With a career spanning decades in the East Bay real estate market, Suzanne Masella has spent her life navigating the complexities of property and people. Her transition from the boardroom to the crime scene was inevitable—after all, she's seen more secrets in a closed-door meeting than in a locked room. Now, as the author of Open House Homicide, she brings that same sharp eye to the world of Starr Stiletta, a character who just doesn't want to go to prison. Suzanne's background in Walnut Creek provides the perfect backdrop for her witty, professional mystery novels that blend the polished elegance of the Bay Area with the gritty truth of a professional homicide investigation.