When her husband serves her with divorce papers for her fiftieth birthday, Amy Warren sets out to rebuild her self-esteem by backpacking across the Grand Canyon. She expected the hike to be difficult: heat, elevation, rattlesnakes; but when she finds a mangled body in a ravine and a series of suspicious events occur along the trail, the adventure takes a dangerous twist. Amy's new friendship with experienced backpacker, Sarah Rochon, gives her the encouragement she needs to conquer the canyon's natural dangers. Ranger Glen Hawk volunteers to safeguard the women from the unnatural dangers, but...

The Paradise Palms women's tennis team jumps into action after they find the body of a flashy real estate developer floating in Gator Lake. Packi Walsh wheedles her way into the investigation by bribing a cranky deputy with homemade cookies. Her snooping uncovers real estate fraud, irate investors, an affair between a trophy wife and her tennis pro, and a connection between the friendly neighborhood pharmacist and the New Jersey mob. Now someone tries to silence Packi by making her gator bait.

Retirement isn't all tennis, golf, and Mahjong. After Packi Walsh finds a stranger stretched out on the tennis court with a hole in his chest, the ladies' tennis team uncovers a seamy side to their tropical paradise. Hidden in the woods near Paradise Palms and with nowhere else to go, a group of homeless men and sex offenders live in a secret tent village. Packi's friend Mark, once homeless himself, befriends the men and asks the tennis team to collect blankets. Packi and Curtis, a neighborhood teen, arrive with donations, but are ignored until the camp is trashed by a gang of thugs. She is...