Nancy Lynn Jarvis was a Santa Cruz, California, Realtor(R) for more than twenty years before she fell in love with writing and let her license lapse. After earning a BA in behavioral science from San Jose State University, she worked in the advertising department of the San Jose Mercury News. A move to Santa Cruz meant a new job as a librarian and later a stint as the business manager for Shakespeare/Santa Cruz at UCSC. Nancy’s work history reflects her philosophy: people should try something radically different every few years, a philosophy she applies to her writing, as well. This is the seventh book in the Regan McHenry Real Estate Mysteries series but she has taken breaks to write a stand-alone book called "Mags and the AARP Gang" about a group of octogenarian bank robbers, and to edit "Cozy Food: 128 Cozy Mystery Writers Share Their Favorite Recipes." She planned to start a new series, "Geezers with Tools" but book seven in the Regan McHenry Real Estate Mystery series kept calling her, so Geezers was put on hold temporarily. She’s also editing an anthology of short stories from Santa Cruz authors with the title and theme "Santa Cruz Weird."