Handcuffs in the Heather: 8 (Lovely Lethal Gardens)

Riches to rags. ... Everything is under control ... until it isnt. And Doreens in the middle of it!The four boxes of files Doreen inherited from journalist Bridgeman Solomon have already helped her solve one crime and Doreen hopes theyll continue to assist her as she sticks her nose into future cases. But when she stumbles over a pair of pink satin handcuffs in her standoffish neighbor Richard de Genaros heather patch its hard to believe that those reporters files could have anything useful to offer regarding that.Doreen takes a look though and soon shes headed down a merry trail of prostitution embezzlement and of course murder. But the minute the files suggest a connection to Doreens specialty a cold case her beau and partner in crime Corporal Mack Moreau starts breathing down her neck.With her trusty animals leading the way Doreen sets out to find the connection between the reputable banker who died in an unsolved hit-and-run and the prostitute who owned the pink satin handcuffs. As Doreen puts it all together even she is surprised at the outcome of her latest investigation.