SCHOOL OF HARD KNOCKS (The Ginger Barnes Main Line Mysteries)

Quiet Beech Tree Lane has suddenly become a lightning rod for crime. First, Ginger Barnes’s friend is murdered by a home intruder. Thefts and threats and smashed mailboxes follow; but it’s the mugging of elderly eccentric Letty MacNair that compels Gin to dust off her deerstalker. If an impoverished old woman qualifies as a target, anybody could be next.

[Author’s note: The Letty character happens to be my favorite. Please let me know if you like her too.]