Tracy Gardner Books

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Tracy Gardner is an Edgar Award nominated fiction author represented by Fran Black of Literary Counsel. Her RUBY RED HERRING with Crooked Lane Books, a Best 100 of 2021 New York Public Library book and a 2022 Mary Higgins Clark Award finalist, finds Gemologist and Antiquities expert Avery Ayers unraveling the mystery of how a priceless ruby is connected to the tragic car crash that killed her parents, and whether the strange messages she’s receiving could mean her father’s actually alive. The second book in this series, PERIL AT PENNINGTON MANOR, publishes June of 2022.

Tracy is also the author of Hallmark Publishing's first cozy mystery series, the Shepherd Sisters Mysteries. OUT OF THE PICTURE is the first book in the now complete trilogy, intriguing, engaging stories about Art Authenticator turned elementary art teacher Savanna Shepherd and her sisters solving murder mysteries in a small Lake Michigan town.

A Detroit native and mother of three, Tracy Gardner is a daughter of two teachers who works as a nurse when not writing. Tracy lives with her husband and best friend of thirty years and a menagerie of spoiled rescue dogs and cats. She is a strong believer in the power of baked goods, live music, family and friends as staples to a happy life. (Animal assistants pictured below)