Backhand — Liza Cody

The P.I. from the U.K. She's street smart, Tart tongued. And very, very British. Meet the sassy star of an award-winning private investigator series.
Anna is rescued from the tedium of touting security systems for rich clients by a savvy American fashion enterpreneur, whose star designer's top-of-the-barrel places. Soon Anna is off on a trail that leads from the dreary back streets of London to the sun-struck Florida keys, from an exclusive tennis club to a sleazy motel, where a mob-style execution and a drugged teenage runaway tell Anna she's into far more than haute couture. She's in hot water, and it's chin-deep and rising.