiro What could be more fun? Yes, it's Carnaval time in exotic Rio and Tony Kozol has been invited. Working for Luis Angel, a hot, young Latin pop singing sensation with an eye for the ladies, journeyman guitarist and amateur sleuth, Tony Kozol packs his bags and heads south to sexy, sunny Brazil. Love is in the air, samba is in the streets...and murder is around the next corner. Tony and his bass playing sidekick, Rock Bottom, want nothing more than to bask in the sun along the famed beaches of Ipanema while reveling in the rhythms of Brazilian music and the...

Here's what SKULLS OF SEDONA is all about (well, without giving away any secrets. We've got to have secrets, right?" Set amongst the spectacular background of Sedona, Arizona and its inhabitants, SKULLS OF SEDONA is the provocative follow-up to STIFF IN THE FREEZER. When Tony Kozol packs his bag and his guitar and heads to Sedona to back up a friend at a New Age conference, murder follows. And the only things stranger than the murder are the colorful suspects at the conference, not to mention the real stars of the event, the Crystal Skulls, and now they're missing With this second book in a...

A red-bellied woodpecker may lead to a yellow-bellied killer . . .

One morning when unwilling early bird Amy Simms grabs her binoculars for a closer look at the woodpecker who's been waking her up, she can't believe her eyes. Across Ruby Lake, through a curtain of rain, she sees a body being tossed out of an upstairs window at the old McKutcheon place.

Or at least she thinks she does. The police chief finds no body-only a discarded dressmaker's dummy-and complains that Amy sent him on a wild-goose chase. She should probably focus on minding her store, Birds & Bees, but Amy can't help...