GRAVES' RETREAT

Les Graves has been running from his past until he finds Cedar Rapids and a respectable job at a bank. He even finds a bit of local fame as the local baseball team's star pitcher. But when his brother T. Z. comes to town with Neely, he knows there's going to be trouble. They're on the run with a bounty on T.Z.'s head, and need one more bank job before they high-tail it down to Mexico. Graves used to run with T.Z. and Neely, but now he has a good girl, a good job and a good reputation. Should he throw it all away to help T.Z. and Neely make one last score? Or...

The Autumn Dead

Jack Dwyer used to be a cop. Now he's a rent-a-cop and part-time actor. Dwyer isn't complaining--not much anyway--he's got a great girlfriend; he's older, a little heavier, but what the hell, that's life. Then the woman who drove him crazy during his teenage years, Karen Lane, re-appears; still beautiful, still bewitching. She wants him to locate a missing suitcase. But Dwyer knows there's more to this than an elusive bag. And soon enough, he becomes enmeshed in the past, tracking down old secrets, secrets that someone wants very much to remain buried--even...

SPEAK OF THE DEVIL

When Karen Peterson first meets Mr. Fernandez on the cruise ship, he is so charming. Still, when he offers her a job as hostess at his new island hotel, she accepts with a great deal of reluctance. After all, charm can hide a multitude of flaws. And when she meets her predecessor, the very young and headstrong Cecily, Miss Peterson is sure that she seems more than a mere employee. Even the guests have their secrets--Mrs. Fish tells her that she is looking for her husband's murderer at the hotel.

But that first night Cecily surprises them...