A Parfait Murder
A Mystery A La Mode #3
Obsidian
Mystery
June 7, 2011
ISBN-10: 0451233808
ISBN-13: 9780451233806
Available in: Paperback
When Tally’s cousin Bree spots her deadbeat ex-husband strolling the Lantana County Fair with a fat wallet and a vixen on his arm, she immediately files for back child support. But when his lawyer is found dead, things get a little sticky. Did Bree serve up a dish of cold, sweet revenge? Or is she another hapless victim of a parfait crime?
I first dreamed of making my living as a writer when I was 10. I made a few tentative, and disastrous, efforts over the years. First, about 80 rhyming couplets, the beginning of an epic fantasy poem . . . suffice it to say the "bad guy" was called "The Craven." And it rhymed. Then I made another attempt at a fantasy novel about a bunch of orphans who are humanity's last hope. There were dragons. It was all completely atrocious, and I moved on.
And on and on, piling up degrees like plastic grocery bags: I know I'll use them someday, so I better hold on to them! Seriously, my parents despaired of me ever leaving school and getting a real job, one that was more than a break between universities. But now my schooling is done. In fact, now I do the schooling. I earn my keep by teaching college kids about American government and constitutional law. Whee!
Of course, I've also revived my dream of writing. Mercifully for you all, I have given up on epic fantasy in favor of mysteries. Light, funny mysteries (because what could be funnier than murder?) with a decidedly snarky edge.
While I don't commit—or solve—murders in my real life, my passion for ice cream is 100% true. I also love 80s music, Asian horror films, and reality TV. I currently live in Texas—in a town that bears a suspicious resemblance to Dalliance—with my wonderful spouse and four cats: Iphigenia Watson, Electra Watson, Todd Baryshnikov (he's adopted), and Squeak-a-Doodle Baryshnikov (Todd's son).