I write cosy mysteries, the genre associated with Agatha Christie and still going strong.

In my novel, Cut Off His Tale, Hollis Grant’s soon-to-be ex-husband is murdered as the starting gun goes off in a marathon they both are running. Initially, Hollis wants to clear her name but as she discovers her husband’s secret life she alerts his killer and becomes a target. She races to identify the murderer before she becomes a victim.

In Cut to the Quick, the second novel of the Hollis Grant series Hollis plans to take a painting course in Toronto and stay with a friend whose husband is giving the course. Plans change when her friend’s secretive step-son is murdered and Hollis is recruited to uncover his secrets. In the process she again meets detective Rhona Simpson. Together they discover that the family’s perfect life was not as it appeared. A killer is on the loose and ready to attack again – they have to move fast to save lives.

In Cut to the Chase, the third novel in the series Hollis, in Toronto for a year to see if she can succeed as a painter responds to her landlady’s plea to help her find her missing brother who lives a dangerous life. Hollis agrees and as she follows leads finds herself in danger. Rhona Simpson is the detective in charge of the case and the two do not get along well.

Now a resident of Toronto I continue to be a member of the Ottawa “Ladies’ Killing Circle”. More about this remarkable group later.
After completing a PhD in history, I happily tossed aside all the restrictions of academic writing and made the transition to fiction. Given my obsession with the computer, I manage to find time for family, travel, golf, quilt-making, painting, and walking my flat-coated retrievers, Lacey, Forrest and Barlow.