On page 11 of the June 8-14, 2006, online edition of the Canadian newspaper The Express is a bittersweet article about author Rachel Kimor-Paine and the release of her first mystery novel, Death Under Glass, published by Killick Press. Between the time she finished the manuscript and the book itself was delivered to her door, she was diagnosed with lung cancer.

   And on February 1st of this year, as reported by The Gumshoe Site earlier this month, Ms. Kimor-Paine lost her two-year battle with the disease. She was 55. The manuscript of a second book in the series, Death in the Tai Chi Retreat, is said to be in the hands of her publisher.

   Death Under Glass introduces as a series character Olga Erdos, a retired lawyer from Budapest now living in St. John’s, Newfoundland. The murder of a high society woman (and real estate agent) who is poisoned with pesticide is the first of several deaths and suspicious accidents that she must solve.

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   The following is excerpted from the short biography of her as posted on her publisher’s website:

   Rachel was born in Israel in 1952, to parents who had fled Hungary after the Second World War. She received a Master’s Degree in Anthropology from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem and later qualified as a lawyer. Rachel moved to Newfoundland upon her marriage in 1998. She has used her experience as immigrant, as well as her knowledge of anthropology and the law, to develop a unique detective story in an unusual location.

   A longer tribute to Rachel Kimor-Paine, including much more information about her very interesting life, can be found in the online edition of The Globe and Mail.