Lethal Statues — Nancy Herndon

Elena Jarvis is an officer in the Crimes Against Persons department of the Los Santos, Texas, police. She's got a sharp mind and a strong sense of justice. She's also got a condescending boss, a chauvinist partner, and an overprotective narc ex-husband. But then, she always knew police work would mean dealing with troublemakers...

A LESSON IN MURDER
Analee Ribbon was a beautiful young student, a hard worker, and a computer whiz with a promising future -- until someone tipped over a heavy statue in the campus library, pinning her underneath and killing her. Now, as Elena investigates, she finds a lot of contradictions. Was the victim a do-gooder or a criminal? A committed feminist or a conservative right-to-life activist? Until Elena can sort through Analee's mysterious life, there's not much hope of making sense of her death, either...