Saving the Queen of Diamonds

Family: Can't live with them ... but, an uneasy alliance might be an option when murder is involved.Thea and Paul have been married two months and have yet to tell his family. Now his parents have hit town with a vengeance and an agenda; give Paul's beautiful ex-wife the opportunity to win him back and be a father to the sullen teenage boy she claims is his son.Thea panics and Paul is staggered. However, in less time than it takes the single-minded seductress to shed a tear she is arrested for murder.At her son's insistence, Paul attempts to discover what happened. But all his inquiries are stonewalled. What little information has surfaced causes Paul to suspect a set-up. With or without Thea, he intends to investigate. Grudgingly, she agrees to help - with the caveat that every last one of them go back where they came from. So little to ask, and yet ....As Thea and Paul dig into the case, they find themselves pitted not only against a devious criminal and law enforcement who do not want their help, but dirty-dealing family members who have fabricated lies and deceptions of their own.

Susan Schreyer lives and writes in Western Washington, with her husband, two children and numerous animals of a variety of species. She divides her time between teaching dressage to people and horses and writing mysteries. When the weather gets to her, she works in a veterinarian’s office. Once in a while she does laundry and cleans the house, but a good story will always steer her away from that activity.