Katy Munger's Casey Jones mystery series:
Legwork (1997)
Out of Time (1998)
Money to Burn (1999)
Bad to the Bone (2000)
Better Off Dead (2001)
Bad Moon on the Rise (2009)
Legwork (the blurb is from Smashwords):
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Set in North Carolina and the surrounding states, LEGWORK features a colorful cast, solid plot and writing that is both laugh out funny and vry moving at times. In Legwork, P.I. Casey Jones wins an assignment as bodyguard to Senatorial candidate Mary Lee Masters, only to have it turn into a murder investigation when someone dumps a corpse in the candidate's car, branding Masters as a killer with only weeks to go before the election. Casey must unravel the tangled loyalties of N.C. politics, puzzle out the contradictions of Southern feminism, confront the realities of her upbringing and dodge everything from cross-bows to irate mothers in her search to find the real killer -- all while contemplating new objects of her fickle and frequently bestowed affections.
North Carolina-based Casey Jones is a thirtyish bottle-blonde brickhouse whose brief prison record precludes a private investigator's license. Instead, she does all the dirty work for her boss Bobby D., a 360 pound ladies man who fancies himself to be a cross between Nero Wolfe and Barry White.
The series revolves around Casey and Bobby, as well as a cast of supporting players from all social strata.
There's lots of action, lots of humor, lots of local color. The books are all set in or near North Carolina's Research Triangle.
The series is best described as irreverant and frequently bawdy -- but not without its insights into human nature (at least, that's what I like to think!).
What other people think:
"If you like Janet Evanovich, Sue Grafton, or Sparkle Hayter, you'll love Katy Munger!"
-- Murder, Ink
"Casey Jones joins the ranks of smart and gutsy heroines. The South will never be the same. Don't miss her."
-- Janet Evanovich
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Amazon currently has the Kindle version of Legwork for 99 cents:
http://www.amazon.com/Legwork-Casey-...ds=katy+munger