Books by Nancy G West

EXERCISE CAN BE FATALAggie Mundeen moves from Chicago to San Antonio with plans to start over, shape up at Fit and Firm Health Club and share fitness hints with readers of her column, "Stay Young with Aggie." While she sizes up Texans, a girl turns up dead. Despite the SAPD detective who arrives, she is determined to flush out the killer. When the club evacuates members in various stages of undress, and the killer comes after her, she has to forego fitness to try to stay alive.LEFTY AWARD FINALIST FOR BEST HUMOROUS MYSTERY

DANG NEAR DEAD, Aggie Mundeen Mystery #2 IN THIS AWARD-WINNING SERIES: HOME ON THE RANGE CAN BE MURDER Aggie Mundeen, friend Meredith, and Detective Sam (incognito) vacation at a Texas dude ranch where Aggie will research how to stay young and fresh in summer for her column readers. What could go wrong? Cowhands hide secrets, the ranch manager envies her assistant, and former ranch owners died suspiciously. When an expert rider is thrown from a horse and lies hospitalized in a coma, Aggie is convinced somebody caused the fall. Despite Sam's warnings, she concocts ingenious methods to expose the assailant. When she scatters a cabal of cowboys, more than one hombre in the bunch would like to see her permanently Home on the Range. CHANTICLEER AWARD MYSTERY FINALIST

When Aggie Mundeen accompanies San Antonio Detective Sam Vanderhoven on a weekend getaway to Lake Placid, she thinks it's going to be fun in the sun. What could be better than caretaking a friend's cottage on the Guadalupe River in Central Texas? Never mind that Sam intends to discretely investigate the theft of that friend's boat...Unfortunately, the weather has plans of its own. Buckets of rain and gusting winds roil the lake, turning the peaceful Guadalupe into an angry, raging river. As darkness descends, lightning reveals two people arguing on a dock across the river. When lightning flashes again, they are gone. Did Aggie and Sam witness an accident? A drowning? A murder?The Plunge sweeps readers along with the threat of looming disaster, helpless before an untamable force, where sleuthing takes a back seat to survival...Nancy G. West is an award-winning suspense author and the creator of the Aggie Mundeen Mysteries. Every book in the series has either won or been nominated for an award. The Plunge launches Aggie in a new direction.