"A Gripping, Multilayered Tale...Fast-Paced." -- Publishers WeeklyIt's New York in the nineties, and the last thing Lt. Norah Mulcahaney needs is attitude from her men in Manhattan's Fourth Homicide Division. What she does need -- and want -- is the baby that she may soon be allowed to adopt.But the brother of famed pop music star Bo Russell has been murdered. And the heat is on Norah to find who did it, to discern the truth behind brother Ben's discordant lifestyle, the money he's blown, and the women he's used -- among them Bo's beautiful wife. It's no easy task, especially when she's facing a serious professional crisis and the chance she might lose the child she's already taken into her heart...."[An] engrossing, no-frills procedural from a veteran." -- Kirkus Reviews
Married J. Leonard O'Donnell. Lived in New York, NY. Interred in Maple Grove Cemetery. Began career in theater then turned to writing crime novels. Longest running character was NY City policewoman Norah Mulcahaney, but also had series for Mici Anhalt, a crime victims investigator, and private detective Gwenn Ramadge.