The Phoneix — S. Alden Reilly

Stella Jones hasn't left the house much since her husband's death three months ago, but when a friend drags her on a crazy stalking spree to catch a cheating spouse in the act, she agrees--and nearly pays with her life. The home they were scoping out suddenly explodes in flames, the husband is killed and now Stella has a reason to get up in the morning to find out why.

Her questions lead her to the office of feisty P.I. Cheverly Fortuna, who's got her own personal stake in solving the crime. But when Stella stumbles across another body, cleverly disguised as a suicide, she begins to connect the strange mystery to her own husband's "accident." The case becomes darker and more sordid as larger stones are upturned, enabling Stella and Chev to piece together a stunning conspiracy of murder, greed, depravity--and a waiting killer.