Cherie O Boyle: 7 books

Screams fill the the community kitchen when the freezer is opened, revealing pot pies, empty cartons of ice cream, and the frozen corpse of an elderly woman. Psychologist Estela Nogales and her eclectic collection of neighbors in Arroyo Loco snap into action again to unearth the motives buried deep...

The house next door explodes in a gasoline-fueled blaze, sending psychologist Estela Nogales and an eclectic collection of neighbors racing to fight the flames. Once the fire is quelled, residents of the village of Arroyo Loco must conduct their own investigation to find the arsonist living among...

The village of Arroyo Loco is rocked again, this time by the disappearance of a favorite neighbor. Nobody wants to be snoopy, and at the same time Estela and her friends care about each other and want to solve the mystery of what has happened. As before, the quirky neighbors laugh, work, and puzzle...

University psychologist Estela Nogales is caught at work when the perfect murder sets off chaos on campus during final exams week. Together with her law enforcement buddy, Detective Muñoz, who is stymied by the lack of evidence and his potential witnesses scattering for the summer, Estela must use...

University psychologist, Estela Nogales is all set for a relaxing summer break, maybe join a gym, adopt a new hobby, or curl up with a few good books. The fun she anticipates does not include identifying the dead body her dogs discover washed up on the beach. And she certainly has no reason to expect...

This is a short story! Welcome to the mysterious world of Estela Nogales and her neighbors and friends in the quirky village of Arroyo Loco. Back for Seconds? takes place at a time before the Estela Nogales series begins, and provides a short introduction to the setting and a few of the characters...

Jody and her canine search and rescue team train hard for every possible emergency, then the inconceivable happens. As the dogs and their handlers track a kidnapped toddler and his desperate and psychotic father into the forest, they cannot know what dangers await them there. And when the father's abandoned campfire blows up, everyone is trapped.