Patricia Skalka

Hailing from Chicago, the world renowned American writer Patricia Skalka is highly regarded for her mystery novels. Weaving character and suspense together with the greatest of ease, she manages to create mysteries that are at once enticing and compelling in equal measure. Setting up characters that really leap off of the page, she manages to provide them with fully three dimensional personalities that take on a life of their own almost. Speaking directly to the reader, they are easy to relate to, whilst also giving them root for, following them throughout her series, continually coming back for more. Spanning over numerous installments, her mysteries really do have an addictive quality, which goes some way towards explaining how she has become so successful.