Catherine Maiorisi

Just back from her second tour in Afghanistan, NYPD Detective Chiara Corelli goes undercover to expose a ring of dirty cops. But when she’s ordered to kill to prove her loyalty, she aborts the operation without having identified the leaders. Now, Corelli is the one exposed. With her brothers and sisters in blue ostracizing her, can she trust Detective P.J. Parker to watch her back? Parker is the daughter of a vehement critic of the NYPD. But that doesn’t stop her from wanting to work in the homicide division. And wanting to learn from the best. Unfortunately, Chiara Corelli is the best…even if she is the most hated detective in the department. Without Parker, Corelli will be condemned to desk duty. Corelli is Parker’s only chance to work in homicide. Will the two women put aside their fears and join forces to solve a brutal murder and identify the leaders of the dirty cops before they get to Corelli’s family?

A Matter of Blood

A middle-of-the night phone call summons NYPD Detective Chiara Corelli and her partner, Detective P.J. Parker, to a politically sensitive murder scene. The victims--a U.S. Senator, the pastor of a mega church, and a self-made music industry billionaire--appear to have been killed during a sex orgy. Pressure is mounting to cover up the circumstances. But Corelli and Parker are enraged by the words scrawled in blood on a mirror, and their hearts are broken by what they find hidden in a closet. Now the partners vow to find the killer and expose the unsavory lives of these men while seeking justice for the real victims in this case--the children.. A Message in Blood is book #3 in the Chiara Corelli Mystery Series.

A Message in Blood

Still battling each other and the blue wall, NYPD Detectives Chiara Corelli and P.J. Parker catch a new murder case. The victim, a gay man, is posed with a rosary in his hands, the smell of incense in the air and Gregorian chants playing in the background. While Corelli and Parker search for leads, Kate Burke, the lesbian Speaker of the City Council asks for an update on the investigation. Thinking Burke is playing politics, Corelli ignores the request. In the meantime, two more bodies are found, both laid out in the same way. Pressured by the chief, Corelli goes to Kate's office where a photograph of the speaker with a group of friends catches her eye. Corelli recognizes the three victims and, to her horror, three others. Suddenly the case becomes personal. Fearing a serial killer is picking off the people in the photograph, fearing the next victim will be someone she loves, Corelli races to find the murderer before he kills again. A Chiara Corelli Mystery Book 2.

The Blood Runs Cold

Darcy Silver has everything money can buy except for a way to erase the past. A tragic car accident has left her temporarily dependent on others for even the most basic of needsbut everyone she cares about seems to have abandoned her. Dr. Andrea Trapani would like to forget the past too. Being a full-time medical caretaker for a cantankerous woman is not where she expected her career to take her. But when Andrea sees that Darcy s frustration will have serious medical consequences, she vows to bring peace and stability to Darcy s world. As two wounded souls fight to overcome their past and face the fears of the future, will love be the right medicine?"

Matters of the Heart

Having been abandoned on her wedding day, bestselling novelist Lily Alexander is understandably cautious about dating again. Wealthy tech entrepreneur and notorious playgirl Robin DeLuca, on the other hand, loves to date. She just doesn't do commitment. When beautiful blond Lily and handsome butch Robin lock eyes across a crowded bar, the current flowing between this unlikely pair is more electrifying than anything either has felt before. Thus begins a long and sultry dance that will lead them to the altar and the promise of the perfect future. But when the premature birth of their baby awakens horrendous secrets from Robin's long-repressed past, she believes the only way to protect Lily and their daughter is to leave. Her decision devastates both women and all those who love them. Can Robin’s unexpected encounter with a stranger on a beach be the catalyst for healing these two shattered hearts?

No One But You

Officer Quincy Adams is a hero. She pulled eleven people from burning cars and risked her own life to save the twelfth, a woman trapped in her car that could explode at any moment. But the situation triggers a flashback to seeing her lover die in Afghanistan. Recognizing she's sinking back into darkness and hopelessness, Quincy heads to Maggie's Lesbian Bar seeking light and life. Lindy James is a loner. She's only at Maggie's to celebrate her best friend's birthday. But something about the bedraggled woman whose image is Breaking News on the TV, touches her heart and she agrees to drive the stranger home. But Quincy doesn't want to be alone. Lindy agrees to stay as long as Quincy doesn't expect sex or ask personal questions. One night turns into three sexless but intimate nights. Then Monday morning Quincy asks Lindy for a date. And Lindy flees. Thrown together by a devastating accident, but kept apart by fears from the past, will Quincy and Lindy take a chance on love?

