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. - CONGRESSMAN BARNES'S OFFICE - NIGHT


"You know I've only ever had your best interests at heart. All of our best interests." He led his companion in to his office, closing the door softly behind him. His words were met with silence, though he was hardly surprised. This would take delicacy and nerve. Maybe more nerve than he had. And yet, he couldn't bring himself to stop.


He'd seen far too much, knew too much, to allow the lies to continue.


He left his companion standing silently, watching, as he went to the panic room door and slid aside the wooden panel cleverly concealed in the wall of the same material. A few soft beeps as he tapped out his code and the door slipped open with a whisper, exposing the small room within.


Chapter 249