Janet Heijens is the author of the Wrongful Conviction Mystery Series including SPANISH POINT, SNOOK WALLOW, CASPERSEN BEACH and WRONGFUL CONVICTION. Detective Lalo Sanchez returns in SPANISH POINT to solve another Wrongful Conviction Mystery. Once again he partners with retired Lawyer, Cate Stokes, to prove their client, Jez Landon - currently serving time in Florida's infamous Lowell Women's Prison - is innocent of murdering her pimp. Armed with very few clues, Lalo and Cate are determined to find justice for Jez. A dark look at the underbelly of human trafficking and abuse, SPANISH POINT delivers a surprise ending that has become the signature style of Ms. Heijens' novels. Pinnacle Book Award winning SNOOK WALLOW transports Heijens' readers back to South Florida where the death penalty is the law of the land and drug-dealing traffickers abound. Earning a Starred Kirkus Review, Heijens keeps readers guessing until the last page is turned. In CASPERSEN BEACH, an innocent man is sentenced to life in prison for the murder of a small child. Years later, as a homeless woman lay dying, she confesses to knowing who murdered the little girl. With another child's fate hanging in the balance, Cate and Lalo rush to find the real killer. WRONGFUL CONVICTION, the prequel to Heijens' other three books, exposes flaws in a racially biased legal world. Cate Stokes attempts to clear a wrongfully convicted man who is serving a life sentence for killing his wife and two children. With a myriad of twists and turns, WRONGFUL CONVICTION premiers a cast of characters who won't soon be forgotten. Ms. Heijens lives with her husband, Pieter in Sarasota, Florida