14-year-old Katie, isolated by her status as the 'smart' kid at school, forges alliances where she can: with a fellow misfit named Cynthia, with the old couple down the road, and with the three little boys she babysits for. Meanwhile, her ties to the Texas town where she grew up are unravelling, and she discovers she has grown away from everything that once defined her. Now she must learn who she is and who she can be all over again.

Andrew M. Greeley
The Bishop In The West Wing

Blackie Ryan, the Cardinal Archbishop of Chicago's auxiliary bishop, goes to Washington D.C., where one of his friends, Jack Patrick McGurn, has just been elected president and needs his help. Blackie has been called on to deal with ghosts in the White House. But there are more problems in the White House than ghosts: an evil spirit out to get the President, a right-wing conspiracy, and four beautiful women, any one of whom could be contributing to the mischief in the West Wing....

Lydia Adamson
A Cat Named Brat

Alice Nettleton is suffering through a hot summer in the city when she receives an unusual request - the reclusive New York writer Louis Morant wants her to entertain his Brat, in his apartment, while he writes. When Alice shows up for her first appointment, Brat isn't there - but Morant's murdered body is. Morant edited the infamous bar and club guide-book, New York by Night, which seems to contain listings for establishments that have never existed, and some from the early 1700s! Together Alice and her quirky friends uncover the killer's identity - with a little help from a cat named Iron Betsy.