A native of Argyll, Scotland, Jill McGown has lived in Corby, England, since she was ten. She wrote her first novel, "A Perfect Match," in 1983. Among those that have followed are "Gone to Her Death," "Murder at the Old Vicarage," "Murder . . . Now and Then," "The Murders of Mrs. Austin and Mrs. Beale," "The Other Woman," "A Shred of Evidence," "Verdict Unsafe," "Picture of Innocence," "Plots and Errors," and "Scene of Crime. Death in the Family" is her twelfth Lloyd and Hill mystery. Visit the author's Web site at www.JillMcGown.com.