Obsessions Can Be Murder by Connie Shelton - Mass Market Paperback

Motive, Means, and Money

Albuquerque private investigator Charlie Parker becomes involved in an unsolved mystery in the small town of Watson's Lake, New Mexico.  A wealthy local man, David Simmons, has been missing for four years after an explosion destroyed his house and killed a young woman.  The man's wife, a gold digger named Earleen, wants to find her husband--and his money.  David's daughter, Amanda, just wants to unravel the mystery surrounding her father's disappearance.

But when a body is recovered from a submerged car, Charlie realizes that layers of secrecy surround Simmon's life and possible death--especially when a safety-deposit box reveals more questions than answers.  For example, was David Simmons really who he pretended to be?  Now Charlie is racing to unravel a twisted trail of money and murder--before a killer decides to stop her snooping the hard way.