The Sam Sunday Mystery Series

An unlikely pair: a grumpy paraplegic and mohawk sporting, tattooed nurse... go back to college. Sam Sunday and his full-time nurse, Reggie Lowes travel to Colorado to stay in a college ADA dorm suite for the summer while visiting Sam's brother, Daniel, a professor at J. Chaffee College. The long trip left little time for physical therapy and Reggie finds a way for Sam to use the college's therapy facilities at the gym. On a visit to the gym whirlpool, they discover the body of the irate janitor who tried to have them kicked off campus. Sam looks forward to a new mystery to keep his mind of his deceased wife while Reggie worries, he will be blamed for this murder, too! Detective Jamison James decides it's a drug deal gone wrong. Daniel's wife, Nell urges Sam to take on the case to prove it isn't drug-related and figure out what secret Daniel's hiding. Can Sam discover the real murderer when all the clues seem to point to Sam's brother, Daniel?  

Sam Sunday, a recent paraplegic, needs an in-home nurse AGAIN. He's never been able to keep one long, the previous nurse lasted only four days due to Sam's grumpy attitude. Reginald Lowes needs this nursing job desperately, but no one wants to hire a nurse with tattoos and a mohawk. He knows Mr. Sunday is the only one who can keep him from being homeless, all because he was able to beat Sam Sunday at a chess game. Much to the man's surprise. Sam's cat, JB is "catnapped" by his neighbor - Ivy Coleman, known as Poison Ivy, as a result of her constant calls to the HOA reporting her neighbors. The unlikely pair discover her body and Reggie comes to the attention of the police, prejudiced by his tough exterior. Sam is forced to solve the crime when Reggie Lowes is accused because of his looks. He is determined no one is getting rid of his nurse until he beats the man at chess.