Author : Caroline Crane,began writing when her children,now grown,were small. After six novels for young people,she turned to adult suspense;she has published more than twenty books in all. She has also written for a newspaper and taught a course in novel writing. Among her other interests are gardening and travel. With her family she has visited Europe,including the Soviet Union,and also the Far East,the Caribbean,and various parts of the United States. She lives in Northern New Jersey with her husband and two dogs. {Lity Foster walks into her new temp job with no idea that she will be working for private investigate. Between taking mysterious messages and reuniting long lost loves,Lily begins to do some investigating of her own. At the same time,she is trying to sort out her feelings about her staffed-shirt fiance. The confusion is magnified because she The Love Dectective is Carol's third book for Avalon,including the most recently published night memories. },[Suspects she is starting to fall for the agency's owner,AL Barberini. When two children disappear,and a client is almost murdered right in the office,Lily,realizes that both professional life and her personal life are about to explode!.....].