
The meat of her stories was all taken from personal experiences on both her work as a school psychologist and as a small-town resident of Coal City, Illinois. Today, this devoted wife to an established engineer and talented consonant music composer, David Stybr, and equally dedicated Mom to their black cat, Boomerang, is spending much of her time spinning tales on Skye Denison’s and Dev Sinclair’s (protagonists in her mystery novel series) penchant for solving murders. This 50-something author of the award-winning mystery novels, The Scumble River Mysteries and Devereaux’s Dime Store Mysteries, used to be a charming school psychologist for 17 years. Personal and Married Lifeĭenise Swanson hails from her native Coal City, Illinois and has never moved ever since.

With one murder piling up after another, there is no way this uber-talented author is slowing down. Unlike other murder mysteries in the past, Denise’s have power women as protagonists on her novels, Skye and Devereaux. But doing nothing might get her mother booked for a crime she didn't commit.Like a modern-day Nancy Drew and Sidney Sheldon combined, Denise Swanson brings more sizzle to the world of murder mystery story-telling.

Setting the record straight could prove her mother is a killer. But Dev's excitement wanes when she realizes the mysterious donor is actually her runaway mother Yvette's latest husband, Jett Benedict.ĭev suspects that Yvette and Jett's intentions aren't as noble as they appear, but before she can discover what they're really up to, Jett turns up dead-and all clues point to Yvette as the prime suspect.Įven though Dev has no loyalty to Yvette, she's in a bind. Shadow Bend's library closed years ago because of budgetary problems, so when a wealthy benefactor offers to reopen it, everyone, including Dev, is thrilled.


But when her long-lost mother shows up in town, she realizes too much kin can be killer. Description The New York Times bestselling author of Dying for a Cupcake returns with a new mystery filled with lost family, hidden treasure, and long-buried secrets.įive-and-dime store owner Devereaux "Dev" Sinclair moved to Shadow Bend for her family.
