Paula Cooper, a paralegal from Georgetown, SC, gets in over her head while working for an attorney, Thomas Denby, when she is asked to participate in a plot to blackmail a federal judge. Paula goes to Judge Parks’ annual Christmas party in Charleston, SC, where she is to entice the separated judge into an embrace in his bedroom, but before she can complete her mission, things go terribly wrong.
The love of Paula’s boyfriend, Jim Roberts, an antique dealer whom she met at the Isle of Palms the previous summer, is tested because of what she has done. She is confronted with the possibility of losing her special man, as well as faces criminal charges.
The FBI investigative team of John Dibbs and Albert Mendez are assigned the case and discover that there are many possible suspects in a double murder. The twists and turns are numerous as they attempt to capture an elusive assassin within the picturesque, “holy city” of Charleston. Paula seeks to redeem herself from a bad decision, as someone attempts to kill her.
Paula Roberts Private Investigator – Johns Island (Sequel to The Paralegal) (Book 2)
Thousands of readers who have expressed an interest in a sequel are now reading this exciting novel. Released in 2013, many readers are enjoying it as much as, if not more, than the first of Mr. Easterling’s novel in this trilogy.
Paula has moved on in her career becoming a private detective for Crescent Moon Agency working alongside a former Navy Seal, Russ Baxter. She is a natural for the position and settles into her new role helping solve tough cases in and around Charleston. She is instrumental in helping trouble families who find themselves in the middle of pending divorces, drug smuggling operations, and the kidnapping of a young boy. Will this be a career that she can hold on to, or will it proved to be more dangerous than she ever imagined?
Paula Roberts Private Investigator – Cayman Islands (Sequel to Paula Roberts P.I.-Johns Island) (Book 3)
After two years on the job as a P. I., Paula is faced with a decision that she dreads. She loves her work as a sleuth and has made a positive impact on communities Charleston just doing her job and being who she is. However, when a dangerous case brings peril to her doorsteps, endangering the lives of her family, she has to decide to continue her work, or lay it down.
As, she contemplates this decision, Paula takes on a new case, which proves to be the most dangerous ever. She goes to the Caymans Islands in search of proof of life on a missing man. Tagging along with her is a college student who works at Crescent Moon Agency as a receptionist, and gets caught up in a complex plot. Paula and Carla find themselves out on the water in a speedboat following a hired killer who is not only attempting to dispose of his target, but turns on Paula and her assistant to eliminate them from interfering with his pay day. Will Paula and Carla survive? Will they find the missing man? Suspenseful action in speedboats throughout the cave system of Cayman Brac develops, as Paula seeks to accomplish her mission.