Allie Armington just wants to relax and take her mind off her current troubles, and that's exactly what she and her sister, Angela, aim to do during their impromptu getaway at a plush New Mexico spa. Unfortunately, any hopes they have of getting a little R&R are quickly dashed when a series of bizarre murders begin to plague the local area, culminating in the cold, calculated death of the popular town sheriff.

Spa Deadly is a well-crafted, suspenseful tale of compounded intrigue that will keep the reader riveted with each fresh turn of the page. In masterful fashion, Louise Gaylord peels back layer after layer of misleading clues and duplicitous information, leaving you with only a faint hope of discovering where the real truth behind her unfolding mystery may lie.

The trouble started with a call from her sister, a supermodel, in New York City. The next thing she knew, Allie Armington, young, bright, successful and slightly bored Texas attorney, was on a plane to the Big Apple. It was downhill from there.

Beautiful women are showing up dead, neat X marks carved in their breasts with almost surgical precision. Chilling enough in the abstract, but made all too real when Allie’s sister’s roommate turns up among them

In a New York minute, Allie’s up to her eyeballs in an NYPD sting operation targeting mega-rich men hosting parties in a secluded castle on the exclusive Jersey shore, complete with masks, mysterious monikers, models and mischief of the carnal and chemical kind. winning author of Anacacho, first in the Allie Armington Mystery series. A world traveler and opera buff, Louise divides her time between Houston, Texas; Montecito, California; and Old Forge, New York in the Adirondacks. Louise is currently at work on the third book in the Allie abduction.

Just as things get really dangerous, enter Uvalde, Texas’s ex-Sheriff Bill Cotton, Allie’s long lost heartthrob, in Ivy League apparel and minus the Texas drawl. From the Rich Boys’ club to the mysterious Sigrid Hale, there are surprises galore. Once again Allie demonstrates her incredible ability to get into trouble. Let’s hope she’s as good at getting out if it.

The woman found murdered in Texas' Anacacho Mountains, her beauty queen looks ruined by carrion birds, is Allie Armington's ex-best friend. The prime suspect, the victim's handsome, mega-rich husband, just happened to have once been the love of Allie's life. Though she hadn't seen the couple for eight year's, Allie's suddenly found herself thigh deep in a Tex/Mex conspiracy involving cattle, oil and drugs… and a handsome sheriff who makes her knees weak whenever he's around. But there's something about him…

Anacacho smiles at you, gently beckons, then sucks you in. It's so subtle you don't even realize you're hooked until you try to put it down. It has terrific characters but the problem is, you never know which ones you can trust.

It's a good thing this is the first in a series of Allie Armington mysteries because once you meet her, you're going to want more.

But everything starts to unravel the day Mac “kidnaps” Julia and flies her to an idyllic wilderness setting for a romantic mid-week picnic. Lightning strikes—literally—and though her injury is minor, everything begins to change.

Julia’s exploration of herself and the future she once thought so secure is engaging, intriguing…and full of surprises.