About the Author

Joanne Pence has published over thirty books, including the best-selling Inspector Rebecca Mayfield mysteries, the Angie Amalfi culinary mystery series, the “Ancient Secrets” supernatural suspense series, as well as romance, historical fiction, and even a cookbook. Born and raised in San Francisco, Joanne has a master's degree in journalism from U.C. Berkeley, and has written for magazines, worked for the federal government, and taught school in Japan. She now lives in Idaho. She hopes you'll enjoy her stories as they present a variety of times, places, and reading experiences from mysterious to thrilling, emotional to lightly humorous, as well as powerful tales of times long past.