Mr. Dead Guy: A Terra Klein Mystery (Terra Klein Mysteries Book 1)

Terra Klein, a mostly out-of-work detective, wakes up one Saturday morning with a killer hangover and a dead guy in her bed; which would be bad enough but she doesn’t know how he got there or why he’s dead. The Police, however, have some solid ideas. They quickly identify the victim as Michael Massa, a part-time art expert and full-time cad, and by an amazing coincidence the person Ms. Klein was recently hired to investigate.
On her own since being booted out of Acme Investigations for drinking and having an affair with her boss; Terra employs a ‘backed-into-the-corner’ approach to crime solving combining dumb luck, help from her quirky friends, disguises, and a wee bit of common sense. She would take her predicament more seriously if she didn’t have a few friends at the 5th Precinct and a new guy, Jack McGowen, whom Terra hopes will be ‘the one.’
Terra continues to evade prison to pursue the new man in her life but as the evidence against her mounts; a missing gun, eye witnesses, sketchy reputation, and an alibi that places her at the scene of the crime, not even her new lover, or the Canadian border, can save her. Possessing more heart than investigative skills, she and her trusty mutt, Zan, realize that they must hunt down the real killer before even the good cops decide she’s the perfect suspect or she becomes the next victim.
In Mr. Dead Guy, Terra evolves from a desperate, thirty-something, slacker, to well, being pretty much the same. Smart and difficult, she will never be a poster girl for the Junior League. And though trouble seems to chase her around Manhattan like a rabid dog; Terra is at her best when things look the worst.