An invitation to spend some time in Key West turns a singer/songwriter into an amateur sleuth. Bailey Green arrives in Key West just in time to discover that her old family friend Francine Shipton has been found murdered. Once Francine's son Zack installs Bailey in residence in the guest cottage as his mother had planned, he presses Bailey to help him find her killer. He's loathe to suspect his realtor Courtney Lusk, who'd like to become Mrs. Zack Shipton; Dr. Gravely, who operates a private clinic in his home; and funeral director Tucker Tisdale. Zack's more inclined to suspect the new yardman, Mitch Mitchell, who's actually Bailey's brother Chet, hidden in Key West by the Federal Witness Protection Program until he can testify against some drug dealers. Bailey herself is falling for Zack but feels obliged to consider him a suspect in his mother's murder. There are, however, other possibilities as well. Because Francine was planning on turning her home into a refuge for the homeless, she was far from popular with her neighbors. As Bailey and Zack cruise the Keys looking for clues, their relationship is threatened by their mutual suspicions. Loving descriptions of Key West are the best part of this forgettable whodunit from Francis

Kitt Morgan’s hope of a singing career dies after a botched surgery. Moving forward‚ she earns a job on her Iowa town’s police force‚ trying for a law enforcement career like her father’s. While on suspension for shooting an unarmed criminal‚ Kitt visits her sister at her Key West B&B. Here‚ she becomes embroiled in the murder investigation of Abra Barrie‚ a former B&B guest. While Kitt tries to find the murderer‚ the Iowa grand jury declares her shooting of the criminal an act of self-defense. She’s free to return to her police job. But does she want to? Big questions remain in Key West. Who is the killer? Is Kitt next on his list?

Sun. Sailing. Murder. Just another day in Key West. Newspaper columnist and hotel owner Rafa Blue hides her sordid Key West past from her boyfriend, shrimper Kane Riley. But after Rafa Blue finds her friend Diego Casterano dead at Vexton's Daiquiri Dock she and Kane are under suspicion of murdering him. Rafa remembers seeing blue rope on Kane's shrimp boat similar to the rope found at the crime scene. Is Kane the guilty one? Hoping to clear Kane's name, Rafa decides to secretly learn the killer's identity, but the path to answers is a dangerous one. As she investigates her friend's death, she soon finds herself facing Diego's angry son, a couple with everything to lose and a body count that's rising as quickly as the tide. There's definitely trouble in paradise, and if Rafa isn't careful, her days in the sun may be numbered.