Author Description

Stacey Bell's life is anything but dull. The middle-aged divorcee runs a detective agency with her two best friends, Lilly and Gayle, a career path that frequently finds her in unexpected and occasionally hairy situations. Her daughter Anna is beautiful...and bi-polar and obsessive-compulsive. And the local sheriff, whose path she crosses regularly in her line of work, is just a bit too gorgeous for Stacey's own good. Nonetheless, Stacey is shocked when a run-of-the-mill stakeout turns up a dead body in the bottom of a boat floating in the Bay. Murder isn't the usual story at Bell's Detective Agency, but Stacey and her partners aren't about to turn their backs on a case that was literally dumped at their feet. They set to work to solve the murder, yet as more bodies begin surfacing around town, the ladies realize they're on the trail of a serial killer. Complicating matters are dashing Raymond James, who comes to Stacey for help finding his missing daughter Megan, and the aforementioned local sheriff Kenneth Brown, whose easy charm is definitely not conducive to keeping a woman's mind on her work. Yet work Stacey must, because as the body count continues to climb, an ever-increasing fear grips the small island community. Stacey, Gayle, and Lilly aren't exactly “hardboiled†crime-fighters, but they're definitely smart, hardworking, funny, and plenty salty-tongued. The strength of their friendship will be of particular appeal to female readers, for whom Crime Waves may offer the “perfect storm†of murder mysteries: a quirky setting, spirited heroines, sexy men, and a killer whose identity will shock readers to the core. Christina Snyder has penned an engrossing novel that will have mystery fans glued to every word.