Maeve Malloy first appeared in Deadly Solution and one of the best ways to learn about a person is by asking questions, so let’s get to know Maeve.

What is your name?
Maeve Artemis Malloy.

How old are you?
28 years old.

What is your profession?
Attorney at law.

Do you have a significant other?
No.

Any children?
None.

Do you have any sibling(s)?
None.

Does your parents live near you?
My father died when I was young. My mother left the family years before that. I don’t know where she is.

Who is your best friend?
My investigator, Tom Sinclair.

Cats, dogs or other pets?
No.

What town do you live in?
Anchorage, Alaska.

House or building complex? Own or Rent?
I rent a condo on Jewel Lake with a view of the Chugach mountains.

What is your favorite spot in your house?
On the couch curled up with a book.

Favorite meal? Favorite dessert?
Pizza and chocolate.

Favorite hobby?
Hiking.

Favorite vacation spot?
Hawaii.

Favorite author?
Raymond Chandler.

Favorite sports team?
Not into sports.

Movies or Broadway?
The movie Cyrano de Bergerac.

Are you a morning or a night person?
Morning, definitely.

Amateur sleuth or professional?
Professional.

Whom do you work with when sleuthing?
My investigator, Tom Sinclair.

In a few sentences, what is a typical day in your life like?
Coffee before work. During a typical day at the office, I take calls from prospective clients, drink coffee, write legal briefs, more coffee, meet with clients and go to court. My favorite part is court. The risk of losing makes a victory so much sweeter.

You can read about Maeve in Hemlock Needle, the second book in the “Maeve Malloy” traditional mystery series from Level Best Books, coming January 22, 2019.

In Anchorage, Alaska, Yup’ik Eskimo chief financial officer and single mother, Esther Fancyboy, walks out of a party and into a blizzard. She is never seen again, leaving behind a seven-year-old son, Evan. The local cops say she’ll come home when she’s done partying, but family friend Maeve Malloy doesn’t think it’s that simple. She goes looking for Esther just as she’s getting bad news of her own, a career-ending accusation.When Esther’s body turns up in a snow berm and a witness is shot to death in front of Maeve, she suspects Evan might be in danger. Maeve must race against time to save the boy–along with her career, and maybe her life.

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About the author
My first publication were illustrations in Dungeons and Dragons, 1st edition, when still in high school. Art was an impractical pursuit (not an heiress, didn’t have disposition to marry well, hated teaching), so I went to law school instead. The day after graduation, I moved to Alaska. Early in my legal career, I defended criminal cases, including murder, for several years. I still practice law in Anchorage, Alaska.

There was a string of homeless death in 2009 which the Medical Examiner had ruled were the result of “natural causes”. While attending a seminar a few years later, I learned of a little-known law that permits the ME to rule natural causes without autopsy. These deaths and this loophole were the inspiration of my first book.

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