Family Ties is the first in the Cassie Grimes Mystery Series. Cassie is an irreverant, funny, middle-aged broad with a penchant for trouble. When her home is burglarized and her brother assaulted within 24 hours, she becomes an amateur sleuth with the help of her two dogs, Maggie and A.J. With the help of an old boyfriend, she becomes embroiled in a world of violence that ends with her step-son being kidnapped by a red-neck militia with ties to her brother. She's in over her head, but receives more help from a female cop and her K-9 partner. When your heart's not pounding from the action, you'll laugh aloud at Cassie's misadventures.