P. J. Parrish is actually two sisters --- Kristy Montee and Kelly Nichols --- who pooled their talents and their lifelong love of writing to create the character of Louis Kincaid. Their New York Times and USA Today bestselling novels include AN UNQUIET GRAVE, A KILLING RAIN, ISLAND OF BONES, THICKER THAN WATER, PAINT IT BLACK, DEAD OF WINTER and DARK OF THE MOON.

Their collaboration is unique in that the sisters live in separate states (Kelly in Mississippi, Kristy in Florida). The sisters were born and raised in Detroit, Michigan. Kristy graduated from Eastern Michigan University with a teaching degree but went on to journalism, working as a police reporter and a features editor; she also served as the Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel's dance critic for eighteen years. She now lives in Fort Lauderdale with her husband.

Kelly attended college at Northern Michigan University in the state's remote upper peninsula. Kelly has lived in Arizona and Nevada, and currently lives in northern Mississippi. She worked in the gaming industry for the last 20 years, and was a senior specialist in the human resources department of a Native-American casino in Mississippi. She has two daughters, a son and three grandchildren.

Books by P. J. Parrish

The Killing Song

by P. J. Parrish - Fiction, Suspense, Thriller

At 35, Pulitzer Prize–nominated journalist Matt Owens is adrift. But when his beloved younger sister Mandy is murdered on a dance floor, Matt follows a chain of musical clues --– “killing songs” --- to hunt the anonymous killer.

The Little Death

by P. J. Parrish - Fiction, Mystery

South of Hell

by P. J. Parrish - Fiction, Mystery