K. L. Murphy is the author of Her Sister's Death, a 2023 Silver Falchion Finalist for Best Mystery and the January 2023 Once Upon a Book Club Pick. Publishers Weekly said, "Murphy keeps the tension high" and "Readers will eagerly turn the pages," and Library Journal called Her Sister's Death "[A] riveting tale." In addition to the Detective Callie Forde series, K. L. is also the author of the Detective Cancini Mystery series: A Guilty Mind, Stay of Execution, and The Last Sin. Her short stories are featured in Deadly Southern Charm and Murder by the Glass as well as the forthcoming anthologies First Comes Murder and Friend of the Devil: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of the Grateful Dead.