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

I started my day on a high note and kept it about the same contralto level, even as I slugged through the unusually high amount of traffic going to Terre Celeste.I wanted to believe it had to do with an estrogen high, that rare physical occurrence to put me in a decent mood.Then again, it could be the fact the sun had actually burned off the industrial crud this morning and now shone in all of its glory.But if I really dug deep enough, found and pushed my reality button, then I'd have to admit Dane Merrick's kiss last night had done serious emotional damage to my psyche and body.


Chapter 39