Dead Weight / Deadlock by Ruth Fenisong

Dead Weight / Deadlock by Ruth Fenisong

DEAD WEIGHT

Mike Carmody operates an expensive weight reducing salon in New York City. He's got it made--an attractive wife, a sexy secretary, and a group of very rich women who hang on his every word. Then his stepbrother Vance shows up. And suddenly Carmody is being accused of a hit-and-run fatality, and having to answer a lot of pointed questions from Police Captain Gridley Nelson. Then there is a death in the group, an overdose that could be suicide. or murder. It's crazy enough that this police captain thinks he hit someone with his car. Now Nelson is really poking his nose into Carmody's business. And who knows what Vance is up to.

DEADLOCK

Glen Williams is dead, shot through the chest. Lieutenant Gridley Nelson, Acting Captain of Homicide, has more than enough suspects since Williams had a large circle of friends to whom he offered hope and encouragement. To Joss and Morgan Woodruff he promised patronage for Morgan's song-writing talents. To Tom Gaudio, help in promoting his photography. To Sarah Thrace, a has-been actress, he offered the chance of a comeback. And to Fred and Dora Storch, he promised care for their mentally handicapped son. Williams gathered them all around him like a guardian angel. But did he intend to deliver on his promises? Could one of his dear friends have had a reason to kill him?