Valerie Wolzien is the author of several "domestic mysteries," a term that is used with respect in some circles, derision in others. A domestic mystery usually involves a female lead character as the protagonist, somewhat independent but not too much so, in an established, if not civilly formalized, relationship with a gently dominant male. The lady of the book usually has her own business in a small, sometimes isolated community and somehow stumbles into situations involving a murder or two, with the mayhem taking place blessedly off the page and neatly out of sight. The local gendarme are haphaza