"All it takes is a shard of pottery, a scarf blowing in the wind, love of horses, pickle recipes, a walk along the beach, or listening to a live band to get Marlene Chabot's imagination going."

 

 

Her new read for 2023, The Widower, involves Private Investigator Matt Malone and his sister Mary, who recently became his assistant. Can the two siblings get along at work,  or will the cases they are working on cause a rift between them that can never be repaired?