The Death of an Ambitious Woman (21 page)

Barbara Ross
is the mother of two children and lives with her husband in Somerville, Massachusetts. Like her character, Chief Ruth Murphy, she knows something about the stresses of being the boss.

Her short stories,
New Derby, NewYear’s Eve
and
Winter Rental
have appeared in anthologies of New England crime stories published by Level Best Books.
Winter Rental
won an honorable mention for the Al Blanchard Award sponsored by the New England chapters of Mystery Writers of America and Sisters in Crime.