The Dead Woman in His Room

Pete Rangely came to Mill River to care for his uncle who was suffering from Alzheimer’s Disease. When Pete found a dead woman in his hotel room, he assumed she had nothing to do with him or his uncle. He was wrong.

In The Dead Woman in His Room, Nick Barons, a professional killer bent on personal revenge has left a trail of murder in pursuit of the fortune that his father stole from him and his mother more than 25 years ago. The last living link to his fortune is Pete’s uncle Willie Lyons a former jazz musician who has no memory of the theft, the father, or the killer.

In defense of his uncle, Pete’s only source of information is Willie’s deteriorating mind, and his only allies are a clinical social worker named Siobhan (Foxy) McFarlane and the aging residents of The High Rise Apartments, a subsidized senior housing facility in a run-down New England town. A love story emerges from the action as Pete and Foxy are thrust together in the chaotic crisis that takes place one night inside the High Rise.

This book celebrates life-sized people. They might remind you of members of your own family and friends, some of whom you know, like the characters in this story, have the courage, compassion, and natural ingenuity to successfully confront threats to the people they care about.

The Dead Woman in His Room is the first book in the Mill River Series. Start here to join Pete and Foxy and their friends from senior housing as they band together in an unconventional but highly effective team.