December Is the Blues

Radio host, Miss Nora, struggles with hot flashes, bad bosses, and life in general. She manages pretty well when she can get out of her own way. And she's at her best when she has a case to solve. In this fast-paced novel, Nora assists Detective Gus Chestnut untangle the mysterious murder of an environmental activist in Buscando, a fictional county on California's Central Coast. In the course of the investigation, Nora and Gus run into an assortment of local characters, including an alcoholic ex-girlfriend, a homeless man, owners of a local development company, a loudmouth parrot, a Mexican immigrant nanny, and a missing falconer.