Snowbound

Chris Phipps writes the type of fiction she likes to read: traditional, character-driven mysteries with unexpected twists—the kind where the reader gets the same clues as the sleuth and tries to beat him or her to the solution. She doesn't like to read scenes with graphic violence, steamy sex, or extreme profanity, so she doesn't write them. She does like a little humor and themes that relate to real problems in our society.