Loves Brit-style mysteries, cookbooks and eclectic reading. My books are peopled with strong, humorous heroines, who never see themselves as victims, no matter how tortuous the situation. Complex, exciting plots abound in locales near and afar. Her heroines have unusual depths and challenges including Carrie, who seeks romance -mastectomy, Gianna, who lies, steals and cheats and Mallory, an angel-of-death who assists the terminally ill to end their own lives.