A Devonie Lace Mystery

“Cresse’s third mystery is a tidy, precise work, well organized and nicely crafted. For most collections.”

- Library Journal, June 1, 2002

“Building a better mousetrap may bring the world to your door, but building a better automobile engine is grounds for murder in A Deadly Change of Power by Gina Cresse. After just-married Devonie Lace realizes that someone is trying to kill Ronnie Oakhurst because Ronnie holds the key to technology that would make fuel obsolete, Devonie decides to investigate, and soon finds her own life in danger.”

- Publishers Weekly, May 27, 2002

Devonie Lace has just returned from a glorious honeymoon with her husband Lance. He is eager for their life to begin, uncomplicated by Devonie’s knack for stumbling into mysteries and her determination to solve them. After a quick stop at the hospital where he works, Devonie witnesses a man trying to smother a patient. It turns out that the patient is amnesiac, found by a fisherman in the ocean with no explanation.

Naturally, Devonie wants to help this woman. When the woman’s memory returns, she tells Devonie that her name is Ronnie and she is the sister of a racecar driver. She was supposed to go with him and others to Cabo St. Lucas on vacation but was left behind. Soon, Devonie discovers that she is also an inventor and has discovered a way to make cars run without gasoline. As Devonie digs deeper into Ronnie’s life she becomes the target of the people who tried to kill Ronnie for her inventions and her car designs.

Gina Cresse is a native Californian. She grew up in the beautiful Sierra Mountains with her collection of horses, dogs, and cats. She graduated from Humphrey’s College in Stockton, California, with a degree in computer science in 1983. For many years, she has worked as a computer software developer for a large winery in the central San Joaquin Valley. She now lives in the desert mountains of Southern California. She spends her days very much the same way as the heroine of her mysteries would, hunting out bargains and trying to turn a profit.

A Deadly Change of Power is Gina’s fourth mystery for AVALON.

Avalon Mysteries by Gina Cresse:

The Devonie Lace Mystery Series
A DEADLY CHANGE OF LUCK
A DEADLY CHANGE OF POWER
A DEADLY CHANGE OF HEART
A DEADLY CHANGE OF COURSE - PLAN B
A DEADLY BARGAIN - PLAN C