Susan Dunlap

Until the helicopter crash, Jill Smith never knew fear. A homicide detective in the leftist enclave of Berkeley, California, she has faced down her share of thugs, thieves, and killers....

Investigating the poisoning murder of one of the judges at the annual Slugfest, a celebration featuring slug races and a cooked slug cuisine, meter reader Vejay Haskell uncovers a missing document and a secret lover....

Although the citizens of Berkeley are famously tolerant, that progressive attitude disappears at the property line between the homes of Dr. Hasbrouck Diamond and Leila Sandoval.....

A woman’s life is upended after she witnesses the aftermath of a deadly crime....

After six months of perfect weather, the people of Berkeley, California, have forgotten how to drive during a thunderstorm....

When a young gymnast dies performing a world-famous stunt, Kiernan suspects foul play....

To escape arrest for her best friend’s murder, Vejay must find the real killer - before it’s too late....

Two witnesses see the man drag the old woman into a canyon while brandishing a rifle....

In a city of rule breakers, she's the law. But in a hunt for a killer, she's breaking all the rules....

When Philip Drem, the most feared and hated IRS auditor, is murdered, junk food junkie Jill Smith finds a long list of suspects....

A mad Nazi plot gives Cassidy a chance to save his estranged wife - or lose her forever....

In Berkeley, California, Telegraph Avenue is the headquarters for the city’s strangest inhabitants....

Each year the Bohemian Club - a clique of powerful conservatives whose ranks include Nixon, Reagan, and Kissinger - gathers for a confidential meeting in the backwoods town of Henderson, California....

Berkeley cop Jill Smith is back in another adventure that could only occur in this brazen, eccentric town....

A town as diverse as Berkeley, California, is never without controversy....

A call from an ex-husband is never welcome. For Berkeley cop Jill Smith it wins a Nobel Prize for chutzpah....

After a terrifying stunt gone wrong leaves her plummeting into the tops of forest trees, a shaken Darcy Lott is dispatched by her Zen master to a remote monastery in California's redwood forest to face her worst fear—but also to deliver a message....

Zen student and stunt double Darcy Lott wonders whether she can trust her own brother in this intriguing mystery. Darcy Lott is thrilled to be reunited with her brother Mike, who disappeared twenty years earlier.

San Francisco stunt double Darcy Lott specializes in creating the illusion of serious danger. But when her lawyer brother calls and asks her to wine and dine a mysterious client, the danger is no illusion.

Stunt double Darcy Lott is on location at the Port of Oakland, positioned for a power slide a dangerous trick in which she falls off a bike and skids under an 18-wheeler.