I’m an international, multiple award-winning author with a passion for the voices in my head. As a singer, songwriter, independent filmmaker and improv teacher and performer, my life has always been about creating and sharing what I create with others. Now that my dream to write for a living is a reality, with over a hundred titles in happy publication and no end in sight, I live in beautiful Prince Edward Island, Canada, with my giant cats, pug overlord and overlady and my Gypsy Vanner gelding, Fynn.

When transsexual starlet Aisling is murdered, Detective Geraldine Meyers is assigned the case. With help from medical examiner Dr. Rachel Hunter, Gerri realizes this is no ordinary killing. While she might not want to call in over-eager anthropologist Dr. Kinsey DanAllart, the detective is forced to trust her friend's expertise in symbology, even though doing so means admitting "weird" things might be happening in Silver City. As the three friends unravel the mystery of the dancer's death, one thing is made absolutely apparent--something isn't right in their new hometown. And someone is doing everything they can to make sure the truth doesn't come out.

In Silver City, sometimes friendship can be murder.

Nightshade Cases

EXT. - 10th STREET ANIMAL RESCUE - NIGHT


Gerri left Jackson with the unis to clean up the last of the mess while she retreated to her car where the girls waited for her. Kinsey stood with her back to the car, arms crossed over her narrow chest, deep frown on her face. She looked oddly stern in the flashing lights of the marked cars, spinning illumination creating an eerie wash of repeating shadow over her delicate features.


Ray sat in the back seat, legs out the door, head in her hands. When she looked up at Gerri, her grief and regret triggered the detective's protective instincts no matter her irritation her friend held out on her.


"I'm so sorry," Ray said, voice breaking. "I should have told you. But it was a one-time thing, Gerri. And I had no idea she was connected to the case until after I slept with her."


Gerri sighed, resting one forearm on the roof of the car, shrugging. "It's over and done with now, Ray," she said. "Just, tell me, if there's a next time."


Chapter 109