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	When It's All Relative Author: Therese Szymanski Published: April 15, 2008 by Bella Books Series Name: Brett Higgins Motor City Thrillers Category: Mystery/Thriller Main Character: Brett Higgins 8th Motor City Thriller. Click for more info.

	It's All Smoke & Mirrors Author: Therese Szymanski Published: November 12, 2007 by Bella Books Series Name: The Chronicles of Shawn Donnelly Category: Mystery/Thriller Main Character: Shawn Donnelly When Shawn Donnelly gets into trouble, she does it well. She can’t even go on a little weekend getaway with her old college chums without running into a corpse or two. And to top things off, her new co-worker seems to have a very unnatural interest in the serial killer that’s running rampant in the Detroit metro area. It’s no wonder why Shawn decides to take up a nice, safe hobby like theatre. No matter what Shawn does—from falling in love with a woman who might be a murderer, to breaking into a co-worker's home in search of dead bodies—she does it with her own flair. Click for more info.

	When First We Practice Author: Therese Szymanski Published: November 30, 2005 by Bella Books Series Name: Brett Higgins Motor City Thrillers Category: Mystery/Thriller Main Character: Brett Higgins Brett Higgins is back in the seventh installment of this popular mystery series. Brett and her girlfriend Allie are once again caught in the middle of murder and intrigue… When Allie’s former partner pulls a gun at a local nightclub, Brett is forced to intervene. Once separated, the cause of the fight is obvious – her former partner is living with Lauren—and Jill wants her back. Click for more info.

	When the Corpse Lies Author: Therese Szymanski Published: August 1, 2004 by Bella Books Series Name: Brett Higgins Motor City Thrillers Category: Mystery/Thriller Main Character: Brett Higgins Bad-girl Brett Higgins is used to waking up next to beautiful women she hardly knows. Problem is, this one’s dead. Tough, sexy, and dangerous, former underworld figure Brett Higgins knows the dark side of desire. But thanks to the love of ex-policewoman Allie Sullivan, all that has changed. Once of great interest to the Vice Squad, Brett’s adult entertainment business is now completely legit. And her only personal vice is a penchant for steamy cyber-sex. But if keeping her hands on the keyboard keeps them off other women, that’s better than cheating, right? Click for more info.

	When Good Girls Go Bad Author: Therese Szymanski Published: July 1, 2003 by Bella Books Series Name: Brett Higgins Motor City Thrillers Category: Mystery/Thriller Main Character: Brett Higgins Finding a body dumped at the Paradise Theatre is not the way club owner Brett Higgins wants to start her day—a parking lot full of cops always hurts business. But when the dead woman turns out to be one of Brett’s own dancers, the business problem becomes personal. Very personal. Click for more info.

	When Some Body Disappear Author: Therese Szymanski Published: December 1, 1998 by Naiad Press/Bella Books Series Name: Brett Higgins Motor City Thrillers Category: Mystery/Thriller Main Character: Brett Higgins Handsome, street smart, and unabashedly butch, former underworld figure Brett Higgins is a different kind of woman who plays by a different set of rules. On the run and living under an assumed name, Brett’s been trying hart to play it straight, but her past—and the women she attracts—won’t seem to let her. Click for more info.

	When the Dead Speak Author: Therese Szymanski Published: April 1, 1998 by Naiad Press/Bella Books Series Name: Brett Higgins Motor City Thrillers Category: Mystery/Thriller Main Character: Brett Higgins Having convinced the police and rival gang members that she is dead, former underworld figure Brett Higgins has moved to California and is living with her lover, Allie Sullivan, under the assumed name of "Samantha Peterson." The move out west gave her what she needed most - a chance to escape her brutal past and start over again.  Safe in Allie's arms, Sam almost believed that she could change her life as much as she had changed her name. But somewhere deep inside, Sam knew there had to be a price to pay for the trail of bodies they had left behind them. Click for more info.

	When the Dancing Stops Author: Therese Szymanski Published: October 1, 1997 by Naiad Press/Bella Books Series Name: Brett Higgins Motor City Thrillers Category: Mystery/Thriller Main Character: Brett Higgins In a daring departure from the standard lesbian mystery, this exciting new author brings you a brilliant crime novel of love, deception and revenge. A novel that will take you deep into the dark side of desire and engulf you in wave after wave of raw eroticism and heartpounding suspense . . . Click for more info.