I turned to mystery writing after twenty years in corporate public relations, event management, and publicity in Milwaukee. My books are set in a gourmet coffee shop and feature Maggy Thorsen, a down-sized PR person. (Go figure.) In the first book, Uncommon Grounds, Maggy arrives at the store the morning of their grand opening only to find one of her partners dead in a pool of skim milk in front of the espresso machine. I’m told the books are funny. There are five more Maggy Thorsen mysteries out: GROUNDS FOR MURDER; BEAN THERE, DONE THAT; BREWED, CRUDE and TATTOOED: FROM THE GROUNDS UP and A CUP of JO. TRIPLE SHOT is coming later this year.

RUNNING ON EMPTY, the first book in a second series (to alternate with the Maggy books), was just released and is set in the popular vacation destination of North Carolina’s High Country”