Local Interest Novels

No One Is Innocent (2001) by Gayle Tiller
Thirty-something Jasmine Myers is a divorced African American private investigator who is battling alcohol addiction. Kristal Woods has hired Jasmine to investigate the death of her husband Ralph Woods, President of the San José Black Firefighters. After two other firefighters die, Jasmine´s father Lt. Ron Myers charges Kristal with all three murders. A twisted path leads to the dark side of San José politics and life.

Night Songs (2001) by Fred Wiehe
Alfie Free and Tommy Chandler, two San José police detectives, have been partners and friends for 13 years. While neither of them is willing to acknowledge that ominously numbered anniversary, they can't escape the strange and horrifying events ahead.
Good Grief (2004) by Lolly Winston
Sophie Stanton is 36 years old and too young to be a widow. So far, Sophie's grief has led her to drive her car into the garage door, donate all her furniture to Goodwill, and gorge on Oreo cookies. Deciding that she has nothing left to lose, she moves to Ashland, OR, and discovers that a new life can help the pain and grief of losing Ethan. Sophie is self-deprecating, smart-alecky, insecure, and so lost in grief and despair that we become instantly involved in her situation.

Murder in a Nice Neighborhood (1994) by Lora Roberts
Vagabond writer Liz Sullivan is sleeping in her van, when someone parks a dead body under it. And Liz might be able to solve the crime with handsome detective Paul Drake -- if he can get over thinking she's the killer. First of the Liz Sullivan mysteries, continued by Murder Bone by Bone - Murder Crops Up - and Murder Follows Money
The Ghost of Silicon Valley (2000) by William D. Blankenship
Desperate to save his software company from the embarrassment of a haunting, CEO Bobby Race hires artist Kevin Pierce to rid the company of its ghost, who appears to be Cynthia Gooding, a company employee who died in a suspicious "accident" at company headquarters. With the help of Kevin's own ghost Sport Sullivan -- an ethereal cousin to Dr. Watson -- Kevin must walk through a minefield of dangerous characters to uncover the reason Cynthia's ghost is haunting the executive suites of Silicon Valley.