When an aging coroner says a wealthy author died of natural causes and sees no need to do an autopsy, the county sheriff calls an old friend, retired homicide detective Cy Dekker, to see if the man was murdered. Cy gets a medical examiner friend to do an autopsy and finds that the man was poisoned and the time of death was probably when that author was at a book fair. Cy and his retired partner Lou look at who might have poisoned the man. Suspects include other authors, the author's brother and sister, and his neighbors.

A retired homicide detective is asked by a friend to look into the disappearance of a friend of a friend. About the same time, one person is kidnapped, and others have been murdered after going on a blind date. This whodunit combines humor and clues to the murderer's identity.

Two detectives retire and are given a vacation to Gatlinburg, Tennessee as part of their retirement gift. They are traveling as part of a bus tour group, but shortly after they leave home they suspect someone has been murdered. One of the detectives (Cy) forgets he is retired and tries to solve the murder of someone whose body has not yet been discovered, while his friend (Lou) must continually remind him that they are now retired. Cy tries to sneak and solve the murder without a body yet being discovered, while enjoying the first vacation he has taken in over thirty years. Humor and mystery abound.

In this first book in a humorous Christian romance series that has been enjoyed by all ages, a best-selling author inherits his grandparents house and plans to hole up there and write his next bestseller. But five minutes after he moves in, a middle-aged couple and a gorgeous redhead ring his doorbell, and when he opens the door they start singing Christmas carols to him. After singing to him, they invite him to join them as they go progressive Christmas caroling and gather more neighbors at each house until the entire street has been sung to, and to a Christmas get-together at the redhead's house afterward. From that moment on he becomes as much a part of the neighborhood as anyone else, which includes all that goes on there.