Diese Autorin verwebt meisterhaft Spannung und Humor in ihre Erzählungen, oft mit unerwarteten Wendungen, die die Leser bis zum Schluss fesseln. Ihr Stil, geprägt von einer früheren Karriere im Nachrichtendienst, verleiht ihrer Erzählweise eine einzigartige Perspektive. Sie beschäftigt sich mit Mysterien und komplexen Handlungssträngen, die die Wahrnehmung des Lesers herausfordern. Ihr Schreiben ist eine fesselnde Mischung aus cleverer Handlung und unvergesslichen Charakteren.
Emma-Joy Ferris enjoys her mall cop job, though it's less exciting than her military policing days. However, things get interesting when a 15-foot python is stolen from the Herpetology Hut, and a mannequin is discovered to be a real corpse.
Amy-Faye Johnson’s book club, the Readaholics, enjoys guessing whodunit in mysteries like The Maltese Falcon. But when a murder happens in their midst, they discover that solving crimes is harder that reading about them…Amy-Faye has always loved her idyllic Rocky Mountain town of Heaven, Colorado. Her event-planning business is thriving, her fellow book-obsessed Readaholics are great, and her parents live only a few blocks away. But lately her hometown has felt a little less heavenly. First, she agrees to plan a wedding without realizing the groom is her ex-boyfriend. Then, Ivy, one of her fellow Readaholics, dies suddenly under mysterious circumstances.The police rule Ivy’s death a suicide by poisoning, but Amy-Faye and the remaining Readaholics suspect foul play. Amy-Faye soon discovers that Ivy was hiding dangerous secrets—and making deadly enemies. Taking a page from her favorite literary sleuths, Amy-Faye is determined to find the real killer and close the book on this case. But finding the truth could spell her own ending…