Wildcat Wine

Title: Wildcat Wine

Author: Claire Matturro

Sleuth: Lilly Cleary

Main Setting: Sarasota County

Characters: Lilly Belle Cleary, Farmer Dave, Delvon, Tired Johnson, Philip Cohen, Cat Sue, Mary Angel, Kenneth Mallory, Earl Stallings, Gandhi Singh, Michael Andrews Daniels, Benecio "Benny", Bonita

Lilly's character - attorney representing doctors in malpractice cases, OCD, organic, southern, free-spirit, kicked out by her mother, she and her brother Delvon moved in with Farmer Dave while in high school, lives next door to the "Covenant Nazi" who once reported her okra plants as marijuana to the city police, has a large dog named Bearess, gives women in need of hair help her stylist's card.

Events in book: dead body found in Myakka Park, organic vintner killed by his picking machine, discovered "star wars" items in barn, her bright blue car reported at homicide scene, bag full of money, u-haul truck full of stolen wine, car line-up, appellate argument, murder of attorney, secretary blackmailed, snake in car, patent theft, butterfly lover, forgery

Over Her Dead Body

Title: Over Her Dead Body

Author: Kate White

Sleuth: Bailey Weggins

Main setting: New York

Places mentioned: Buzz magazine, Get magazine, Gloss magazine

Characters: Beau, Kimberly "Fat" Chance, Eva, Kiki, Jessie, Peter Dicker, Nash, Mona, Ryan, Robby, Landon, Katya, Cat

Bailey's character: Crime writer for fashion magazines, freelancer, wrties in composition books, divorced from gambling hunsband, owns a nice apartment in New York (divorce settlement)

Events in book: locked in Sauna, chased and hides under a car, murder by full strength heroin, murder by blunt force trauma, murder of boss