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Rattlesnakes interrupt the poker game at Wade’s lodge, leaving several people dead. After one of the surviving players gets murdered at the hospital, Wade gets on the case. Suspects range from the hospital nurse to an old foe, Woody. Wade has his hands full in this race against time to catch the killer. But who was the intended victim, and who wanted them dead?

Some people take fishing too seriously. Retired Admiral Bobby Burns did, and it cost him his life. There is no shortage of suspects. His wife, Pattie Grace, is also accused of the murder. Niki Dupre, the most famous private investigator in Louisiana, doesn't believe her former Sunday School teacher could kill her husband. Soon, the case turns from fishy to dangerous. But who killed the admiral?

When a girl's body is discovered with a missing toe, her father hires Niki Dupre to find the murderer. With prostitutes, pimps, a rehab clinic and a mysterious huge man all involved, Niki has to delve deep into the Baton Rouge underground to solve this one.

Twigg Tidwell fits the identity of a killer, though he is only 16 years old. Niki Dupre does not believe Twigg is guilty, but must overcome sloppy police work and predetermined biases to prove it. After another murder takes place, the trail leads back to the son of the dead man left in the parking lot. But who really committed the murders?

Murder can lead you down an unexpected path. When Wade and Mindy find a body in a deer stand, the trek to find the killer begins. But neither of them could have imagined where it would lead them: the dangerous Atchafalaya Basin. While tracking the killer, the two have to fight off alligators, moccasins, and a black panther. Can they find the person responsible and bring him to justice?

Theft doesn't pay. Unless you take a roll of lottery tickets and one of them hits the jackpot. John David Netterville found said tickets on the ground outside a gas station. Unfortunately, they had been stolen. When the cashier identifies him as the thief, trouble ensues. Niki Dupre must prove Netterville's innocence, despite the evidence stacked against him. But did he really do it?

Después de repartir las cartas, un jugador no pasa el corte. En un torneo de póquer local, un jugador es asesinado después del primer día de juego. Un sospechoso es fichado por el asesinato, pero algo no cuadra. Para descubrir al asesino real, Niki se une al torneo. Pero, ¿está la baraja en su contra?

Local thug Hector Gomez has a score to settle with Niki Dupre. She has upset his profitable businesses, and there will be hell to pay. After she's lured to a vacant warehouse, Niki discovers the corpse of a young girl. Soon after, two goons are after her. But now, it's the strawberry blonde's turn to wage war on Hector, as she goes after his pay-for-protection scheme and illegal warehouse. Can Niki bring Hector to justice and stop his operation - and avoid collateral damage?

When the heat gets too high, someone dies. But this time, Niki Dupre must investigate a different kind of heat. When young Randy Netterville dies in a warehouse fire, the insurance company asks Niki Dupre to investigate. The investigation leads to a local crime lord, Hector Gomez, and it's not the first time he and Niki have crossed paths. But is passion the fire behind Randy's death? Fighting through smoke screens, Niki races to find out the unbelievable truth.

After the body of teenager Rachel Chastain is discovered in the national forest, the town of Evergreen is surprised and shocked. What's even more surprising are the secrets the victim left behind. Sheriff Sam Cates is called in to investigate, along with her fiancé, Wade Dalton. Soon, connections with Rachel and people in high places come to light. Something is not right in this small town. But who could have wanted to murder the young woman, and for what reason?

After the smoke clears from the gym, Coach Andy Zuelke is found dead on a bench press. Niki Dupre must sort through the stories given by the boys, and their coaches, with the help of Livingston Parish Detective Hardee Wild. She discovers the two assistant coaches were about to be fired. They rise to the top of the suspect list.

Some art is worth dying for. After Niki Dupre buys a painting at a Starving Artist sale, she learns that the artwork is priceless, and that there are others who also want it in their possession. The church wants it back. Two mobsters want it back. And all of them are willing to kill to get it.

It started with a hostage and an odd ransom demand. After the members of the rescue team are killed trying to overcome the abductor, the real action begins. Bombs start going off in the yard, and when armored tanks fail, Niki is called on to free the hostage. As the hostage crisis becomes a circus of errors and miscalculations, is Niki's skill and expertise enough to keep her alive?

Brand-new treasury agent Kristi Blocker is tasked to find two missing coworkers in the vast Atchafalaya Basin: A swamp larger than Rhode Island. But after Kristi herself gets kidnapped, things get complicated. Fighting for her life, she escapes to the depths of the swamp. Meanwhile, the Sheriff of St. Mary Parish asks Hawk Theriot - the swamp ranger - to find Kristi. The only federal warden in the Atchafalaya, he knows the area like the back of his hand.

Most people only have a few folks who would prefer them dead. In Warner’s case, everyone he met felt that way. When Mindy Thomas’s boyfriend is charged with murder, she turns to Wade for help. He soon learns that the victim was disliked by almost everyone he met. In debt and on the verge of divorce, his reputation was questionable, to say the least.

When a self-driving car goes crazy and kills two people, the designer turns to Niki for help. He thinks something else than technology is responsible; his design was beyond fault. Weaving through the falsehoods and misdirections, Niki soon finds herself in danger. On this perilous road, there is a dangerous curve at the end. But is the killer closer than she had thought?

When the sheriff of West Feliciana Parish is found murdered in his own jail, Niki Dupre is called in to investigate. Soon, Niki learns that a local chapter of the infamous MS-13 gang is responsible. But they are hired thugs; gangs do not kill sheriffs without getting paid. The more Niki delves into the murder, the more entangled she gets with the local gang and their leader Juan Valdez. And he doesn't play by the rules.

The twins are on the hunt for ghosts again, and trouble follows. Tripping into an open grave, they discover a dead man covered in fresh blood. They race to find Hawk Theriot, the only federal ranger in the vast Atchafalaya Basin. Hawk tracks the murderer through clues left at the scene. Meanwhile, the murderer breaks into Hawk's camp in search of the twins, putting Kristi's life in jeopardy.

Twins Mindy and Mandy rely on shaky advice to find ghosts at an abandoned house. Discovered with a bloody knife in their hands, they turn to Hawk Theriot to clear them for the murder of the old man, Gramps Atkins, who once lived there. Hawk suspects one of Gramps's three sons. Only he does not know which one. All have motive, means, and opportunity. After interviewing all three, Hawk reaches a surprise conclusion, despite the continued interference of the twins in the guise of help. Even the ghosts did not see this one coming.

After the cards were dealt, one player didn't make the cut. At a local poker tournament, a player is murdered after the first game day. A suspect is booked for the murder, but something doesn't add up. To root out the real killer, Niki joins the tournament. But is the deck stacked against her?