Time and Trouble
A runaway girl, a yellow hearse, and a buried secret... Welcome to the dark side of Marin County.

Marin County is famous for its affluent pleasures and the beauty of its beaches, mountains, and redwood forests. But in Time and Trouble, something far more sinister stirs beneath the surface.

A teenaged runaway, a yellow hearse, an insurance scam, a heart-shaped talisman, a baby’s skeleton in a meadow, and something ugly and odd going on in a Sausalito houseboat—all converge to provide the first—and nearly last—case for Billie August, the newest hire of seasoned P.I. Emma Howe.

Billie, a single parent with no practical job skills, desperately needs the job. Emma, whose gruff personality has driven away more assistants than she can count, hires the inexperienced young woman out of her own desperation. The two are an unlikely and antagonistic pair—but both are about to learn that appearances, in and out of crime and investigation, can be dangerously deceiving.

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Time and Trouble
A runaway girl, a yellow hearse, and a buried secret... Welcome to the dark side of Marin County.

Marin County is famous for its affluent pleasures and the beauty of its beaches, mountains, and redwood forests. But in Time and Trouble, something far more sinister stirs beneath the surface.

A teenaged runaway, a yellow hearse, an insurance scam, a heart-shaped talisman, a baby’s skeleton in a meadow, and something ugly and odd going on in a Sausalito houseboat—all converge to provide the first—and nearly last—case for Billie August, the newest hire of seasoned P.I. Emma Howe.

Billie, a single parent with no practical job skills, desperately needs the job. Emma, whose gruff personality has driven away more assistants than she can count, hires the inexperienced young woman out of her own desperation. The two are an unlikely and antagonistic pair—but both are about to learn that appearances, in and out of crime and investigation, can be dangerously deceiving.

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Time and Trouble

Time and Trouble

by Gillian Roberts
Time and Trouble

Time and Trouble

by Gillian Roberts

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A runaway girl, a yellow hearse, and a buried secret... Welcome to the dark side of Marin County.

Marin County is famous for its affluent pleasures and the beauty of its beaches, mountains, and redwood forests. But in Time and Trouble, something far more sinister stirs beneath the surface.

A teenaged runaway, a yellow hearse, an insurance scam, a heart-shaped talisman, a baby’s skeleton in a meadow, and something ugly and odd going on in a Sausalito houseboat—all converge to provide the first—and nearly last—case for Billie August, the newest hire of seasoned P.I. Emma Howe.

Billie, a single parent with no practical job skills, desperately needs the job. Emma, whose gruff personality has driven away more assistants than she can count, hires the inexperienced young woman out of her own desperation. The two are an unlikely and antagonistic pair—but both are about to learn that appearances, in and out of crime and investigation, can be dangerously deceiving.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781592117116
Publisher: Histria Books
Publication date: 11/18/2025
Pages: 364
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

GILLIAN ROBERTS is the award-winning author of the fourteen books in the Amanda Pepper mystery series. Formerly an English teacher in Philadelphia and Los Angeles, she now lives in Northern California. Her website address is www.GillianRoberts.com—and she enjoys receiving fan e-mail at gillianrobertswrites@gmail.com.
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