Taking a Chance on Love

Ariana Calandre’s life is perfect. Her fans adore her, her music is wildly popular and she’s just completed a hugely successful world tour. But then a devastating crash kills her bandmates and bodyguards, leaving her the only survivor, and she loses everything. Physically and emotionally shattered, convinced her scars make her a monster, she retreats to an isolated farmhouse, and hides behind a veil.

Depressed and hopeless, recently discharged veteran Lee Wilton arrives looking for work after her wife sold her house and disappeared with her two adopted daughters. What starts as a simple groundskeeping job becomes something deeper as Lee's patience and kindness slowly coax Ariana back to life.

Neither woman expects the powerful attraction that grows between them. But when Ariana finally finds the courage to lift her veil, will love be enough to heal them both?

Behind the veil

Legacy in the Blood

Disappearance of Lindy James

After watching the woman she's professed to love for more than twenty years marry someone else, Renee Rousseau vows to free herself of the unrequited love before she and her friends meet the married couple in Paris. In ten weeks. Then Renee encounters Lady Constance Martindale--the only other woman she'd ever imagined a future with--and she's sure the universe is playing with her. Sixteen years ago they'd agreed to a casual, time-limited relationship. But when it turned to love, they both panicked and Constance dumped Renee before Renee could dump her. A first. But the past is the past and sixteen years is a lifetime. Can passion be renewed? And what about her love for the woman who just got married?

Ready for Love

Having been abandoned on her wedding day, bestselling novelist Lily Alexander is understandably cautious about dating again. Wealthy tech entrepreneur and notorious playgirl Robin DiLuca, on the other hand, loves to date. She just doesn’t do commitment. When beautiful blond Lily and handsome butch Robin lock eyes across a crowded bar, the current flowing between this unlikely pair is more electrifying than anything either has felt before. Thus begins a long and sultry dance that will lead them to the altar and the promise of the perfect future. But when the premature birth of their baby awakens horrendous secrets from Robin’s long-repressed past, she believes the only way to protect Lily and their daughter is to leave. Her decision devastates both women and all those who love them. Can Robin’s unexpected encounter with a stranger on a beach be the catalyst for healing these two shattered hearts?

After watching the woman she’s professed to love for more than twenty years marry someone else, Renee Rousseau vows to free herself of the unrequited love before she and her friends meet the married couple in Paris. In ten weeks. Then Renee encounters Lady Constance Martindale—the only other woman she’d ever imagined a future with—and she’s sure the universe is playing with her. Sixteen years ago they’d agreed to a casual, time-limited relationship. But when it turned to love, they both panicked and Constance dumped Renee before Renee could dump her. A first. But the past is the past and sixteen years is a lifetime. Can passion be renewed? And what about her love for the woman who just got married?

A middle-of-the night phone call summons NYPD Detective Chiara Corelli and her partner, Detective P.J. Parker, to a politically sensitive murder scene. The victims—a U.S. Senator, the pastor of a mega church, and a self-made music industry billionaire—appear to have been killed during a sex orgy. Pressure is mounting to cover up the circumstances. But Corelli and Parker are enraged by the words scrawled in blood on a mirror, and their hearts are broken by what they find hidden in a closet. Now the partners vow to find the killer and expose the unsavory lives of these men while seeking justice for the real victims in this case—the children.

Deirdre Verne

Terrie Farley Moran

Laura K. Curtis

Triss Stein

Cynthia Benjamin

Lina Zeldovich

New York Tri-State Chapter of Sisters in Crime

Clare Toohey

Susan Chalfin

Fran Cox

Eileen Dunbaugh

Lois Karlin

Lynne Lederman

Leigh Neely

Anita Page

Cathi Stoler

Anne-Marie Sutton

Joan Tuohy

Stephanie Wilson-Flaherty

Elizabeth Zelvin

K.J.A. Wishnia

Slices of life beyond the tourist's view. By turns funny, tough, and somber, the twenty-one helpings of New York attitude in Fresh Slices reveal neighborhoods both rich and poor, where old-timers desperately protect their secrets and brand-new arrivals indulge dangerous appetites. There is as much variety in the tones, settings, and approaches as in Gotham itself, and yet each of these crime stories also reflects the city's most infectious and unifying principle, that special combination of adaptability and assertiveness dished out more often than any pizza or street meat. In this, Fresh Slices’ second edition, urban short stories offer action-packed mystery that moves from cozy to noir. The sleuths, police officers and investigators who grapple with crime in these pages are richly drawn and engagingly authentic. Written by local members of the New York / Tri-State chapter of Sisters in Crime the anthology and edited by Agatha nominee Terrie Farley Moran, Fresh Slices is second in the Murder New York series and features tales from the most ethnically diverse and densely populated city in America.

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