Marva Dale is the pen name for author Debra McReynolds.  Retired from the public relations field, Debra now spends her free time indulging in her passion for writing.  "I used to fill my school notebooks with stories," Debra relates, "and then add artwork to go along with them.  My second grade teacher, Mrs. Daley, predicted that I would be a writer one day."
A fan of the mystery genre, she enjoys crafting tales with a twist of suspense, a touch of romance, and a bit of humor. 
Debra and her husband, Dale, make their home in El Paso, Texas, with their dog, cats and rabbits.

Sexy, black lawyer, Liberty Sloane is asked to defend a deaf public relations executive accused of killing a well-known physician. Dr. Daniel Baumgard, known for his philanthropy, just opened a new shelter for abused women, although he also ran a women’s healthcare clinic that offers abortions. Madeline Kime promoted the doctor’s endeavors through her PR agency while harboring deep secrets concerning the Baumgard family, including the doctor’s son, Rhett, a congressman, and his socialite wife, Savannah. So who hated the doctor enough to stab him in the foyer of his own home? Liberty has a number of suspects on her list, including a pro-life group, not to mention the additional crimes of stolen clinic files and a blackmail scheme. To complicate matters, she has to fend off the advances of one-time boyfriend Preston Durrell, a private detective, while entertaining a new romance with the officer on the case, Sergeant Byron Keats. Worse, Liberty planned a Caribbean vacation with her BFFs, but has to postpone it in order to defend her client for murder one.

Not at Liberty

This time, Liberty met with Savannah Baumgard in her elegant living room, but unlike the first time, Rhett Baumgard had joined his wife for this interview.The couple sat on the antique-white brocade sofa, while Liberty took a seat on one of the twin wing chairs that sported a petit pointe floral design.


Savannah looked a bit pale, her features drawn at tight angles, and her hairsans styling comb and mousselay flat around her face like matted straw.She wore a pair of dark capri pants and black flats, her upper body wrapped in a mauve cashmere sweater.In contrast, Rhett wore a white polo shirt that highlighted his recent tanning salon tan, plus khaki pants and a pair of suede slip-ons, his outfit an ode to spring and sun despite the unusually rainy, windy and cold day.


After Fairuza brought in a silver coffee service and set it on the marble-topped coffee table, Liberty began by asking Savannah to go over the incident with the Pomers in the parking garage.


Chapter 51