K.J. Larsen, AKA Kari, Julianne, and Kristen Larsen, co-write the Cat DeLuca Mysteries. Their debut novel, Liar Liar, was awarded Library Journal's Best Mystery, 2010. There Was a Crooked Man is the fifth novel in this fast-paced series. The three sisters live in Chicagoland and the Pacific Northwest, with a shameless menagerie of dogs, cats, horses, and one misbehaved rabbit.
I love this entire series! Cat DeLuca is a lovable, smart, funny, sassy, & kick ass private investigator. This is a very good book with lots of laughs & suspense with an ending that you never see coming!--Phyllis Ketchersid Goodreads As Cat traces the few available clues, she uncovers more than one family's secrets. Despite efforts to be a businesslike PI, Cat lands in multiple scrapes, thanks to her smart-mouthed, colorful associates and sheer gutsiness.--Karen Muller Booklist Author K.J. Larsen has an engaging sense of humor that brightens many a page of There Was a Crooked Man. She is an aficionado of high priced high heels and teeters on those stilettos as she tracks down a dognapper and a killer. The real trouble here is that the killer is tracking Cat down too! Delightful book.--Mary Ann Smyth Bookloons