Lucy Burdette, aka clinical psychologist Roberta Isleib, is the author of the popular Key West Food Critic mystery series, including the latest, A SCONE OF CONTENTION. Lucy’s first novel of suspense, UNSAFE HAVEN, has been published by Severn House. Her books and stories have been shortlisted for Agatha, Anthony, and Macavity awards.

S. J. Rozan is the author of Family Business, the latest addition to her award winning Lydia Chin/Bill Smith series. She has won multiple awards for her fiction, including the Edgar, Shamus, Anthony, Nero, and Macavity, the Japanese Maltese Falcon, and the Private Eye Writers of America Lifetime Achievement Award.

Tori Eldridge is the national bestselling author and Anthony, Lefty, and Macavity Awards finalist of the Lily Wong mystery thriller series—THE NINJA DAUGHTER, THE NINJA’S BLADE, and THE NINJA BETRAYED.

In an absorbing mystery debut, The Wedding Crasher, introduces Sam Tate, Pickett County’s poker-playing, yoga-loving new sheriff, a woman with a troubled past and an uncertain future. Two additional titles in the series are: Bird In Hand, a Notable Book Award recipient from Shelf Unbound (sponsors of the Annual Best Indie Book Competition) and Freeze Without Burning (available on Nikki’s website).

ANN APTAKER’S Cantor Gold crime/mystery series has been the recipient of Lambda Literary and Goldie Awards. Murder in Gold is the fifth book in the series.