Monkeystorm

by Kate Gallison

Teen-aged Carina Nebula (as she calls herself) breaks out of Trenton Psychiatric Hospital and goes home to right a terrible her older brother, Gilbert, killed their parents and put the blame on her. Unrecognizable now that she is grown to womanhood, she teams up with a new boyfriend, Spike (unemployed game designer, homeless person, enemy of Gilbert, and possibly also a vampire), to ruin Gilbert's reputation, steal his money, destroy his software company, and bring him to justice. But Gilbert, with his fierce dogs, his thuggish sidekick, his private detective, and his weapons, is perfectly capable of striking back, when he realizes who she is.

206 pages, Paperback

First published April 11, 2013

About the author

aka Irene Fleming

Kate Gallison was born in Philadelphia and grew up reading mystery stories, from Nancy Drew to the lurid paperbacks her mother kept on the bottom shelf in the sunroom. Over the years she has worked for the Washington Post, John Wanamaker's department store, the State of New Jersey, and two large software houses in Princeton, New Jersey. When she started writing mysteries of her own, the characters and the politics in these workplaces were all grist to her mill.

Kate has three grown sons and a bachelor's degree in humanities from Thomas Edison College. She lives in Lambertville with her musician husband and their cat.