I'd already read books 6 and 7 as standalones, but enjoyed the other 3 books in this set. Some of the situations became quite bizarre, but the series keeps evolving in an interesting way. The Bea Abbot Agency Mysteries Book 6–10 by Veronica Heley. 📚

The author has some nice turns of phrase.

Book cover: Bea Abbott books 6 to 10.
Ricky was a big butch of a man with muscles out to here though possibly not as many brains as muscles.