Susan C. Shea spent more than two decades as a non-profit executive before beginning her first critically praised mystery series in 2010, featuring a professional fundraiser for an art museum. In 2017, she debuted a new mystery series set in France, for St. Martin's Minotaur Books. She's a regular on 7 Criminal Minds blog and is a past secretary of the national Sisters in Crime board and is a past board member of the Northern California chapters of Sisters in Crime and Mystery Writers of America. She lives in Marin County, California, where two cats pretty much rule the house!
A comedy of errors full of amusing characters, a fine feeling for life in small-town France, and a suitably twisty mystery * <b> Kirkus Reviews </b> on <b> Dressed for Death in Burgundy </b> * Francophiles will look forward to Katherine's next adventure in Burgundy * <b> Publishers Weekly </b> on <b> Dressed for Death in Burgundy </b> * A Miss Marple-like investigation.immerses the reader in the life of an American woman trying to fit into an insular French village * <b> Booklist </b> on <b> Love and Death in Burgundy </b> * Susan C. Shea's novel set in the French countryside offers a pleasant getaway from hard-core killers * <b> New York Times </b> on <b> Love and Death in Burgundy </b> * The outlandish antics of the eccentric locals add to the humor. Suggest to fans of Rhys Bowen's early Evan Evans series for the humor, the characters, and the charming setting * <b> Library Journal </b> on <b> Love and Death in Burgundy </b> * Not since my first visit to Louise Penny's Three Pines, have I encountered a more beguiling fictional world than Susan C. Shea's Reigny-Sur-Cannes. Dressed for Death in Burgundy is a box of delights! * <b> Catriona McPherson</b>, award-winning author on <b> Dressed for Death in Burgundy </b> *