NANCY PICKARD

CHARACTER:	JENNY CAIN
CATEGORY:	AMATEURS

Jenny Cain runs a philanthropic foundation in the New England town of Port Frederick, know to the locals as Poor Fred, where her family used to be the largest employer until her father went bankrupt. She's married to a policeman, giving her some excuse to snoop. But it's in exploring relationships between Jenny and her family or the other folks in Port Frederick that this series really stands out. The books have grown in complexity as the series has gone on.

Generous Death
Say No To Murder
No Body
Marriage Is Murder
Dead Crazy
Bum Steer
I.O.U.
But I Wouldn't Want To Die There
Confession
Twilight