Eva Gates is a national bestselling author who began her writing career as a Sunday writer: a single mother of three high-spirited daughters, with a full-time job as a computer programmer. Now she has more than twenty novels under her belt in the mystery genre, published under the name Vicki Delany. She lives in Ontario. This is her sixth Lighthouse Library mystery.
"Praise for Read and Buried: ""Historical injustices combine with a touch of romance and codebreaking in a neatly packaged cozy."" —Kirkus Reviews ""Delightful...Gates provides loads of eccentric and amusing suspects, shifting motives for the theft and for the murder, and a surprising solution to the mystery contained in the map."" —Publishers Weekly ""A sure bet for library-loving cozy readers."" —Booklist ""I LOVE visiting Nags Head, North Carolina....in the Lighthouse Library Mystery series books that is!! And the main character, Lucy Richardson, is someone I would love to hang out with."" —Cozy Mysteries Book Reviews ""A rollicking good read that cozy fans will love."" —Suspense Magazine ""A fun read with many an unexpected plot twist and turn...simply outstanding."" —Midwest Book Review Praise for Something Read Something Dead: “The fifth in Gates' sprightly series sets romance and a mighty good mystery against a delightful picture of the Outer Banks.” —Kirkus Reviews ""An engaging mystery...Readers who enjoyed Miranda James's 'Cat in the Stacks' mysteries will discover this series similarly entertaining, complete with a library, a cat, and a captivating location and sleuth."" —Library Journal starred review “Charming… This entry reinforces Gates’s position at the top of the cozy genre.” —Publishers Weekly “If the other stories in this series are this enjoyable, they all belong in the reader’s library.” —NY Journal of Books ""I can’t wait for another one. Eva Gates is a talented author with a knack for hitting all the right cozy mystery notes."" —MyShelf"