Murder Among Neighbors (The Kate Austen Mystery Series Book 1)

Abandoned by her husband who is traveling in Europe to "find himself," Kate Austen is left to make a life for herself and her five-year-old daughter. What's more, Kate is something of a misfit in her well to-do neighborhood. But when her socialite neighbor, Pepper Livingston, is murdered, and the handsome detective Michael Stone turns to Kate for information about the victim, Kate's life takes an unexpected turn.

This is the first book in the Kate Austen series. It was originally published in hardcover in 1995.