Deborah Russo Kralich is an artist and author in Texas. In addition to her personal artwork, she creates book covers and book illustrations. Deborah’s fiction is rich in details and drama. She likes to combine unique historical times with personal romance and suspense, making the lives of her as characters vividly exciting as the explosive times in which they live. She prefers the structure of a traditional mystery but does branch out in some of her books to romantic suspense, mild horror, or historical narrative. Most, but not all, of her books are set in her native Texas as is her Lt. Plate mystery series, set in the urban Houston area, and Murder as the Organist Plays, set in East Texas.