Cherri Galbiati    The Final Twist    Email Cherri

Four church ladies stumble into the home of the Piper’s mansion for their monthly meeting, finding the town’s bank president and his wife sitting in their easy chairs with slashed throats. To help the community from seeing such an atrocity, they decide to lay their Bibles down and clean the crime scene. Didn’t want anyone to see the mess. Then, they called the police.

Chief McAllen and Spike’s finest have little to go on, thanks to the cleanliness of the Mount Pleasant Baptist’s church ladies. It isn’t until Becky, the chief’s wife, and her unusual involvement diving into the Piper’s lives, that the clues to the identity of the murderer trickles in like tiny rain drops.

Carmen Garza falls prey to the clutches of a deceitful web, finding out too late the mistake she has made, leaving the citizens of Spike, Texas pointing fingers at one another.

Becky McAllen worked with Search Dogs in her past and the opportunity arises again after inheriting the Piper’s German shepherd puppy, Tasha…with conditions.

About Cheri:

Cherri Galbiati grew up in a rural area on the outskirts of a small town in Louisiana and moved to Houston, Texas in the fifth grade.  Books became her passion and by the seventh grade she knew she wanted to be become a writer.

Northwestern State University, Natchitoches, Louisiana, is where Cherri attended college and from there traveled throughout Scotland, London, Germany, and France, returning to Houston to make this great city her home.

When she isn’t working with her canine family, writing, reading, and hand crafts take up much of her time.  Being an avid coffee taster, she has an exclusive selection of coffee beans on hand at all times and has an extensive collection of coffee mugs from all around the world.

Animals play a huge part of her and her husband’s lives as four German shepherds and one Great Pyrenees-Golden mix resides with them in their home.  Two of her German shepherds were active Search and Rescue Dogs, one is a retired Police Officer, and the other two are supervisors for keeping the rest of us in line.

Cherri has two Cadaver Search Dogs and were members with Lone Star Search and Rescue and Greater Houston Search and Rescue.  Both dogs have now gotten on up in years, and both served our communities with bravery and honor.  She is also a member of Sisters in Crime and The Final Twist, Houston, Texas in which she served as Vice President in 2004-2005. 

Author’s note:  I feel that growing up in the country, as a child with humble beginnings, and also living in a large city where my dreams have been able to mature, that this life has blessed me with the best of both worlds.  And both of these worlds I fully embrace.

Cherri resides in Houston, Texas with her husband and their five dogs.

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