Na een carrière in het theater vond deze auteur haar roeping in het schrijven van meeslepende misdaadromans. Ze is vooral bekend om haar langlopende personage, de New Yorkse politieagente Norah Mulcahaney. Naast deze succesvolle serie ontwikkelde ze ook verhalen rond Mici Anhalt, een onderzoekster van slachtoffers van misdrijven, en de privédetective Gwenn Ramadge. Haar werk duikt in de complexiteit van misdaadonderzoek en toont een scherp inzicht in spanning en karakterontwikkeling.
Three lovely young widows are terrified by a series of obscene telephone calls. They escalate into death threats and the threats into murder. Norah Mulcahaney, rookie policewoman, presents herself as bait to attract the killer.
Homicide chief Norah Mulcahey, investigating an apparent mugging turned fatal and the drowning of a mafioso's wife, is hampered by the media's relentless interest.
Norah Mulcahaney, rookie, makes detective and goes under cover joining a ring of suburban housewife prostitutes who earn extra cash while hubby is out of town. Prostitution leads to murder and Norah herself is threatened.
Married six years, Norah Mulcahaney yearns for a child. Miscarriage after miscarriage convinces her that she is not able to carry to term. Adoption seems her only hope. But finding a child is not so easy. The sudden opportunity to adopt three year old Mark seems too good to be true. A brutal murder confirms Norah's suspicions that the child's background is tainted.
Eine gute Nacht zum Morden - bk1551; Scherz Verlag; Lillian O´Donnell; pocket_book; 1998
