About Us
Meet the Writers behind these murders
Deborah Lacy
Deborah Lacy’s short mystery fiction has appeared in Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, the award winning Bouchercon anthology, Blood on the Bayou, Mystery Weekly and many other anthologies. She is the editor of the forthcoming short story anthology, Most Dangerous Games from Level Best Books. She has served on the board of the Malice Domestic Mystery Convention, and the local organizing committees for Bouchercon and Left Coast Crime. Her non-fiction byline has appeared in national publications.
Kerry Hammond
Kerry Hammond decided to give up the practice of law to commit crimes—on the page. In 2023, Kerry’s story, “Strangers at a Table” appeared in the Best Mystery Stories of the Year anthology, edited by Amor Towles. Her work has also appeared in Malice Domestic: Mystery Most Geographical, Malice Domestic: Mystery Most Diabolical and Mystery Most International.
Her love of travel means that her stories often to take place in foreign locales she has (or wants to) visit, or while her characters are enroute to their next adventure. She’s a huge fan of the subtle surprise ending and is happiest when her readers didn’t see the ending coming.
