I actuallly saw Dead Beat in the middle of a whole bunch of paper backs in a teachers classroom. Love within the first 2 paragraphs.
Coincidence? I dunno
I never heard about the series before and subsequently began to look for the other books in the classroom. They were going to be unapppreciated if they would have stayed there and some of the paper backs in the rack were really banged up. I mean RIPPED TO SHREDS and halved .(The animals! as my history techer says)
 I took a couple and read them out of order. I know bad.

I watched the series afterwards, but the books are always better. Still I cant help picturing a blond Valerie Cruz when I read