The Sand Garden — Stan Jones

In this debut installment of a new mystery series set in Palm Springs, Dana Forsythe is a grieving widow and hard-nosed ex-policewoman who turns private eye after her cop husband Frank is killed on duty. She gets an even bigger shock when she learns Frank had twins with a secret mistress who's just been murdered. What's more, the orphaned twins are dropped off on Dana's patio in the middle of the night, then she's hired by an attorney to help defend the accused killer. She's plunged into an investigation that takes her deep into a world of wealth, privilege and murder in California's glittering desert oasis. Can she nail the real killer before he nails her?Lead author Stan Jones is the creator of the critically acclaimed and Amazon best-selling Alaska-based Nathan Active mysteries.