Last updated:
January 4, 2012
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I hope you enjoy learning about my books, short stories and me. I write two mystery series, the Claire Hanover gift basket designer series and the RM Outdoor Adventure series starring whitewater river ranger Mandy Tanner. The order of books contracted in both series to-date is listed below, with the release dates for the trade paperback/ebook editions. Please sign up for my newsletter, which enters you in a contest for free mystery books.
A Real Basket Case
When police accuse the husband of a Colorado Springs gift basket designer of killing her massage therapist, she becomes a bumbling amateur sleuth. Will she free her husband and save her marriage before the killer gets her next? To be released in trade paperback and e-book on November 8, 2011.
“This will appeal to Desperate Housewives fans and those who like cozies with a bit of spice.”
-- Barbara Bibel, Booklist Review, February 1, 2007
“Drugs and jealousy add up to a Rocky Mountain murder. A tense, exciting debut.”
-- Kirkus Review, January 1, 2007
Nominated for the 2007
“Best First Novel” Agatha Award:
Wicked Eddies
Wicked Eddies is the second book in the RM Outdoor Adventures series.
Fly fishing is dangerous? River ranger Mandy Tanner had no idea until days before a huge tournament in Salida, Colorado. True, the Arkansas River can be a man-eater, but the rapids weren’t responsible for driving a hatchet into the neck of would-be competitor Howie Abbott―a secretive man who may have been cheating. While casting about for suspects, Mandy seeks clues from Abbott’s family members, including her best friend, bartender Cynthia Abbott. But when Cynthia becomes the prime suspect, Mandy realizes she’s wading into deeper, more hazardous waters than ever.
Order
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3
RM Outdoor Adventure series
Deadly Currents, 3/11
Wicked Eddies, 5/12
Cataract Canyon, 5/13
Gift Basket Designer series
A Real Basket Case, 11/11
To Hell in a Handbasket, 11/12
Basketful of Troubles, 11/13
