Agatha & Silver Falchion-nominated Author of Historical Fiction
& short stories
A former art director who studied illustration with Maurice Sendak, now painting scenes with words.
SHORT STORIES

"Casanova Takes a Holiday" - the Venetian lover solves a murder in Trieste

"Murder at the Ziegfeld Follies" - murder in the midst of the glamour of a Ziegfeld extravaganza

"Laundry at Midnight" a young boy witnesses a neighbor's murder

"Good Help is Hard to Find" - a Manhattan couple's terrific new housekeeper haunts their dreams

"The Assassin's Portrait" - a Victorian lady portrait painter who assassinates the subjects of her paintings

"The Deadly Portrait" a Victorian portrait painter/assassin's commission to paint a wealthy man's wife takes a surprising turn
VENICE BEAUTIES MYSTERIES
VENICE BEAUTIES MYSTERIES
Set in early 17th Century Venice, these mysteries feature a former elite courtesan, Belladonna and her unlikely companion, Diana, the scholarly, widowed daughter of the chief rabbi of the Ghetto of Venice.
Together, they navigate treacherous plots to outwit the powerful men and solve impossible murders.