Series:

Tarot Mysteries

3 primary works

Book 1

Cover of The White Magic Five and Dime
Much to Alanis McLachlan's surprise, her estranged con-woman mother has left her an inheritance: The White Magic Five & Dime, a shop in tiny Berdache, Arizona. Reluctantly traveling to Berdache to claim her new property, Alanis decides to stay and pick up her mother's tarot business in an attempt to find out how she died. With help from a hunky cop and her mother's live-in teenage apprentice, Alanis begins faking her way through tarot readings in order to win the confidence of her mother's clients. But the more she uses the tarot deck, the more Alanis begins to find real meaning in the cards ... and the secrets surrounding her mother's demise.

Book 2

Cover of Fool Me Once

Fool Me Once

by Lisa Falco and Steve Hockensmith

Published 8 August 2015

From bestselling author Steve Hockensmith and tarot expert Lisa Falco comes a new mystery that isn't fooling around

Since taking over the White Magic Five and Dime, Alanis McLachlan has been tracking down old customers and making amends for her mother's con jobs. So when Marsha--one of the shop's most loyal clients--comes looking for a way out of her abusive marriage, Alanis does everything she can to help.

But lending a hand leads to unforeseen consequences, including the murder of Marsha's husband. Now Alanis has to use her wiles to undo a mess of her own making. Her growing mastery of the tarot might help her find the truth...if the killer doesn't get to her first.

Praise:

"Winning."--Publishers Weekly

"Delightfully quirky."--Kirkus Reviews

"Smart, humorous and refreshingly offbeat."--Shelf Awareness

"Savvy plotting, sharp writing, and a believable use of fortune-telling to frame the stories."--Booklist

"Readers who adore the women detectives of Dorothy Cannell and Maggie King will be pleased by this quirky series."--Library Journal

"A funny book in which the reader also learns something is a rare treasure indeed."--Mystery Scene

Book 3

Cover of Give the Devil His Due
"Reformed con artist-turned-tarot reader Alanis McLachlan gets paid for predicting the future--too bad she didn't see all the trouble in hers. First a figure from her past tries to drag her back into the life of crime she thought she'd left behind. Then a new suitor tries to sweep Alanis off her feet, forcing her on-again, off-again romance with hunky teacher Victor Castellanos to hit the skids. And then there's the little matter of the client who gets an ominous reading from Alanis . . . and is promptly murdered. Danger is in the cards for Alanis, and she'll need all her skill at reading people and reading tarot if she's going to survive."--Amazon.com