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.
Very well written . Complex plot. Mici Anhalt, 32-year-old investigator for the New York State Crime Victims Compensation Board, is approached by someone trying to find out what happened to his beloved aunt. The body of Blanche Landry, the aunt, is found in the morgue. She was last seen alive walking her dog very late Friday evening. Her body was found at the foot of a locked subway entrance, head bashed in. The body of her dog was found in a trash bin, several blocks away, head also bashed in. Many interesting characters are introduced, their lives interconnected like spider webs. The solution requires careful separation of the threads. Good read.