When Ruby Young impulsively decides to flee Baltimore for Boston, finding a cheap furnished apartment in practically no time at all feels like an answered prayer. While she does her due diligence – learning that the previous owner died unexpectedly from an overdose, hence the availability and affordability – the last thing she expects is…
Chapter One CORDELIA I didn’t know how long I sat cross-legged in the snow, waiting for the dead man crumpled on the ground in front of my building to wake up. Might have been five minutes. Might have been five hours. As I watched, pellets of snow accumulated on his flannel pajama-clad legs and fuzzy-sock-covered…
Not every book is inspired by great works of literature, life-defining moments, or current events. Sometimes, books can be inspired by—or at least influenced by—popular culture. A New Lease on Death is one of those. I don’t think I was consciously aware of it when I was writing it, but after early readers started comparing…
In a small dusty corner of southeast Texas, three generations of Evans women run the only funeral parlor in town. Unsurprisingly, this does not make them the most popular of the area’s inhabitants, particularly in 1999, with feminism still having a long way to go despite the movement’s continuing strides. A friendly hairdresser contracted to…
What a delightful mindbender of a historical mystery novel! Relentless Melt starts out feeling as atmospheric and lived-in as any other well-researched entry in its genre, before introducing a fantastic horror element so seamlessly as to make you think that perhaps the events in this book did happen, or at the very least could plausibly…
Homicide detective Eve Dallas stands in for victims, making their pain her own. The circumstance of their death fuels her energy to avenge them and bring them justice. No crimes affect her more deeply than sexual abuse and exploitation of children: Eve’s painful past gives her a visceral understanding. Her father repeatedly raped and terrorized…
