In the final installment in the Keen Observation trilogy, Book 3, Jane's son receives the full impact of his neighbor's house as it is blown to smithereens sending him flying into his home. With his mother's help he learns his neighbors were not the quiet simple people he thought they were.

A Home in the Hills is the second installment in the Keen Observation trilogy, Book 2. Jane is now an adult with grown children. Divorced and living on her own for the first time in many years, she finds her dream house. She settles in but soon she observes strange happenings across the street. Her new neighbor might be a problem. She learned from her childhood that she must be observant and keep an eye on her strange neighbor.

Bellows was a sight to behold. Claire felt like he just stepped off a train at Downton Abbey. He was magnificent. Did she finally get a case with an official butler? And--did the butler do it?

Claire's vacation (in Paris) concludes in Cleveland. There she is involved in the usual: lies, scams, and murder. How did she get to Cleveland? It's a mystery

"I opened our door, locked it behind me, and put my purse down. I heard the knob jiggle two seconds later then someone tapped on our door. I hadn't turned my computer on so I couldn't check the webcams. Turning my computer on is the first thing I do upon entering the office. The tapping became more urgent. It wasn't anyone in my work group because they would have contacted me alerting me that they were coming. Or maybe they were on the run and didn't have time to alert me. Desperate tapping on the door of a PI office is never good. I opened the door a crack and a man pushed his way in and...

Julio was out of breath. "Barbara is having trouble with a neighbor again. She didn't tell me about this new problem until a few days ago. I never told you about it because I thought I had taken care of the previous problem. It's been going on for over ten years." "What kind of trouble?" I didn't have to ask. I didn't think the neighbor borrowed the lawnmower without returning it or picked oranges from Barbara's tree. I knew what it was. It's common. I decided Julio would have to tell me in his own way."He's a peeping Tom, but it's more than that. I think he's sneaking into her house."

"I always sit facing windows when I dine alone, forever on the lookout for assassins or perverts or both. It's just the nature of my work. While sipping my coffee, my orange juice arrived. After I fussed with my coffee and juice placement on the table I looked back at the front of the diner and noticed a nervous customer standing in the entry area. She scanned the room. I thought she might be expecting seating guidance by the diner 'hostess.' If so, she was in the wrong place." And so begins The Wife case for Claire. Her breakfast is ruined and she suspects her life will soon be ruined as...

"The Orphanage" is the second novel in the series. Ronald and Claire learn that "The weakest members of humanity are at the mercy of predatory adults. Often it's for profit and sex and slave labor and young boys are sent to war in their bare feet with weapons larger than they are. Not much is done to stop the problems associated with the mistreatment of children. Worldwide the problem is overwhelming. Over two million children are orphaned each year. And that's a poor estimate." Further estimates suggest many of those children end up in slavery. Ronald T. Barone Investigations will put a...

The Keen Observation trilogy follows the Lewis family through three generations. Each generation faces overwhelming challenges. In Book 1, Jane Lewis, the youngest of three children, must find a way to help her mother recover from the horror of a brutal home invasion event that changes their view of the world and also changes how they manage the rest of their lives.