Laura Barton hung up the phone and jumped to her feet. “Blake’s house might hold the key that unlocks this whole case!” Her excitement was palpable. Lawson felt the need to temper his partner’s giddy enthusiasm. “Well, let’s not get ahead of ourselves. What exactly did CSI find?” “More than two dozen sets—full and partial—of...

Patty Panni
Happily married, retired from a job in the legal profession, I have two 'fur kids' -- a rescue pup named Audrey and an orange tabby named Hobbes. We live in the Memphis, TN area. I'm involved with my local Carnegie Writers Guild, but my passion is for DFW and the lovely writing community Mia has created here. It's the absolute best. It has turned me from an intermittent scribbler of words into a dedicated writer with two first-draft novels under my belt (working on #3), scores of short stories, and a dozen or so poems.