The Sunshine Valley Mah Jongg players are putting on their sleuthing hats to protect one of their own.

Cathy Hegji is accused of stealing from her fellow resident, Harold Hartman. The item in question is a first edition, author signed book that somehow went from Harold’s possession into Cathy’s knitting bag, which is routinely left in the common area during breakfast. Cathy’s friends Liucija Wright, Deb Holt, Carol Sosnin come to her defense, battling Harold and the Sunshine Valley’s executive director. But when Harold’s gold lighter and another resident’s ring are found in Cathy’s room, she just may be spending her last nights at Sushine Valley.

The only way to save Cathy and catch the real thief is to show no matter what a situation looks like, the joker is always wild.

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ABOUT Author Debra H. Goldstein

Judge Debra H. Goldstein is the author of With Our Bellies Full and the Fire Dying, a collection of eighteen of her award-winning short stories that focus on family and friends, their sins and sometimes redemption. She also wrote Kensington’s Sarah Blair mystery series that features a woman who finds being in the kitchen more frightening than murder, standalones Should Have Played Poker and Maze in Blue, and more than fifty short stories that have appeared in numerous periodicals and anthologies. Debra’s works have been named as Agatha, Anthony, Derringer, and Claymore finalists and received IPPY, Silver Falchion, AWC, and BWR awards. She serves on the national Sisters in Crime board and previously was a national board member of Mystery Writers of America and president of the Guppy and SEMWA chapters. Catch up with Debra at her website and on Facebook, X, Bluesky, Instagram, and Bookbub.