When thirty-something editor Erin Markham finds her reporter dead in the pressroom of her Charlotte, NC, newspaper, all heck breaks loose in this traditional mystery. Erin is convinced it’s murder. Her quest to find the killer leads her straight into danger. Along the way, she must cope with a family secret buried for years, a secret that threatens her most precious relationships. Written by a former newspaper editor, “Deadline for Death” offers a realistic look inside a big-city newsroom. First in a series.

When journalist Erin Markham stops by the ice skating rink for practice before going to her job at a newspaper in Charlotte, North Carolina, she expects a refreshing start to her day. What she finds is death on the ice, danger and a tangled web of jealousy and conspiracy as a major skating competition nears. An exciting inside look at both a big-city newsroom and the world of competitive skating. Sandy Hill, a journalist and former skater, is also the author of four cozy mysteries, “Deadline for Death,” "A Dying Wind," and "Shadow Dance, and four historical novels: “Tangled Threads,” “Bonds of Courage,” “Kate and Delia,” and “The Blue Car.”

Charlotte newspaper editor Erin Markham is expecting a relaxing vacation at her mom’s cottage on North Carolina’s Outer Banks, along with a chance to meet her mother’s so-far-mysterious new beau. Maybe she’ll even figure out where her relationship with her lawyer boyfriend is going. But her plans are upended when a hurricane slams ashore, and a teenage boy dies on her doorstep with a knife in his back and her name on his lips. Sandy HIll is also the author of cozy mysteries “Deadline for Death,” “An Ice Day to Die,” and "Shadow Dance," and four historical novels, "Tangled Threads," "Kate & Delia," "The Blue Car" and "Bonds of Courage."