Mary Jane Maffini and I met over dinner at Left Coast Crime. She’d arrived in Hawaii from Canada and was hungry. I’d arrived from California and was hungry. Why not share a table?
We exchanged names and stories. I told her that I’d almost been named “Mary Jane” by my parents after a distant ancestress. Turns out one of her sleuths is named MacPhee. A name in my family tree too. Zounds. Who couldn’t like someone as nice as Maffini, who is also probably a cousin if we go back far enough?
MJM just posted a link on Facebook to her new book trailer.