Vinnie Hansen

• Aug-2025
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In the peaceful California coast city of Playa Maria, Crime Writer Zoey Kozinski joins a local police officer for a ride-along in hopes of breaking through her writer's block. But during a routine traffic stop, the cop is shot, the victim of a brutal...

• May-2024
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When a young man on a Harley roars into Philip, South Dakota, seventeen-year-old Virginia is more than ready to saddle up against the sissy bar, but how far is she willing to go to make her dreams come true?...

• Jun-2022
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How much havoc can one gun wreak? When Vivi and Ben Russo startle a burglar in their home, the young man flees. Ben gives chase. The thief pulls a weapon, aims it at his heart, and threatens to kill him. He doesn't squeeze the trigger. The ...

• Aug-2017
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• May-2017
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The year is 1982. Twenty-eight-year-old would-be writer Cecile abandons her life in San Francisco to accept a teaching position in a small California coast town. Forced to move quickly, she rents a unit in a complex meant for the elderly and handicap...

• Jun-2016
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Her first real P.I. case, an ailing mother, and a stalled relationship. As Carol Sabala attempts to juggle the components of her life, they all threaten to crash. Training to be a private eye, Carol wrangles a job to investigate a woman’s will. The...

• Dec-2014
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No one wants P.I. Carol Sabala to take the case. Her boss is apprehensive about an illegal investigation in Cuba. Carol's boyfriend worries about her physical safety. But the client is rolling in dough, the office has unpaid bills, and Carol chafes u...

• Jul-2014
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When the head chef collapses into baker Carol Sabala’s cookie dough, she is thrust into her first murder investigation. Suspects abound at Archibald’s, the swanky Santa Cruz restaurant where Carol works. The head chef cut a swath of people who wa...

• Sep-2012
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An innocent visit to a premiere Santa Cruz gallery turns into a nightmare case for Private Investigator Carol Sabala. The strangled body of the gallery owner offers an opportunity to cement her reputation and to save her employer from insolvency. But...

• Jan-2011
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Newly divorced and vulnerable, baker/sleuth Carol Sabala resists her friend’s pressure to use a personal ad to enter the dating scene. Two weeks later a woman’s body is found strangled on a riverbank in Santa Cruz. Did the killer use the ads to l...

• Sep-2010
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• Jul-2010
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A dead mother. A missing father. A mysterious man. They all spell trouble for private investigator Carol Sabala. When Carol’s mother dies unexpectedly, Carol is left with no family -- only money, grief, and an envelope. Her mother has charged her w...

• Feb-2010
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Carol Sabala's boss sends the baker and amateur sleuth on a mission: find out who tampered with a teacher's cookie dough and sickened the faculty. While Carol hones her investigative skills by gathering clues on the campus, a student is found dead on...