BAD BEAT is the third book in a cozy mystery series featuring Martha Johnson, a recent widow, who lives in a small town in southern Colorado. Martha is unaware that Trinidad was the sex-change capital of the world until a new friend is found murdered. Martha becomes immersed in the world of transsexuals when a young man comes to town looking for the murder victim who had promised him help in becoming a "tranny" as the locals call those who have gone...

This is the 5th in a cozy mystery series featuring Martha Johnson, a widow living in Trinidad, Colorado, as the protagonist. Martha is interested in progeny not ancestry until she visits the site of her grandmother's birth. Coming home to Trinidad she becomes involved in a father/son relationship and finds out how deadly relationships can become.

A Minnesota preacher, Pastor Cliff Carlson, has left scandal and suspicion in his wake. Once beloved by the parishioners in the small town in Ottertail County, Pastor Cliff is now accused of using his position to harass and abuse several women. He is fired in front of the entire congregation.Martha Johnson is shocked by these revelations. As a former member of Pastor Cliffs church, she cant believe he would do such horrible things. More and more stories...