While living in Alaska, Renée learned to sleep under the midnight sun, fly fish, cross-country ski, and survive the bitter cold. She hiked the Brooks Range and traveled the state from Prudhoe Bay to Valdez.   After she left the corporate world to seek her next adventure – writing - the beautiful state of Alaska, and it’s most primal spirit inspired her to make it a feature, almost another character in her mystery trilogy. The wonders, mysteries and incredible beauty that is Alaska fill each novel, as well as murder and mayhem.   The Detective Quaid mysteries weaves a rich tapestry of love, obsession, and murder. Renee currently lives in Myrtle Beach, SC and is working on a new noir mystery based on "Murder Beach" (the nickname for Myrtle Beach). For the immediate future she hopes to finish and publish the 5th book in the Detective Quaid series, Murder, Just Because.   If you have any questions about me or my writing, please send me an email to yolandarenee@hotmail.com. I would love to hear from you.