Susan’s life revolves around Music and Mayhem. New Orleans is the setting for her award-winning thrillers, featuring NOPD Detective Frank Renzi. The Premier Book Awards named her first book, Absolution, Best Mystery-Suspense-Thriller of 2009. Susan began playing trumpet professionally at fifteen and performed for many years in the Boston area. She has taught at Brown University and Berklee College of Music, where she created a course about women musicians. Her e-book, Women Who Dared: Trailblazing 20th Century Musicians, features violinist Maud Powell and trumpeter Edna White. After living in New Orleans for nine years, Susan divides her time between The Big Easy and Boston. To learn more please visit her website. http: //www.susanfleet.co