POCKETFUL OF RUBIES

This is an unabashedly cozy crime novel where plot intricacies take second place to the warmth of human relationships. Set in the bucolic village of Moonshire, at the foot of the Appalachian Mountains, Pocketful of Rubies features the team of the Good Offices ,an organization that helps victims of violence. After terrorists murder her husband, Brazilian-American journalist Luna Montejro joins the team as editor of its electronic magazine, the Good-O. But when a local heiress dies during a spa party and police suspect a member of the GO staff, Luna jumps at the chance to put the motto of the Good Offices into practice, "Justice you shall pursue."