Marva Dale

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.

In the 22nd Century, Los Angeles Detective Cadye Parrish has been called in to help in the murder case of Gavin McAllister who lived on Terre Celeste, the wealthy second tier, and who worked for the Senesco Institute. Digging deeper, she finds a terrible plot involving an age-inducing drug produced by the institute and the unwitting victims of the conspiracy who all danced at the Midnight Lace Club. During her investigation, she meets Dane Merrick, the public relations man for the foundation. And now as she becomes intimate with Dane, Cadye finds she just might be falling for a mass murderer.


Stratus Fear

An earlier call from Sergeant Farah told me that Buckley Grover's condition hadn't changed an iota and so I figured Simbi had returned to wait it out at the hospital; and in response to my query, Libby reported that Simbi had no knowledge of any navy blue canvas bag owned by her husband, in fact he never owned a duffel bag period.So much for that lead.Of course, I certainly didn't envy Mrs. Grover, having had a frustrating day myself, most of it waiting around for Captain Bender to authorize another trip to Terre Celeste.One of the more frustrating parts of the job concerned the "hurry up and wait" routine.Everyone was anxious to solve crimes yet had to wade through the endless bureaucratic red tape, a platonic technique as old as the hills. So, I spent my day on the link trying to place Sonny Clarke with some other service company, just to see if he had done some reconnaissance work on his own before his pool gig and subsequent hit on Gavin McAllister.


Chapter 32