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"Poisoned by Proxy"
 MARY MACINTOSH dreaded the Landers file the moment it landed on her desk; this large case had become famous in the small town of Sheridan, Wyoming, and she knew it had the power to ruin more than just her 10-year-old client's life. The prosecution believed the Landers file was a case of Munchausen's by Proxy, which is a form of child abuse in which a parent with deep psychological problems induces symptoms of illness in his or her child. Mac finds it hard to believe that Levi's affluent parents could be so malicious to their own son. Dr. Luke Landers is a dashing and suave OB-GYN with a successful medical practice, and his gorgeous wife Evelyn is the picture of high society. Their four children are well known in the tight-knit community; the three eldest are high-achieving scholars and athletes who are frequently featured in the papers for their accomplishments. Mac struggles to comprehend the accusations against Levi's parents; yet must grapple over the cause of Levi's illnesses, which range from flu-induced leukemia to "failure to thrive." As Mac delves deeper into the dynamics of the Landers family, she is horrified by the web of conspiracy and betrayal that a love triangle can weave. As the courtroom drama unfolds, Mac vows to protect at all costs, including her own life.
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"The Five, a Mary MacIntosh novel"
 The sixth book in the author's Mary MacIntosh murder mystery series centers around a serial killer (Chandler Craig) who commenced his murderous rampage before the ripe of age 12, but due to a loophole in the law, is released from juvenile detention at age 21. Mac hosts a reunion for her four college roommates at her family cabin in the Colorado Rockies. Within months of his release from jail, Chandler shows up at the cabin and captures each of the five with means of force, violence and torture, telling them that "one of their husbands hired him to kill one of them, and it was up to each to convince him that she was not it." Each friend struggles with the notion that her husband wants her dead, soul searching the past, present and future of the bonds of marriage and friendship. Chandler's mayhem and means of torture stem from his abusive and tumultuous childhood and with each act of violence committed against THE FIVE, he reveals the depths of his hatred and sorrow. Mac's search for the truth behind Chandler's motive to kill is entangled with the revelation of infidelity, betrayal, and conspiracy stemming from Chandler's true birth father and a husband's fall from professional sports grace – into a league of crime involving performance enhancement drugs that, if discovered, will certainly derail dozens of high-profile athlete's careers. The grisly killings and complexity of plot make this sixth novel in the series a "Jeffrey Dahmer meets Scott Turow," as the courtroom drama unfolds.
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Maureen Meehan Aplin was born and raised in the small Northern Wyoming town of Sheridan. Ms. Aplin received her Bachelor of Science and Master of Arts degrees in education before becoming a lawyer. She has been practicing civil litigation in California for over a decade. She has completed numerous marathons and triathlons, including the Boston Marathon, as well as the Hawaii Ironman World Championship Triathlon. In her first Mary MacIntosh novel, Dying to Ski, Mac defends a client accused of murdering his business partner on the ski slopes of Jackson Hole. In her second Mary MacIntosh novel, Snake River Secret, Mac is on a mission to solve the murder of her legal secretary. In her fifth novel, Poisoned by Proxy, Mac defends a young boy whose mother has been accused of poisoning him by Munchausen by Proxy. In THE FIVE, (the sixth novel in the Mary MacIntosh series), five college roommates meet for a reunion and are confronted by a juvenile serial murderer who has just been released from prison. Ms. Aplin lives with her family in Southern California.