I have been wanting to write a mystery centering around a “woman of a certain age” since the day I turned sixty! Claire Baskerville is suddenly widowed and finds herself living in Paris where the dead bodies fall out of the ancient elevator shafts and antiquated wardrobes just enough to keep her and her burgeoning private eye business for the ex-pat community very busy.
A tad darker than the other mysteries, this is Paris today and a woman who knows herself and is still open to discovering the world around her.
And no, I’m not stopping any time soon. Claire’s adventures have been loosely outlined for another three books past Book 12 AT LEAST. I love this series and don’t see myself stopping writing it any time soon.

Book 2, Death by Cliché
Book 3, Dying to be French
Book 4, Ménage à Murder
Book 5, Killing It in Paris
Book 6, Deadly Faux Pas
Book 7, Murder Flambé
Murder à la Drumstick, a holiday short story
Book 8, Toujours Dead
Book 9, Murder in the Christmas Market
Book 10, Deadly Adieu
Book 11, Murdering Madeleine (Coming March 2023)
If you’d like to sample a bit of Claire’s Paris for yourself, click here to see where it all begins!