Samantha Downing is the author of the USA Today and #1 International Best Seller, My Lovely Wife, She was born and raised in Marin County, California, and now lives in New Orleans, where she is furiously typing away on her next thrilling standalone.

Mary Lawrence lives in Maine and writes the Bianca Goddard Mysteries set in Tudor London featuring a cast of commoners. Bianca uses her wits and a smattering of alchemy to solve murders in the slums of Southwark. Her debut, The Alchemist’s Daughter (Kensington, 2015) was named by Suspense Magazine as a “Best Book of 2015” in the historical mystery category. Her articles have appeared in several publications most notably the national news blog, The Daily Beast. The Bianca Goddard Mystery series also includes Death of an Alchemist, Death at St. Vedast, The Alchemist of Lost Souls, and the forthcoming The Lost Boys of London.