A Raina Sun Mystery Series

When it rains, it pours … and this amateur sleuth may be in over her head.   Graduate student Raina Sun is trying to keep her head above water as the bills roll in when her dashing college adviser cons her out of several months of rent. Her quest to retrieve the money  sets in motion a streak of even worse luck.    First, she stumbles on her advisor's dead body and becomes a suspect in his murder. Next, the only man she's ever loved reappears as the lead detective to the case. Raina's having trouble interpreting his signals--does he want to reignite their passion, or just stay close to his prime suspect?   Her life careens further out of control when her grandma shows up at Raina's postage-stamp-sized apartment, dragging a red suitcase and trouble of her own. As Raina summons her sleuthing skills, she discovers that when it comes to murder, there may be no place for an amateur.   For readers who like cozy mysteries, quirky characters, and a dash of humor. Come on in, the water's fine--get your copy of Raining Men and Corpses today!

Smoldering flames are still deadly. Raina Sun is in San Francisco, preparing for her cousin's upcoming wedding…to her ex-boyfriend. Even though she is a reluctant bridesmaid, she understands duty to her family. When the bridegroom shows an unusual interest in her fiancé, and a dead body drops in during the rehearsal dinner, Raina is drawn into another murder investigation.  She must prove the bridegroom's innocence, or he will reveal a secret that could change her beloved fiancé's life…and not for the better. As things heat up, she learns all families have skeletons, and some are more deadly than others. Among the hundred of guests, could she find this heartless killer before she becomes the next victim? And will this secret stay hidden?  Come join Raina in this next phase in her life—get your copy of "Smoldering Flames and Secrets" now!

A chilly breeze...and another dead body.   Raina Sun thought cleaning her grandma's house in San Francisco to prepare for Chinese New Year would be a breeze. Instead, she finds her deceased grandfather's secret journal and ends up French kissing the train tracks in a mugging incident.    After putting the move on her grandma, her grandfather's BFF took an elevator ride straight to the Heavenly Gates. And the second time Raina ends up flat on her back without a man in sight, she suspects the Year of the Monkey would leave her skulking in cold damp places where family secrets are better off dying with the dead.   Join Raina for Chinese New Year--get your copy of "Breezy Friends and Bodies" today!

Balmy weather in store… with a chance of death.  Raina Sun is cashing in a gift certificate for a free hairstyle from the town's premier beauty salon and day spa. No more walking dandelion head, thank you very much. Life is on the up-and-up—until she finds an attacker holding her best friend in a headlock outside the treatment rooms. She never thought she would spend her birthday pinned against a rice paper screen, gagging on a mouthful of seaweed, with the attacker plucking at her best friend's weave like a farmwife de-feathering a chicken. The storm is far from over. When the attacker ends up six feet under, her best friend becomes the prime suspect. Raina summons her sleuthing skills to jump full-tilt into this murder investigation to clear her best friend's name. With her stink-bomb-toting grandma and the geriatric posse, she soon discovers death is easy, and it's the living that kills to protect the dead. Don't miss another fast-paced cozy mystery--get your copy of Balmy Darlings and Deaths today! For readers who like fun cozy mysteries, quirky characters, Chinese culture, and a dash of humor.

Raina Sun arrives in Las Vegas to elope and ends up with a missing groom. With an overbooked hotel-casino and a rock and roll conference, Raina thought her fiancé was helping the hotel-casino with their security—until a strange woman searches Raina's room and a dead woman is found in a laundry bag.   And to make matters worse, the security videos show both Raina and her fiancé interacting separately with the dead woman hours before her death. With no communication from her fiancé, Raina fears the worse—he is in hiding. But from whom? And how is he connected to the victim? With the help of the grandmas, can Raina find the killer and track down her fiancé?   Come join Raina, Po Po, and the rest of the gang in Sin City. It's Vegas, baby!  

Murky weather in store… with a chance of fatal storms. After private investigator in training, Raina Sun witnesses a kidnapping, the victim shows up unharmed and claims nothing happened. She insists she was at a day spa the entire time. The case grows even murkier when Raina's client, the husband of the supposed victim, is found dead at the old pumpkin patch, the site for a contentious new mall development. Raina's new boss seems more worried about collecting their fee than seeking justice for the deceased.   To make matters worse, her sister plans a getaway weekend in Lake Tahoe to revive her marriage, landing Raina with a tornado of a three-year-old. As if that's not enough, her grandma is jealous of the time Raina spends with her new fiancé.   A kidnapping, a dead client, and a energetic preschooler--Raina's weekend goes from bad to worse. Can Raina see her way clear to the end, or will a storm come crashing down when the murderer realizes she's hot on the trail? Grab your flashlight and come along --get your copy of "Murky Passions and Scandals" today!

Sunny days ahead…but this amateur sleuth may get burned.   Graduate student Raina Sun thought being a fake fiancée to an acquaintance would get her closer to her deceased grandfather's journal. But instead she wind up cloistered in an elaborate country estate, surrounded by members of the Nine Dragons Triad, a multi-generational criminal organization.   When the dead body of a rival lands in her lap, Raina must prove her fake fiancé's innocence. Amid the hostile triad members, could she find the conniving killer before she becomes the next victim? And will the secret hidden in the journal come to light?   Come on out, the sun is shining--get your copy of Sunny Mates and Murders today!  

Raina Sun is newly married and enjoying her role as the police station's unofficial pastry chef. When her husband bought a dilapidated old house on a steal, they are thrown into a whirlwind of construction activities with well-meaning relatives coming into town, permit issues, and a dead body behind the drywall of the living room.   With all construction activities at a standstill and her husband working overtime to help with the cash flow, Raina must solve this cold case to get her life back on track. With the help of the geriatric Posse Club, will Raina find the hidden killer after all this time or will she become the next victim?

A new director. Budget cuts. And a fire. The senior center will never be the same again.   As the new director for the senior center, Raina Sun thought organizing a few events for the geriatric crowd would be fairly easy. Until the center's biggest donor dies in a fire, and her grandma's arch nemesis becomes the prime suspect. As the body count piles up, Raina is drawn into another murder investigation. Can she solve the case, or will her grandma's arch nemesis spend the rest of her golden years in prison?   Don't miss out on the fun. Grab your copy now.

A free honeymoon, an old ally, and a kidnapping.   Raina Sun is enjoying her belated honeymoon with her husband, far away from her nosy family. When her grandma shows up to help a friend on a kidnapping case, it's bye-bye smooching time. Her husband gets volunteered to do the ransom drop, and an old ally from the Nine Dragons Triad, a multi-generational criminal organization, barges in for a visit.   Things go from bad to worse when a body is found at the luau. Her husband is right. There's no such thing as a free honeymoon. Someone has to pay the piper one way or another. Will Raina find the devious killer, or will she become the next victim?