Bubbles, Roses, and Rump — Marilyn Janice Bos / Marilyn Bos

When 25-year-old Wendy Winkworth decides to take a break from her PI business and visit her brother in Bern, Illinois, she simply wants to catch up on family affairs. Soon family affairs have her in over her head. She's hired by a teacher to find out if his ex-con mother is going to show up and ruin his chances of marrying the love of his life and the richest girl in town. Wendy's mechanic brother appears to be thieving on the side. And the local sheriff is trailing her, either because he likes her looks or because he wants her to stop looking too closely at what's going on in town. Then two young men die and a boy goes missing, and Wendy is plunged into a murder investigation that may make her the next victim.