Phyllis Gobbell – författare

When nine-year-old Marcia Trimble was murdered in 1975, her parents believed justice would be served. But it would take more than thirty years before the case finally came to its shocking, unexpected, and long-awaited concusion.

This true crime saga reveals the case of a missing Nashville woman, a husband on the run, and a rare cold case murder conviction.Janet March had it all: a corporate lawyer husband, two beautiful children, a promising career as an artist, and a dream house she designed herself. But behind closed doors, her husband led a destructive double life. On August 16, 1996, Janet had an appointment to finally file for divorce. But she never arrived. On the night of August 15, she vanished.Janet''s disappearance incited a massive search and media frenzy that revealed her husband Perry''s seedy dealings. When he absconded with his children to a new life in Mexico, Janet''s parents began a decade-long, international custody battle that culminated in Perry''s dramatic extradition to Tennessee.Meanwhile, the Nashville Police Department never found Janet''s body. In spite of overwhelming odds, cold case detectives and prosecutors were determined to get justice—and with the help of a shocking surprise witness, they did.

An American architect is in Italy for site-seeing, romance, and unmasking a killer in this cozy travel mystery by the author of Pursuit in Provence.

Jordan Mayfair expects her stay at an exquisite 15th century convent in Florence, Italy, to be a serene retreat from the world. Most of all, she is looking forward to a romantic interlude with the charming patron of the arts Paul Broussard, who is flying in from Paris just for her. But when another guest dies, and the police hastily pronounce it a suicide, Jordan suspects the tranquil mood has been shattered by foul play.

As she investigates the suspicious death, Jordan discovers secrets as dark as the convent labyrinths that she explores with an architect’s eye. But when her investigation leads her to shocking revelations about Paul’s daughter, Jordan begins to fear that finding the killer might cost her chance at love—if not her life.