Short Story Collections

Three Sharon Dunlap mysteries in one collection "No Safety" Jeremy has dedicated his life to being an advocate for peace. So, when he finds a mislaid gun, he knows he has to turn it into the police. Jeremy would never consider betraying his non-violent ideals, but, when his family is threatened, will he be able to stick to his pacifist ways? "Hit and Run" It's no simple hit and run. The witnesses are telling different stories, and a cop remembers the victim from another crime scene in the story "Hit and Run." "The Luncheon" During her weekly lunch with friends, Miriam is preoccupied with thoughts of her husband. He is on the brink of making a lucrative business deal, one that Miriam finds she cannot approve of and is powerless to stop. That is, until the ladies at her Garden Club offer up an intriguing idea.

The Celestial Buffet is the first collection of short mystery stories by the Anthony-Award winning author of the Jill Smith and Kiernan O'Shaughnessy detective tales. Among the 18 stories are five cases for cop Jill Smith and one for private-eye O'Shaughnessy, as well as two of the most imaginative detective stories ever written — tales of "The Celestial Detective" who investigates crimes in the afterlife. "Death," he explains, "is not all it's cracked up to be." The book also contains an intro-duction and prefaces to each story by the author and a Susan Dunlap checklist.

In two short stories and a short novel Dunlap introduces brash, brainy junk food maven Jill Smith.