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She was born in Warren, Ohio, but moved to the San Francisco Bay Area when she was eighteen months old. She was a student of English, receiving a teaching certificate. While teaching English in the public school system, she completed an advanced degree in psychology.
Her first published novel was A Great Deliverance in 1988, featuring Thomas Lynley, Lord Asherton, a Scotland Yard inspector of noble birth; Detective Sergeant Barbara Havers, Lynley's partner, from a very working-class background; Lady Helen Clyde, Lynley's girlfriend and later wife, of noble birth as well; and Lynley's friends Simon and Deborah St. James.
A Great Deliverance (1988; ISBN 0-553-27802-9) Payment In Blood (1989; ISBN 0-553-28436-3) Well-Schooled in Murder (1990; ISBN 0-553-28734-6) A Suitable Vengeance (1991; ISBN 0-553-29560-8) For The Sake Of Elena (1992; ISBN 0-553-56127-8) Missing Joseph (1992; ISBN 0-553-56604-0) Playing For The Ashes (1993; ISBN 0-553-57251-2) In The Presence Of The Enemy (1996; ISBN 0-553-57608-9) Deception On His Mind (1997; ISBN 0-553-57509-0) In Pursuit of the Proper Sinner (1999; ISBN 0-553-57510-4) A Traitor to Memory (2001; ISBN 0-553-58236-4) "I, Richard" (2002; ISBN 0-553-38242-X) [Does not feature Inspector Lynley] A Place of Hiding (2003; ISBN 0-553-58237-2) With No One As Witness (2005; ISBN 0-06-054561-5) What Came Before He Shot Her (2006; ISBN 0-06-054562-3) Careless in Red (2008; ISBN 978-0-06-116087-5) The Evidence Exposed short story collection; The Evidence Exposed (1990), The Surprise of His Life (1996), I, Richard (1999) (1999; ISBN 0-340-75062-6)