On July 20, 2021, JEANNE MATTHEWS launched a new series of historical mysteries with the publication of DEVIL BY THE TAIL set in 1867 Chicago. The audacious young widow of a Union soldier joins forces with a former Confederate prisoner of war to form their own detective agency - Garnick & Paschal. A Garnick & Paschal sequel is in the works. Matthews is also the author of the Dinah Pelerin international mysteries, including BONES OF CONTENTION (set in the Northern Territory of Australia), BET YOUR BONES (set on the Big Island of Hawaii), BONEREAPERS (set in the Norwegian Arctic at the site of the Doomsday Seed Vault), and HER BOYFRIEND'S BONES, (set on the Greek island of Samos). WHERE THE BONES ARE BURIED, the fifth and final book in the series, takes place in the historic city of Berlin, Germany. Born and raised in Georgia, the author currently lives with her husband in Renton, Washington.