Called to Kill

Nikki Barnes #2

by Joan Albarella

A Viet-Nam vet confronts her feelings for the Vietnamese woman and Amerasian child she was involved with 25 years earlier. When her feelings for her old friend Trang emerge, is Nikki's relationship with Dr. Ginni Clayton threatened?

Through dark, rainy spring this story unveils layer upon layer of intrigue and romance. Enter Magpie, an old friend of the doctor. Is the purpose of her visit to Buffalo an innocent art show or something more serious? Who is trying to kill Nikki? Who can she trust? This page-turner will keep you guessing.

Genres: Lesbian

213 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 2000

About the author

Joan Albarella, Professor Emeritus for the University of Buffalo EOC is the author of the four-novel Niki Barnes Mystery Series and the humorous sci-fi mystery, SISTER AMNESIA. She has written five books of poetry and scripted seven plays, including the one-woman religious biography series: Mother Cabrini’s Mission to America; Light and Dark: The Life of Sister Judith Fenyvesi, SSS; Always In My Heart: The Life of Saint Marianne Cope, and This Little Light of Mine: The Story of Sister Karen Klimczak, SSJ. She has over one hundred individual poetry, article, short story, and educational publications in magazines, anthologies, and journals and is a member of the Mystery Writers of America; Poets and Writers, Inc.; The Dramatists Guild; and the Italian American Writers Association. She is listed in over twenty-two American and British Who’s Who collections including Contemporary Authors and Who’s Who of American Women.