Close Neighbors

Julie's dad is in trouble and she's going to help him out…

Nine-year-old Julie Nicholson is in turmoil. Someone has murdered her aunt Rachel's boyfriend and the police suspect her aunt. Even worse, an extortionist is breathing down her dad's neck, threatening to supply the police with proof that Rachel–his very own sister–committed the crime.

Julie is hoping her new neighbor, Anne Barrett, who now writes children's mystery stories but used to be a private detective, can put her deductive powers to work and home in on the real murderer.

Julie's father, Chase Nicholson, is hoping the same thing. But before he knows it, Chase also wants his attractive new neighbor to home in on him!

About the author

Dawn began writing for Harlequin in the 1980s and has been a full-time writer since 1988. She is also published in both nonfiction and shorter fiction. In an earlier life, she taught English at a Toronto university for several years, then worked in the real world–which drove her to seek escape in a writing career. She now lives with her husband and pets in an ocean-front house on Vancouver Island.