Susan McBride is the author of BLUE BLOOD, the first of the Debutante Dropout Mysteries. An IMBA paperback bestseller, BLUE BLOOD has gone into multiple printings, was a Mystery Guild featured alternate selection, and is available in large print from Thorndike Press. The Dallas Morning News praised BLUE BLOOD as a "hilarious romp." The second in the series, THE GOOD GIRL'S GUIDE TO MURDER, is also a Mystery Guild featured alternate selection and involves the death of an ego-in-pumps domestic guru who makes Martha Stewart look as honest as Abe Lincoln.

AND THEN SHE WAS GONE, her first published novel, debuted in 1999 and features Litchfield, Texas, police detective Maggie Ryan. A second printing was released in late 2000. GONE was nominated for a Reviewers' Choice Award for Best First Mystery by RTBookClub magazine and was named a Best Book of 2000 by public library members. The second Maggie Ryan book, OVERKILL, was selected a "Top Five Read for 2001" by Robyn Glazer of Mystery News and was a mystery "Top Pick" in RTBookClub.

USA Today best-selling author Katie MacAlister calls it "Exciting, sassy and filled with a deliciously wicked wit!" For more scoop, check out http://SusanMcBride.com/.