Tang Is Not Juice
Best Novel of 2005 from the Oklahoma Writers' Federation
Training to be a private eye, Carol Sabala wrangles a job to investigate a disputed will. As Carol learns the perils of the retirement home where the woman died, her thoughts quickly turn to betrayal and murder
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Rotten Dates
Baker sleuth Carol Sabala ventures into dating hell and the world of pornography. As Carol tracks a killer, she learns that even though we want companionship and adventure in our lives, it's hard and sometimes risky, to get both.
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One Tough Cookie
A Watsonville High School student has dumped poison into a batch of cookie dough, making the entire faculty sick. While baker/amateur sleuth Carol Sabala investigates, someone throws the talented, pregnant Jennifer Padilla from a catwalk to her death. Who was the father of Jennifer Padilla's unborn child? Did he kill her? As Carol determinedly seeks answers, she falls victim to a relentless stalker.
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Murder, Honey
Baker/sleuth Carol Sabala probes into the death of Chef Jean Alcee Fortier at the swanky restaurant Archibald's. As a great womanizer, Fortier has left a trail of possible suspects, from his young lover Delores Medina to the lesbian feminist Patsy.
