Erica Quest
Personal Information
Description
Nancy Jean Buckingham was born on 10 August 1924 in Bristol, England, UK. In 1949, she married John Sawyer, born on 4 October 1919 in London, England, UK. They formed one of the most popular writting-team marriage. The first books published under her maiden name Nancy Buckingham since 1967, are classical gothic novels. In 1970s, they started to used the pseudonyms: Christina Abbey and Erica Quest. In 1980, they sold her first novels to Silhouette, and they mixed their names to create the penname Nancy John. They also published one novel as Hilary London. The last novels that they published are a popular police series as Erica Quest, protagonized by the Detective Chief Inspector Kate Maddox. Their last novel was released in 1992. Nancy Jean Buckingham Sawyer was the eighth elected Chairman (1973-1975) of the Romantic Novelists' Association, and is now one of its vice-presidents. John passed away in 1994.
Books
Design for murder
A young playwright and an attractive interior designer find themselves suspects when the unhappily married wife of a prominent Senator is found murdered. Attending Mrs. Kirby's house party, Stephen Ransom and Ann Vickery struck up a conversation, and Stephen jokingly outlined a plot for a mystery play that might take place in the Washington mansion's setting. After Mrs. Kirby is found dead, Stephen and Ann must join forces to clear their name, under the watchful eye of Inspector Duveen.