Elaine Viets returns to her hardboiled roots with her Angela Richman, death investigator series. Death Grip is the latest, following A Star Is Dead, Fire and Ashes and Brain Storm, and the novella Ice Blonde. Elaine has thirty-four bestselling mysteries in four series. A St Louis native, Elaine took the Medicolegal Death Investigator Training Course for forensic professionals at St Louis University, and has won the Agatha, Anthony and Lefty Awards. Elaine lives in Fort Lauderdale with her husband, writer and reviewer Don Crinklaw.