Friends, Lovers, and Lies

A Casey Quinby Mystery

by Judi Ciance

Days before graduation—Buster Adams, a member of the Barnstable High School Class of 2006 was found dead in Wequaquet Lake. The medical examiner listed the cause of death as an accidental drowning. Buster and Betsy Harper had been friends with benefits.

Ten years later, after a night of laughing, crying, and remembering, another member of the class of 2006, is found murdered in her hotel room – the same Betsy Harper.

Now, Annie McGuire, Class of 2006, asks her friend Casey Quinby to look into the situation. Casey is told it was an open case and to “stay away from it.”  Can she? Does she? Find out in Friends, Lovers, and Lies.

About the Author

Born and raised in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, I attended Green Mountain Junior College in Poultney, Vermont, and Quinsigamond Community College in Worcester. After numerous writing-related topics of interest classes. I finally walked with a degree in 2004. Later working in banking, sales, I also became general manager in my family’s metal stamping business.

Judi Ciance

       In 1992, my husband, Paul, was activated during Desert Storm. Following his service of five months at the Pentagon in Washington D.C. we moved to our house on the Cape. I went to work in the Superior Courthouse at the Barnstable County Court complex, then for the Barnstable Sheriff’s Office. During that time, I worked in the Drug Partnership Grant program, civil process, in records, wrote policies and procedures and retired as the Assistant Deputy Superintendent of Finance.
       In 2006, we moved to Florida where the heat in the summer, beats the snow in the winter. I may have a Florida address now, but my love for Cape Cod and Boston will forever live in my writing.