Lonna Drewes

When a dying old woman gives Zoe a cursed amulet, all of her enemies begin dying tragic deaths at the hands of a GNOME. Now, she must try to stop it before he kills those she loves

And up-and-coming interior designer hires the young woman who saved her life as an assistant. However, she soon learns the incident was far from random and her Savior isn't a good Samaritan.

Recently retired criminology professor turned amateur sleuth Gabbi Luck uses her classroom smarts, charm and tenacity to get to the bottom of every crime she encounters. She balances each case with daughter Lisa who is a detective and partner Rick. Gabbi is sometimes assisted by police Captain Taylor, Barbara who works at the station, husband Michael and police psychologist, Dr. Nolan.