One for the Money — D.B. Borton

A NEW CAREER ... IN CRIMESOLVING
Life changed for Catherine "Cat" Cali ban after thirty-eight years of marriage. She lost a husband, bought an apartment house, got a gun--and decided to become a I? I. And that was before she discovered that her upstairs apartment came furnished ... with a corpse.

CAT CALIBAN INVESTIGATES
Suspicion is second nature to any woman who's raised three kids. So Cat Caliban figures she has what it takes to be Cincinnati's smartest snoop: an eye for evidence, a talent for spotting lies, the sharp wit of Erma Bombeck--and the detection skills of Sam Spade...