3131 Ocean Avenue: A Ray Stiles Mystery

With a nod to Dash Hammett and Ray Chandler, Simpson Books introduces Ray Stiles, a modern American female sleuth with an acid tongue and some pretty wild sexual desires.

Ray receives a call in the middle of the night. A woman with a sultry voice says she has a dead guy in her front foyer and she could really use Ray's help.

Ray's a small town Private Eye. Belmar, NJ. Jersey Shore. She does small stuff like insurance fraud. She follows women whose husbands smell infidelity. Shadows college an...