Murder Most Mellow by Jaqueline Girdner

A Hot Tub Murder

A Cold-Blooded Killer....

A Kate Jasper Mystery

Kate Jasper is doing some soul-searching after a messy homicide case involving her "ex" and a breakup with her boyfriend over the "M" word. In this case, that's marriage, not murder. She decides to tap into some positive energy by hosting a support group. Where? In her hot tub of course. 

It's a move that puts her neck-deep in trouble.

One of her California consciousness, create your own reality pals turns up mellowed out and murdered in her jacuzzi. And when Kate tries some New Age sleuthing by tracking down the killer with a psychic, the message comes through crystal clear. Butt out or die.

Printing History

Written by Jaqueline Girdner

Berkley Publishing Group

Charter Communications, Inc

Diamond Books

55773-721

June 1992
2nd printing

Fat-Free and Fatal by Jaqueline Girdner

This week's contribution to the Crime Fiction Alphabet for the Letter F is

Fat-Free And Fatal
by Jaqueline Girdner

A Cooking Class Goes Sour When The Main Dish Is Murder

Mixed Green Murder

Kate Jasper's been on the edge ever since her significant other's meddling mother moved in. So she decides that getting out of the house for a vegetarian cooking class will be good for her mental and physical health. Then one of the students is choked to death, and the police suspect Kate's friend, Barbara. But Kate finds that hard to swallow. Now she has to find the a killer whose favorite recipe is murder. Before she's dead meat herself.

One may read more on the Crime Fiction Alphabet here

Crime Fiction Alphabet

Printing History

Written by Jaqueline Girdner

Berkley Publishing Group

Charter Communications, Inc

Diamond Books

55773-917

July 1993

The Last Resort by Jaqueline Girdner

Some Health Regimes Are Real Killers!

Kate Jasper is trying to forget those nagging pains of her recent past namely an unexpected murder case, and her ex-husband. Suddenly both are back with a vengeance. Kate's ex is suspected of murder. And Kate is hard-pressed to shed any tears for the victim, his young gorgeous girlfriend. Either way, Kate has vowed to look into the case, by checking herself into the spa where the health conscious beauty met her unhealthy death. The clientele are stranger than Kate expected to find in a ritzy spa. And she's about to learn that detective work may be hazardous to her life.

Printing History

Written by Jaqueline Girdner

Berkley Publishing Group

Charter Communications, Inc

Diamond Books

55773-525

June 1991