Take A Number by Janet Dawson

Out of loyalty to a former client, Oakland P.I. Jeri Howard takes on a nasty divorce case. When the soon-to-be ex-husband winds up with a bullet in his back, the prime suspect is Jeri’s client. Working hard to keep Ruth out of jail, Jeri discovers a line of suspects so long someone who wanted to kill him would have to take a number and get in line.

Category: Mystery – Private Investigators

P.I. Jeri Howard’s newest client was about to blow the whistle on a large food manufacturer just before he took a header out his fifth-floor apartment window–but he hadn’t yet told her what it was about. She’s already cashed his retainer check, so she goes undercover in the gray cubicles of his former office to dig up the corporate secret that got him killed.