Taffy Cannon: Author of BLOOD MATTERS

Blood Matters: A Roxanne Prescott Mystery

[cover] Homicide Detective Roxanne Prescott explores the world of adoption when a compulsive collector/adoption guru is bludgeoned to death in his lavish Rancho Santa Fe mansion.

Roxanne is back from a sabbatical in her aunt's travel business, during which she led a tour of the Civil War South that she called "Guns and Roses" (detailed in the book of the same name)—and her skills from police days in Austin, Texas were called for more than once on the trip. Now a new detective in the San Diego Sheriff's Department, she's part of the team investigating the mysterious murder of the beloved Sam Brennan. The founder and head of Adoption Central, Sam spent his working life creating families and his spare time collecting the toys that represented the love he hadn't received in his deprived childhood. Who could have wanted to hurt the man who did such wonderful things for so many grateful people? Roxanne must wrestle the shadow of her own past tragedy still hanging over her, along with rookie nerves and a killer determined to hide a different past.

"I am delighted to see Roxanne Prescott, Cannon's heroine from Guns and Roses, returning to law enforcement in Blood Matters. It's a suspenseful, compelling police procedural with a heart—and characters you'll want to see again."
—Donna Andrews, winner of the Agatha, Anthony, and Barry awards and author of Delete All Suspects and No Nest for the Wicket

"A realistic police procedural that explores the multi-faceted—and in this case—deadly world of adoptions. Roxanne Prescott observes with a keen eye. She can ride shotgun in my patrol car anytime."
—Robin Burcell, Award-Winning Author of The Face of a Killer

Read an excerpt from Blood Matters