writer of mystery & history
Thank you for your interest in my Nikki Nielsen novels and Farmington history books.
Her name was Kate, and she died on a late spring day in 1990.
The 37-year-old mother of two was living in Lakeville, Minnesota when she “disappeared” after an argument with her estranged husband, Ricky Hebert. She never left Ricky’s …
Whenever I see a set of old, Melmac or Corelle dishes at a garage sale or second-hand store, I smile.
I think of our family dinners, the savory aroma of a hotdish or a roast or chicken coming out of …
My new Nikki Nielsen novella, Bury the Lede, reveals the all-too-familiar roots of Nikki’s career in journalism.
Frankly, neither of us ever trained for the work. We just sort of…fell into it.
I walked into a small town weekly …
Gone Girl made us all think a little differently about what happens when someone disappears. But that was fiction. In real life, people go missing every day. People like these three:
Family members …
