With its seven-foot snakes and nasty horses, Florida ranch country can be as dangerous as the mean streets of any big city. Sherri Travis doesnít do country. She likes it even less when she meets Clay Adamsí psychotic neighbors and finds a dead man in the back of her pickup. With fairy lights dancing through the Spanish moss and violent men closing in, the surprise birthday party Sherri plans for Clay turns deadly. And while it isn't the party Sherri hoped for, it's a good one just the same.

Florida has two seasons. The rainy season brings hurricanes, the dry season delivers tourists - both can be nasty. Sherri Travis is tending bar at the Bath and Tennis Club where two women have been murdered. A rich socialite, who comes in daily for her quota of side-cars, decides to commit suicide by being the next victim, but first she has to decide who the murderer is. Sherri must figure it out first.ReviewThe Sherri Travis series was listed as one of the top 6 mystery series for 2010 summer reads by Good Morning America --World News.com About the AuthorPhyllis SmallmanAfter being shortlisted for the Debut Dagger in the UK and the Malice Domestic in the US, Phyllis Smallman's debut mystery won the first Arthur Ellis Unhanged Arthur award in 2007.  In 2009 MARGARITA NIGHTS was shortlisted for best first novel by the Crime Writer's of Canada.In 2010, Good Morning America named the Sherri Travis mysteries as one of the top six series for a summer read. Her fourth book, Champagne for Buzzards, was one of three mysteries chosen for a cottage read by Zoomer Magazine for summer 2011.Smallman worked in a library and as a potter before turning to a life of crime. Depending on the time of year she can be found on Salt Spring Island, British Columbia or Manasota Beach, Florida.

Singer Brown's life takes a nosedive after the suspicious death of her lover, Michael, a roadie for a rock band called Vortex. Twenty years later, she is looking for revenge. In a thick fog, a ferry docks on Glenphiddie Island and Singers decrepit van unloads. The homeless singer is there to find the man who destroyed her life all those years ago. But she arrives too late. Someone has already killed Vortex's lead singer, Johnny Vibes. And now the murderer is coming after Singer.Each of the former band members is hiding sins, both old and new secrets worth killing for. But Singer has one potential ally: Johnny Vibes's wife, who has just as much to lose as Singer. While trying to clear her name and solve the mystery of Michael's death, Singer enters a dangerous and deadly world of jealousy, greed, and murder.Set in the Gulf Islands of British Columbia, this series follows Singer Brown, a homeless woman who sings on the streets for coins and watches life ebb and flow around her. With a knack for being in the right place at the wrong time, Singer is one of society's invisible people. And being unseen is an incredible advantage to have when you're digging for secrets.

Product DescriptionThings are out of control in Dutch's bar. When the laughter and singing are followed by murder, Sherri Travis discovers reason in the chaos and justice for a friend.

Product DescriptionSome crimes are perfect. Greed leads Sherri into temptation and delivers her to evil.