Homemade Sin

The prose is tart and lively, the storytelling swift-paced, and the large cast and multiple plot lines deftly handled.

In the third book in this acclaimed series, Callahan Garrity runs afoul of her own family when she insists on investigating the carjacking death of the cousin she idolized.

Some people might call Callahan Garrity nosy, but she prefers to think of her tendency toward snooping as a healthy interest in the truth.

So when news of her cousin Patti's death reaches her, Callahan shakes off her House Mouse cleaning uniform to don her detective's cap.

It's not that she doesn't have confidence in the Atlanta police—she used to be among their ranks—it's just that the crime seems too incongruous with Patti's suburban life to be an accident.