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Life in the Mediterranean Arms, a luxury apartment building in Brooklyn, is at times like living in a soap opera. It's the 1970s--women were still called 'girls', and many filled their days gossiping about their neighbors. When a beautiful young widow, Marion Davis, is attracted to dashing Neil Kramer, the attraction seems mutual. Marion believes Neil will make her life exciting again.In true daytime soap mode, there's just one problem. Neil is married to Sandra, her best friend and neighbor. Then there's Eddie Berg, Sandra Kramer's brother, who tries desperately to make Marion realize the difference between illusion and reality, between the superficial and the genuine. The yentas of the Mediterranean Arms focus on Marion, betting how long it will take her to 'get' Neil? But is he worth it? And will Marion's awakening come too late to avoid disaster? "Ren e Horowitz creates a dead-on portrait of an insular, Mad Men-era world in which women define themselves by their success at marriage...a world in which small acts of malice reverberate. Bitter, indeed, and gripping." -Janice Steinberg, bestselling author of The Tin Horse. "The story transported me back to the Brooklyn I remember, and I felt as though I knew the characters personally. The kind of book that keeps you thinking about the characters and the story long after you finish reading the last page." -Barbara Meyerson, literary critic and Brooklyn native.

Now for the first time in one volume, read the stunning cozy mystery trilogy by Ren e B. Horowitz, Ph.D., also the author of Bitter Moon over Brooklyn and The Write Way to Murder. If you have not met Ruthie Kantor Morris, R.Ph. (RKM), you are in for a treat. She may well be the only pharmacist turned sleuth in the history of mystery, a maven of pills and thrills. RKM is smart, attractive, and determined - in the face of family tragedies, deceptions, and outright murder. What makes Ren e's Rx Pharmacy Sleuth novels extra special is the fact that her husband worked as a professional in the field (Registered Pharmacist, R.Ph.) and both their dads were Registered Pharmacists (R.Ph.) as well. Ren e, a semi-retired professor of applied sciences and technology, brings her own brilliant career to the task, as well as the retail pharmacy background as nobody else in the mystery business knows it, plus a native talent for writing characters who come alive on the page and struggle through dark and dangerous situations. Rx for Murder (#1 of a Trilogy) is a cozy mystery that offers an authentic, behind-the-scenes look at the pharmacy world from a knowledgeable author. Clever and charming heroine Ruthie Morris Cantor makes this first novel in the Rx Series a fascinating mystery of manners. What did his prescription records reveal to convince Ruthie that Harry Stokes's death was murder? As family members demand those records from Ruthie, suspicion shifts from the victim's young wife to the Scottsdale, Arizona pharmacist herself. Soon Ruthie finds she must unmask the murderer or become the next victim. Deadly Rx (#2 of a Trilogy) once again introduces cozy mystery sleuth and Arizona pharmacist Ruthie Cantor Morris. Did she make a fatal mistake in filling a teenage girl's prescription? Or did someone else substitute the fatal, blood-thinning medication? Convinced she made no error, Ruthie must discover what really happened to Amy Brookman. Ruthie's professional reputation is at stake. As the pharmacist uncovers myriad Brookman family secrets, she begins to realize her own life is in terrible danger. Rx Alibi (#3 of a Trilogy) brings back charming and persistent Arizona pharmacist Ruthie Cantor Morris in a cozy but life-and-death mystery. When Andrea Felder is murdered, Ruthie discovers a prescription drug the police have overlooked. Does it pinpoint the killer-or is it a false lead? Suspects include the Arizona pharmacist's best friend, Denise, and the mysterious Tony-Denise's abusive former boyfriend. Ruthie and her staff pharmacist also face a hostage confrontation at the supermarket pharmacy, and other non-stopk, terrifying situations. Dr. Ren e Horowitz, Ph.D., semi-retired professor of technology and applied sciences at Arizona State University, is a member of Sisters in Crime and other professional author organizations. She is also the author of Bitter Moon over Brooklyn (a novel and wrenching retrospective) and The Write Way to Murder (a mystery novel set in the technology world).

Marlene Dreyfus, an expert technical writer for a cutting-edge Phoenix aerospace firm, is drawn into a maelstrom of terror when her colleague Sam Garfield is found dead in a company hallway. Sam is covered in blood, with a huge knife sticking in his back. Everyone is under suspicion as Security starts to investigate. Why was Sam Garfield killed? Was he involved in industrial espionage? Was he selling high tech secrets to foreign agents? Or had he uncovered the real perpetrator? Who will be next? Marlene and her colleagues start looking over their shoulders-and at each other. Marlene is romanticallyh interested in engineer Kevin Bronson-could he know more than he lets on? Assigned to replace Sam as project chief for a multi-million dollar proposal, Kevin has much to gain by Sam's death. But suspects abound, and the clock is ticking. With so many baffling leads and dead ends, Marlene must find the killer before he (or she) strikes again. Besides murder and love at work, Marlene has a home life to deal with. Daughters Fran and Cynthia add to Marlene's trials. Where did Bruce Underwood, Fran's fianc e, get the money for the mega-mansion he's building in Scottsdale? Why does Cynthia support her sister's former stalker? From the acclaimed author of the Ruthie Kantor Morris Pharmacy Sleuth Series (Rx for Murder, Deadly Rx, Rx Alibi, etc.) comes a new female sleuth based on the author's years of experience in the exciting aerospace industry.