January Juggling The Jentons (The Xara Smith Mysteries by Bill McGrath Book 1)

This is the first book in the Xara Smith Mysteries series. We meet Xara Smith, the tall young female detective whose adventures this series will follow. In this episode Xara guards a socialite whose husband is trying to kill her. The setting is north Texas. What starts as a simple protection case quickly gets ugly and complicated. By the end of the story Xara has not only saved her client but also brought down a drug conspiracy and saved a dozen young women from being sold against their will into white slavery. All this while our detective's own personal life falls apart.