The Lacey Stocking Mysteries

Pittsburgh, 1948 A FAMILY MATTER When local wine king Edwin McMasters suspects one of his kids wants to kill him, he reaches out to Lacey Stocking, one half of the Hardley A. Witt Detective Agency, demanding their help. Not given the option of saying no, Lacey accepts the assignment. Lacey and Hardley expect a quick meeting with their new client to discuss details. Instead, they're hauled off at gunpoint to the McMasters' family estate and forced to stay there while they investigate the source of the death threats. Which one of the three adult children stands to gain the most with their father out of the way? Lacey and Hardley have to find out before the killer strikes. ROAD KILL After working on the McMasters' case, where toxic family dynamics were on full display, Lacey is ready to make amends with her estranged brothers and boards a bus to Chicago, with Hardley in tow, to pay them a visit. As a wicked rain storm moves in, she soon finds there's a storm brewing inside the bus as well. Poor visibility, flooded roads, they take shelter at a mountain lodge to wait for the storm to pass and for someone to die. Lacey and Hardley deal with mother nature and human nature as they track down a killer. DEAD JOHN When unassuming insurance man, Tom Harper, hires Lacey and Hardley to trail his wife, Stella, because he suspects she might be stepping out on him, they soon learn there's more to Stella than meets the eye. How can someone so innocent looking be so cruel? But Lacey can't shake the feeling this this case feels like a game someone is playing and they're the pawns.