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I am the author of the Black Hat Thrillers and the Annie Seymour and Tattoo Shop mystery series. My new book AN INCONVENIENT WIFE, a Modern Tudor Mystery, is a modern retelling of Henry VIII and his wives as a crime novel.

My first book, SACRED COWS, won the Sara Ann Freed Award for best first mystery and my fourth book, SHOT GIRL, was shortlisted for a Shamus Award.

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	The Missing Ink (Tattoo Shop Mystery, #1) 3.81 avg rating — 1,928 ratings — published 2009 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pretty in Ink (Tattoo Shop Mystery, #2) 3.99 avg rating — 1,031 ratings — published 2010 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	An Inconvenient Wife 3.53 avg rating — 1,018 ratings — published 2024 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ink Flamingos (Tattoo Shop Mystery, #4) 4.17 avg rating — 841 ratings — published 2011 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Driven to Ink (Tattoo Shop Mystery, #3) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 824 ratings — published 2010 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sacred Cows (Annie Seymour Mystery, #1) 3.37 avg rating — 469 ratings — published 2005 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hidden (A Black Hat Thriller, #1) 3.62 avg rating — 355 ratings — published 2015 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Secondhand Smoke (Annie Seymour Mystery, #2) 3.88 avg rating — 225 ratings — published 2006 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dead of the Day (Annie Seymour Mystery, #3) 3.84 avg rating — 198 ratings — published 2007 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Shot Girl (Annie Seymour Mystery, #4) 3.90 avg rating — 180 ratings — published 2008 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Black Hat Thrillers!

My series now has a title: The Black Hat Thrillers! My publisher and I had been going in circles about this before HIDDEN was published. Since "Nicole Jones" isn't my protagonist's real name and she uses different aliases in each book, it didn't seem right to use that as a series title. After some back and forth on the issue, we agreed that the series would go untitled. But we revisited this in th Read more of this blog post »

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“I shook my head. "Not Interested" I said.
he straightened up. "Not interested in what?"
In you." I couldn't be more blunt.
Excuse me, miss, but I was going to ask if you would like to sign up for karaoke.”
― Karen E. Olson, The Missing Ink

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