Marathon : a Lynn Bryant mystery

"Ex-cop and private investigator Lynn Bryant finds her life in danger as she investigates the murder of troubled psychic Karen Shaw uncovering a web of death and destruction involving Karen's artist boyfriend Johnny; the abusive home life of a teenage girl; and the girl's lying womanizing father. Lynn's former Houston P.D. boss and current boyfriend Frank advises stepping back. But Lynn's bound for Karen's high desert hometown and discoveries about Karen's life that surprisingly and intimately affect her own."