La Jolla Shores Murders

<p>A Bury the Hatchet party in a wealthy enclave north of San Diego California ends with a hatchet buried in the head of the hostess. Bishop Bone takes the case at the request of ex-client Vivian who is actually being blackmailed. She wants Bone to solve the case before the police can link her to the dead woman.</p><p>A homeless man was seen lingering around the edges of the party but a ring of burglars was also active in the area at the time of the hostess's death. Suspects abound. Bone goes undercover as a homeless person to find the truth but before he can do that a second woman-also a party attendee-is found dead.</p><p>Both corpses were involved in the recently resolved very controversial campaign to rid the children's pool in La Jolla of seals. The victims were also substantial investors in a medical implant company founded by Vivian's ex-husband. Bone soon realizes there is a lot more to this matter than murder but by then he's already become the next target.</p>