Los Angeles, 1908.
She currently does research on the jails in Denver, Colorado..
Kincheloe was the principal of a health consulting firm and a member of the research faculty for the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.
Formerly, Dr.
The novel was also a finalist for the Macavity Sue Feder Historical Mystery award, Left Coast Crime "Lefty" Award, and Colorado Authors\' League Award for genre fiction.
The Secret Life of Anna Blanc is the winner of the Colorado Gold Award for Mystery and the Mystery and Mayhem Award for historical mystery.
About the Author: Jennifer Kincheloe is the author of The Secret Life of Anna Blanc and The Woman in the Camphor Trunk.
Suddenly pitted against Joe, Anna must examine her loyalties and solve the crimes, even if it means losing the man she loves.
Following the petals leads her to another crime--one close to home.
Meanwhile, Anna begins getting strange floral arrangements from an unknown admirer.
The men at the station scoff, but Anna is willing to investigate.
With a murder to solve and her police matron duties piling up, a young girl shows up at Central Station claiming to have been raped by a man from Mars.
She\'s on the case.
Anna can\'t resist.
On a lover\'s tryst in Griffith Park, Anna and Joe discover the Body of a young gambler.
What she really wants is to hunt criminals and be alone with Detective Joe Singer--both no-nos that could get her fired.
Ex-heiress, Anna Blanc, is precariously employed by the Los Angeles Police Department, reforming delinquent children and minding lady jailbirds.
Anna Blanc is a former so-so socialite, a flailing police matron, and a killer detective.
Los Angeles, 1908