Cirrus@Austlit

'Private investigator, Jesse Clarke, thought sugar was such a friendly substance, until it appears in two of her cases for all the wrong reasons. Traces of sugar were connected to a bomb that blew up her client’s Mercedes. Was the bomb meant to kill or was it just a warning of what is to come? And could sugar have duped the immune system of a client’s mother over thirty years ago, resulting in death? Juggling the two cases—one in the present and one in the past—Jesse finds herself talking to the living and the dead to get results.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'The dead are walking and it is not even Halloween! Private investigator Jesse Clarke knew it wasn't going to be a normal week when two dead people are spotted alive but their death certificates say otherwise, Spiderman steals a collection of costumes made for the next Comic Con, and Batman drops in to warn her that all is not as it seems.

'Supported by her own man of steel–the tall, dark and handsome Dominic; business partner Ed; police contact Officer Jason who has more than a professional interest in Jesse; and, best friend Melanie, Jesse finds herself talking to witches, superheroes and morticians to solve her two cases and looking behind the disguises for answers!'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'Jesse Clarke's 10-year school reunion boasted a few shocks - and that didn't include Jesse running a publicity and private investigator business. The talk of the reunion was Alex Bryson, the overweight kid who transformed himself thanks to winning a place on the TV reality program, Lose it! But a week after the reunion, Alex is dead. That's not the only reunion that's taking up Jesse's time. At a client's family reunion and birthday celebration, a very expensive Titanic relic goes missing - a Titanic Mourning Bear. And now T-Bear, as he is known, is showing up all over the country! With support from her boyfriend Dominic, along with business partner Ed, Police Officer Jason, and Jesse's enthusiastic best friend, Melanie, Jesse is back solving mysteries while juggling publicity clients include Mona and her choir, again.' (Publication summary)