Helen Starbuck, no relation to the coffee chain, is a Colorado native, former OR nurse, nurse editor, and award-winning author of the Annie Collins Mystery Series and the standalone suspense novels Legacy of Secrets, Finding Alex, and The Woman He Used to Know. She loves mysteries, suspense, and any book that is well written.
Helen likes stories about strong women and interesting men. She writes her mystery series from the perspective of Annie Collins, an OR nurse, and relies on her love of suspense to write her standalone suspense novels. Her theory is, that if you don’t like life as it is, you can always write a different ending.
Synopsis for The Mad Hatter’s Son
Cajoled into helping an old friend find the cause of her puzzling symptoms, operating room nurse Annie Collins is drawn into a life that has derailed. Libby Mathiesen’s doctors and her husband think her symptoms are the result of a miscarriage. Libby is sure they aren’t and wants Annie’s help to discover what’s wrong. Outside her comfort zone and finding Libby difficult to deal with, Annie wonders whether Libby is really ill or if there is more to her story than what she’s saying. Annie’s need to solve the puzzle drives her to uncover the truth about Libby’s illness, but her search for answers doesn’t come without a price and threatens her life.