In Punch with Care, Asey suspects the Douglasses of foul play when the corpse of their house guest turns up in an antique railroad car, punched ticket in her hand. When this singular cadaver abruptly vanishes, things really begin to get complicated--and threatening.

"Meet Asey Mayo, Cape Cod's answer to Sherlock Holmes. Settled down from his former life as a seafaring adventurer, Asey is a Jack-of-all-trades who uses his worldly knowledge, folksy wisdom, and plain common sense to solve the most puzzling crimes to strike the peninsula. And in this, his first case, Asey finds himself embroiled in a scandal that will push his deductive powers to their limits. A massive heatwave is scorching the Northeast, and vacationers...

Cape Cod fisherman and sleuth Aristotle Socarides probes the framing of an Indian for murder. The Indian is an activist who once suggested blowing up Plymouth Rock, a proposal which earned him the enmity of local whites.

"The shiny new charter fishing boat financed with family money was supposed to launch a bright new career for Cape Cod fisherman, diver, and private investigator Aristotle 'Soc' Socarides. But when the slip of a beer-oiled tongue brings the ire of a Russian KGB mogul down on his head, Soc finds himself drowning in a sea of troubles. As he looks for a foothold on the sandy shores of Nantucket Island, Soc discovers more than he ever bargained for."...