Couper, Washington, nestled on the banks of the Columbia River, is a lovely place to visit, but living there can be killer.

When Matty Cruz's career ends prematurely due to hard economic times, she pulls up stakes and relocates to the tree-filled Pacific Northwest. She's hoping the natural beauty there will lift her spirits. But soon she discovers that her impulsive move lands her in a city with one of the highest violent-crime rates in the region.

"Matty Cruz Adventures" holds the first three stories of this cozy mystery series with a criminal edge, but the stories are told with a...

Matty Cruz has gone through a lot since she decided to move to Couper, Washington, a tree-filled city nestled on the banks of the Columbia River. When she made that decision, she didn't realize that the charming town had one of the highest violent-crime rates in the Pacific Northwest.

In the fifth book of the completed Matty Cruz Adventure series, Matty's friends are worried about her skittish behavior. After all the trauma she's experienced, she's begun to see boogeymen everywhere. So when Matty becomes convinced that Sam Bester's latest mystery trip out of town will lead him into...

Matty Cruz is trying to start over in Couper, Washington, a tree-filled city nestled on the banks of the Columbia River, but that can be difficult when the town she chose happens to have the highest violent-crime rate in the Pacific Northwest.

In the fourth book of the completed Matty Cruz Adventure series, Matty is optimistic that her new life as a young retiree is finally coming together, despite an initial misstep or two. But life is never that simple in Couper. Relationships sour, neighbors become vengeful, people she thought she could count on let her down, and someone even...

Read the heartwarming conclusion to the six-part Matty Cruz Adventure series.

Dispirited Matty Cruz is approaching her first year anniversary in Couper, Washington, a tree-filled city nestled on the banks of the Columbia River-which also happens to have the highest violent-crime rate in the Pacific Northwest.

In the sixth and final book of the series, Matty Cruz goes to Mexico with her brother, Ricardo, to look for the dying father who left them when they were babies. Will they be able to reunite with him and not reveal his location to the government agent who is watching them?

Carol...