Imogene Duckworthy Mysteries - these take place in modern day Texas and feature PI wannabe, Imogene Duckworthy.

Choke - Twenty-two-year-old Imogene Duckworthy is waiting tables at Huey's Hash in tiny Saltlick, TX, itching to jump out of her rut and become a detective. When Uncle Huey is found murdered in the diner, a half-frozen package of mesquite-smoked sausage stuffed down his throat, Immy gets her chance. Immy's mother, Hortense is hauled in for the crime. Unclear of the exact duties of a PI, Immy starts a fire in the bathroom wastebasket to bust Mother out of jail. On the run from the law with her mother and her toddler daughter, Nancy Drew Duckworthy, Immy wonders, now what?

Here's what some readers are saying:

"A total delight! Laugh-out-loud dialogue, adorable characters, and a truly original voice. Fresh, feisty and hilarious. More, please." Hank Phillippi Ryan Anthony, Agatha and Macavity winning author

"Choke has a great heroine, a finely-tuned pace, and is peppered with clever humor. What more could a mystery reader want?" Laura Alden, 2010 Agatha Award nominee for Best First Novel, Murder at the PTA

"A hilarious, un-put-down-able novel from Kaye George! Imogene Duckworthy may not be winning any awards for perfect mom or daughter, but she’ll keep you reading way past your bedtime." Kate George, award winning author of Moonlighting in Vermont and California Schemin'

"Shove over Stephanie Plum, Imogene Duckworthy is on the case!" Krista Davis, Nationally Bestselling author of the Domestic Diva Mysteries

Reviews and information are posted in these places:

GenReview, Writers Who Kill, Donnell Bell at Five Scribes, Dru's Cozy Corner

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Smoke - (planned sequel) Imogene Duckworthy fights to save her dream job, working for Mike Mallett, honest-to-goodness PI, and to find out who hung Rusty Bucket, owner of Jerry's Jerky, on the meathook in his own smokehouse.

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As yet unpublished mysteries below

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People of the Wind Novels - this series follows the Hamapa Neanderthal tribe as an Ice Age approaches.

Death in the Time of Ice (title subject to change) - Enga Dancing Flower knows her tribe is in trouble. The dark seasons are becoming longer and the mammoth herds are fleeing south. When the tribal leader is found stabbed to death, the new leader thinks Enga did it. Expulsion and certain death looms. Enga must find the murderer to save her tribe -- and herself.

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For possible inclusion, an author's note.

To see some of the research that went into this series, see the Research page.

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Cressa Carraway Series - a mystery series featuring a musician and conductor.

Song of Death - When aspiring conductor Cressa Carraway arrives at her grandmother's resort home, she finds Gram dead. When Gram's best friend drowns in the same place, Cressa knows something sinister is at work in this idyllic setting.

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Requiem for Red - Cressa has just landed her dream job, conductor of a fledgling group that envisions becoming a major orchestra. To supplement her salary, Cressa takes a church organist's job. But when she finds the choir director murdered, she begins to uncover swirling currents of hatred and old wounds.

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