Chasing — Sonje Jones

Chasing is book number one of four in the Detective Series.


Getting paid is the name of the game, and private investigator Cornelia Osgood--Oz to most--has found a client with deep pockets: the parents of local singer/songwriter Samantha Arden who has been getting threatening notes from what appears to be an obsessed fan. Oz works not only the Sam Arden stalker case but whatever else comes her way. These cases range from following cheating husbands to tracking down a lost cat.

All work and no play makes for a very boring detective, however, and Oz manages never to let too much time pass between trysts with the women who populate Everton. She probably shouldn't also be sleeping with Sam Arden, the girl she's being paid to protect, but if she abided by rules like that, she'd miss out on half the fun.

With Oz's unpredictable schedule and lack of desire for commitment, she's only managed long term relationships with three women: her mother, her sister, and her childhood friend, Abby O'Leary. But stress is placed on the relationships with her mother and sister because they are both getting married, and Oz doesn't particularly approve of either groom. To make matters worse, she's been wrangled into the role of maid of honor at their joint wedding. This forces Oz to consider the thing that scares her the most: wearing a pink, taffeta bridesmaid's dress.

As the wedding approaches, the Sam Arden stalker case escalates. Oz enlists the help of fellow private eye (and former apprentice) Adam Erase to help find out who is behind the notes in order to stop the stalker before the threats become a reality.