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The purpose
of my site is to introduce myself and
some of my recent books, especially
those that are currently available. I
began my writing career with romance and
romantic suspense, so my older books are
in those genres. However I've recently
begun to write mystery novels (my
favorite genre to read) so my newer
books are straight mystery, cozy
mystery, or romantic suspense.
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Latest Books
EEyewitness
Published by Camel Press, 2015
 Toni
Abbott, a TV soap actress who was posing for him at the
time, becomes a suspect when photographer Craig Landis is shot
to death. Either a fall, or the sudden shock, cause temporary
amnesia, blocking her memory. Did Toni witness the murder or was
the fatal bullet meant for her instead? Either way, she's in
jeopardy now.
There are plenty of suspects: a jealous
wife, a pregnant mistress, a disgruntled partner, even a former
prison inmate. Or did Toni's popularity on the soap opera
provide motives for an aging actress, fearful of losing her job,
or the director who's under pressure to eliminate Toni from the
show?
Tony consults an attorney and they work
to solve the puzzle. But not before her life is threatened twice
more and she finds another dead body. Will her memory return in
time to escape a final attempt to kill her?
Available
from Camel Press, or at Amazon.com
Dead in the Water
Published by Gemma
Halliday Publishing, 2015

Feeling at loose ends after her recent
divorce, dedicated chocoholic Olivia Grant decides to
visit relatives in jolly old England. Only things are anything
but inviting when, upon arrival, Olivia stumbles on the dead
body of her uncle's much-younger widow floating in the lily
pond. The police's theory: the victim had been drinking and fell
in the pond while out walking her dog. But, if that's true,
Olivia wonders how the dog got back in the house.
Much to the chagrin of her eccentric
British relatives, Olivia tries her hand at amateur sleuthing.
Hey, if Kinsey Milhone can do it, so can she. What Olivia didn't
count on was a family member with a secret worth blackmailing
over, a trip to a home for aging criminals, and the appearance
of a mysterious Mr. X. When another dead body falls at Olivia's
feet, she knows she's closing in on the killer...but will she
catch him before he catches her?
Available
from Gemma Halliday Publishing, or at Amazon.com
HOLMES and
HOLMES,
a new series
by P. J. Humphrey
Published 2015
A study in Amber
Book one in the
series

The first book in a series of novellas,
Holmes and Holmes, A Study in Amber tells how, in the early 21st
century, the ghost of Sherlock Holmes mysteriously turns up in
the San Francisco apartment of a young woman, Sheridan (Sherry)
Holmes who has hopes of becoming a private eye herself. His
sudden appearance in the old Victorian doesn't shock her that
much, since Sherry's adoptive mother, a B-actress in Hollywood,
named her and told her she was a descendant of the fictional
detective. But can she solve crimes as he did in the 19th
century?
She wants to prove she has his skills,
so she accepts his challenge to solve a murder in the very
neighborhood where she lives. Since, as a ghost, Holmes can't go
with her, she recruits Mark Watson, the young handyman who
maintains some of the old Victorians in the neighborhood. Trying
to learn the truth results in their uncovering a previous murder
and a dangerous encounter with the killer.
The Sign of
Five
Book two in the
series

Sheridan (Sherry) Holmes lives in a flat
in an old San Francisco Victorian owned by her grandmother,
Tessa Reynolds, an author and teacher of romance novel writing.
After Sherry posts a sign in the foyer that she does private
investigations, Tessa brings a student, Carmen Abbott, to see
her.
The young woman has received a promise
of a large inheritance from her recently deceased father, who
disappeared thirty years before. Carmen - along with Sherry,
Tessa and Mark Watson - learn that Abbott and his four friends
had made a fortune by card-counting at Blackjack in Las Vegas
casinos. Trapped by a lie, they spent 20 years in jail but are
now gathered to recover the money they'd hidden and share it.
But one of the five had decided to keep it all for himself,
leading to a desperate hunt for the thief, the help of a
tar-sniffing dog, and a speedboat chase across San Francisco
Bay. What happened to the money which included Carmen's
inheritance? And to Carmen herself?
The Red Herring
Book Three in
the series

Mark Watson tells Sherry and Holmes
about a pawnbroker named Goodnight who gets paid $200 an hour to
do nothing but work crossword puzzles. Surprised about such a
strange job, they interview Goodnight and learn he got
the job at his assistant's urging due to his having red hair.
Hearing this, Homes insists there must
be a crime involved. Sherry and Watson follow the assistant to
learn more. When the clues lead to an expensive jewelry store on
the street behind the pawnshop, both Tessa and Sherry's actress mother, Fenella, get involved. Then Goodnight loses his cushy job,
so time must be running out. Now Sherry and Watson must attempt
to stop a jewelry heist that even the police have abandoned.
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