Kathleen Marple Kalb

The rules for law and order create boundaries for civil co-existence. Ideally, the rule of law provides the backdrops for individuals, families, and companies to grow and thrive. Breaking these rules puts civil order at risk. And while murder is the Big Daddy of crimes, codified ordinances across municipal divisions, counties, states, and countries show the nearly endless ways there are to create mayhem. For your puzzle solving pleasure, Mysteries to Die For presents: Anything but Murder in a two-part anthology.
Part one is Larceny and Lies. Arson. Dognapping. Jewelry heist. Safe robbing. Attempted infanticide. Betrayal. Witness intimidation. Missing person. Large-scale theft. Intellectual property theft. Cockfighting. Eleven whodunnit-style mysteries ranging from heartbreaking to hysterical to outlandish. Eleven stories fashioned around crimes that are anything but murder. It's a race between you and the detective to solve the mystery and right the scales of justice.