Other People's Houses — Susan Rogers Cooper

IN PROPHESY COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, THE UNLIKELY EVENT OF A HOMICIDE IS COUPLED WITH THE LIKELY EVENT THAT IF ONE OCCURS, THE VICTIM IS SOMEBODY EVERYBODY KNOWS....

And everybody knows nice bank teller Lois Bell who, along with her husband and three kids, dies of accidental carbon monoxide poisoning. But things just aren't sitting right with chief deputy Milton Kovak. Why were the victims' backgrounds completely untraceable? And why was the federal government butting its nose in the case?

A houseful of permanent -- and unwanted -- guests and troubles with his main squeeze, Glenda Sue, add up to some tricky problem-solving for Prophesy County's inimitable sheriff.