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

INT. - THE MELTON HOTEL - EARLY EVENING


The Melton Hotel was probably the last place Gerri should have been with Agent Foster, considering the mood she was in. She let him take the lead, heading directly for the elevators past the long, black marble desk and smiling staff. She felt rather out of place despite her dress jacket, jeans and boots a contrast to Foster's smart, black suit. Still, she knew how to hold her own when one or more of the desk attendants raised an eyebrow. She carried enough confidence around with her to shut up anyone.


Her mind was definitely on a dirty path as the elevator doors closed on the pair of them, alone in the quiet, muzak-filled space, with a mirror to her right and left casting Foster's reflection into her periphery. She liked the look of them together; he tall and broad, dark hair over tanned skin, she fair and flame-haired. They'd make an imposing couple.


Dear God, was she picking out china all of a sudden?


Chapter 156