Single mom Emily Locke has relocated to Houston to work part-time for her private investigator friend, Richard Cole. It's a nice balance between work and family until she learns out she's working for the attorney who defended her husband's killer.The client, socialite Claire Gaston, awaits trial for the murder of a local plastic surgeon. Claire has been leading a wildly unconventional life. Should she be condemned for bad choices? Emily, haunted by her own, doesn't think so.Then a mysterious note takes her undercover at a high-brow ladies' health club where Emily finds a surreal fitness subculture where things-and people-are seldom what they seem. At this gym, "killer workout" takes on a whole new meaning.A graduate of Wright State University and The Ohio State University, Rachel enjoys a career in biomedical engineering when she's not writing mystery and suspense fiction. She lives in Texas with her husband and their three children.rachelbrady.net