Kate Clark Flora is the master of the mystery and true crime genres. Author of seven "strong woman" Thea Kozak mysteries and three gritty police procedurals in her star-reviewed Joe Burgess series, Girls' Night Out is her first novelette, only in Shebooks. In this delicious tale of revenge, when the man who date-raped a friend is found not guilty, the women in her book group decide to take matters into their own hands.

When she's not writing or teaching at Grub Street in Boston, Flora is in her garden, waging a constant battle against critters, pests, and her husband's lawn mower. She's been married for 35 years to a man who still makes her laugh. She has two wonderful sons, a movie editor and a scientist, two lovely daughters-in-law, and four rescue "granddogs," Frances, Otis, Harvey, and Daisy. You can follow her on Twitter @kateflora or at Facebook.com/kate.flora.92.