Hit and Run — Maxine O'Callaghan

ORANGE COUNTY -- A one-time agricultural paradise that smelled of fruit blossoms. Now it reeks of money, greed, and violent death. And under every citrus tree lies a corpse.

Bruised, broke and alone, Delilah West has just about given up on private investigation as a living. Until a speeding motorist swipes her off a rain-slick road -- and slams an elderly pedestrian into the afterlife. And this time, hit and run just don't add up.

An awful lot of people stand to profit from the wealthy old man's demise. And when everyone -- from the driver's mother to powerful friends of Delilah's husband -- tries everything to distract the sassy sleuth from the case, hit plus run equals murder: an equation someone doesn't want solved, even if it means doing it all over again....