Après une carrière dans le théâtre, cette auteure s'est consacrée à l'écriture de romans policiers captivants. Elle est surtout connue pour son personnage emblématique, la policière new-yorkaise Norah Mulcahaney. Elle a également créé des séries mettant en scène Mici Anhalt, une enquêtrice spécialisée dans les victimes de crimes, et la détective privée Gwenn Ramadge. Son œuvre explore les rouages complexes de l'enquête criminelle, démontrant une maîtrise du suspense et de la psychologie des personnages.
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
