Working as an insurance fraud investigator shouldn't necessarily be dangerous or emotionally risky, but when former nurse Pauline Sokol's wacky uncle gets into the mix, everything gets turned upside down and sideways. Even worse than dressing like an old lady to get the inside goods on possible fraud and a possible murder is when two of Pauline's gentlemen friends go back and forth between trying to help her in their own ways and being possessive and strange.

A madcap romp of disguise and misdirection, THE STIFF AND THE DEAD is an outrageous book with an excellent plotline. Not only does it provide clever action, funny dialogue and unexpected plot twists, it contains some of the most hysterically well-developed characters seen in years of mystery fiction!