In the 14th century there were no medical examiners/forensic scientists to assist my sleuth Owen Archer in solving crimes. Available to him would be coroners, physicians or barber-surgeons, midwives, apothecaries. Which is...
The Chinchester Diamond: Book 1
Publication Date: January 6, 2021
The summer of 1545 and there’s murder in the Cathedral of Chichester. An honest family of stonemasons heads to the city to repair the...
Seven Holiday Culinary Cozy Mysteries
Publication Date: October 1, 2021
Seven crime writers of color have teamed up for the second year running to offer you the gift of escape this holiday season. From...
As writers, if there’s one thing we’re used to, it’s various forms of rejection. Rejections from agents, editors, publishers, bad reviews, being excluded from lists—it happens to all of us. It can...
The Crown of Dreams: Book1
Publication Date: June 24, 2021
Unrest smolders in a galaxy where most citizens endure the oppressive society of the Northrite corporation.
Run by six masked council members, the Northrite exploit...
My ideas for novels come from a variety of sources. I wrote The Foreign Language of Friends about the loneliness of living in the sprawled-out city of Houston, Texas. What She Knew grew out...
When I was researching for the first book in the Beach Reads series, Little Bookshop of Murder, I had already decided that Summer Merriweather would have arachnophobia. So I looked into it....
Publication Date: October 28, 2021
Jenny's life revolves around three very important things: being a mom, a wife, and a rancher; until one day, the unthinkable happens.
Journey with Jenny as she faces some...
A story, at its most basic, is about a character overcoming obstacles to reach a goal. The obstacles are what create tension. It makes us uncomfortable, but it also keeps things interesting....
Publication Date: July 21, 2020
The novel opens with aristocratic Eleonora Fonseca Pimentel pleading with the High Court of Naples to be beheaded instead of hanged like a criminal. One of the leading...
Publication Date: October 11, 2021
He’s a billionaire hiding a devastating diagnosis. She’ll do whatever it takes to help her sick, matchmaking mom. A freak accident throws them together, but will his big...