The Phoenix — S. Alden Reilly

Stella Jones is stuck. Since her husband's death in a tragic accident, she's taken leave from her job and has hardly left her house for months. But when a friend asks for her help, she reluctantly agrees and is dragged on a crazy stalking spree to catch a cheating spouse in the act and nearly pays with her life. The house they are scoping out suddenly explodes in flames. The husband is killed -- possibly murdered -- and now Stella has a reason to get up in the morning, to find out what really happened. Her questions lead her to the office of a feisty PI, Cheverly Fortuna who's got questions of her own. Stella and Chev decide to investigate some strange coincidences, but when Stella stumbles across a body whose death is cleverly disguised as a suicide, the mystery deepens and she begins to connect her own husband's “accident” to a larger, darker and more sordid conspiracy of murder, greed and a waiting killer.