Justin St. Peter, a renowned local hairdresser, has a high-priced murder contract on his head and Amanda and Rick must figure out who it is before it's too late.
A political candidate will stop at nothing to be the next mayor, including blackmail and murder. With the aide of a young high school student, Rick and Amanda try to stop him.
Rick and Amanda investigate a series of murders involving women in elevators, dubbed the "elevator murders", but in the process tangle with the violent and deceptively friendly killer.
A successful shipping business shipping executive hires Rick and Amanda to find his daughter, missing for over twenty years, but things soon become complicated when it appears not only her, but others are now in danger as the investigation goes on.
Maurice Gerard, who has a nose for perfumes as well as owning a perfume making company, is murdered by one of his employees in order to take over the company and make easy money on the newest fragrance Max was working on. Ellen tries to get her driver's license.
A dead symphony composer leads Amanda and Rick on a wild goose chase involving his corpse, a dangerous business smuggler, diamonds, and a French jewel thief.
After an attempt on her husband's life, Debbie Shears leads Rick and Amanda on an investigation that reveals Debbie's husband has an entirely different life than previously known.