Carol Sabala Mysteries

When the head chef collapses into baker Carol Sabala’s cookie dough, she is thrust into her first murder investigation. Suspects abound at Archibald’s, the swanky Santa Cruz restaurant where Carol works. The head chef cut a swath of people who wanted him dead from ex-lovers to bitter rivals to greedy relatives. Even Carol plotted his demise!

Carol Sabala’s boss sends the baker and amateur sleuth on a mission: find out who tampered with a teacher’s cookie dough and sickened the faculty. While Carol hones her investigative skills by gathering clues on the campus, a student is found dead on the high school’s stage. Did she fall? Commit suicide? Or did a killer hurl her from the catwalk? When Carol seeks answers, a ruthless stalker comes

Baker sleuth Carol Sabala ventures into dating hell and the world of pornography. For the first time she has been hired to investigate a murder. As Carol tracks a killer, she learns that even though she desires companionship and adventure, it is difficult, and sometimes risky, to obtain both.

Training to be a private eye, Carol Sabala wrangles a job to investigate a disputed will. The perils of the retirement home where the woman died suggest betrayal and murder.

A dead mother. A missing father. A mysterious man. They all spell trouble for private investigator Carol Sabala. When Carol’s mother dies unexpectedly, she leaves Carol with a mission: deliver an envelope to her long-lost father. Enroute to Zihuatanejo, Mexico, to track down her father, Carol encounters the alluring Mark Escalante, who snares her in a deadly pursuit of his own.

An innocent visit to a premiere gallery turns into a nightmare case for Carol Sabala. The strangled body of the gallery owner offers Carol an opportunity to cement her reputation as a private eye. As Carol confronts the age-old questions: What is art? What defines an artist? she must also decide what defines a private investigator.

No one wants P.I. Carol Sabala to take the case. Her boss is apprehensive about an illegal investigation in Cuba. Carol’s boyfriend worries about her physical safety. But the client is rolling in dough, the office has unpaid bills, and Carol chafes under the mundane tasks assigned to her. Carol sets off to track down the client's daughter, who is also pursued by a sociopathic boyfriend.