Money To Burn (Casey Jones mystery series Book 3)

"Fast-paced and action-packed...The charm here lies in Munger's writing, which is silky-smooth and packs a wallop.”I Love a Mystery

MURDER AMONG THE MILLIONAIRES—ALONG WITH ARSON, RAPE, DRUGS, BLACKMAIL, AND…THEN LOVE WALKS IN. WHO ASKED FOR THAT?

Casey Jones is a take-no-prisoners female PI who wouldn't be caught dead whining over a lousy boyfriend or asking for help. Katy Munger’s clever sleuth is too busy lifting weights, running off at the mouth, and making doughnut runs for her overstuffed business partner, the larger-than-life Bobby D., a 360 pound Lothario whose little black book is almost as big as his appetite. With a stretch in a Florida pen behind her and no official PI license, this is one detective who comes from nothing and has nothing to lose. She lives full speed ahead and full-tilt boogie, with always the eye for a handsome face and the mouth for a witty riposte.

Only this time, it's Casey who’s stepped in it. When a favorite client gets killed on her watch, Casey vows to find the killer no matter what the cost. When the trail leads her into the rarefied ranks of North Carolina's social elite, Casey's dirt poor childhood comes rushing back in a wave of self-doubt that adds fire to her considerable fury. She fights to regain her self-confidence and expose an incendiary killer, but there’s more than one offender out there—and each is more dangerous than the last.

Against a noir background of killers, arsonists, rapists, and spoiled rotten socialites, things unexpectantly take a romantic turn. To the cynical sleuth’s chagrin, her client, her favorite bartender squeeze, her best police source, and even Bobby D. are falling in love all around her. Suddenly it's like Trouble Is My Business is waltzing (happily!) with A Midsummer’s Night Dream. Then, miraculously—world class independent PI Casey Jones is smitten herself. She quickly learns that if you’ve got somebody to love, you’ve got somebody to lose. And that just can't happen…

Casey’s clever quips will remind you of Robert B. Parker’s Spenser, or maybe Rex Stout’s Archie Goodwin, not to mention the daddy of them all, Raymond Chandlers’ Philip Marlowe. And her ace detective work will appeal to fans of all female sleuth mysteries—especially private eyes like Sue Grafton’s Kinsey Millhone, Sara Paretsky’s V.I. Warshawski, Laura Lippman’s Tess Monaghan, Marcia Muller’s Sharon McCone, and Janet Evanovich’s Stephanie Plum.

Evanovich herself said: “Casey Jones joins the ranks of smart and gutsy heroines. The South will never be the same. Don't miss her."—Janet Evanovich

Publisher’s Weekly agreed: “She is smart, tough, and tenacious... a wonderfully entertaining read”.