By day, Jennifer Lewis Williams is a busy attorney for a Texas appellate court. By night, she is a busy creator of colorful characters who populate her crime fiction. A Kansas native, she resides in a Dallas suburb with four furry girls: a Pug, two Chihuahuas, and a Shar-Pei. She is a member of Mystery Writers of America, Southwest Division, and she loves reading science fiction, mysteries, and tales about the Old West. This is her first novel. Her other projects include the mystery Highland Games Murder, available September 2013, and an upcoming series featuring detective Michelle "Micky" Stanislawsky, available in 2014.