About Lara
Lara is a journalist, true crime author, former private investigator and certified cat detective. Her work has appeared in the Portsmouth Herald, the Exeter News-Letter, the Hampton Union, the New Hampshire Union Leader, Woman's World magazine, USA Today, Vulture, and the Boston Globe.
Lara is the author of the Piper Greene Exeter mysteries series, including Dead on Deadline and The Final Curtain. She also wrote the true crime hit Lie after Lie: The True Story of a Master of Deception, Betrayal, and Murder.
In 2008, she covered the first death penalty case to go to trial in New Hampshire in almost fifty years for the Associated Press. As a news reporter, she has received numerous awards from both the New Hampshire Press Association and the New England Newspaper & Press Association for her crime and investigative reporting.
Lara was previously a licensed private detective. She worked as a defense investigator for the New Hampshire Public Defender system for seven years. During that time, she was involved in investigating cases from misdemeanor assaults to felony murders.
Lara is a board member of Exeter LitFest, which hosts an annual weekend literary festival to celebrate the rich literary heritage of the town of Exeter, NH.
Lara lives in Exeter, New Hampshire where she can often be found walking around town plotting her next local murder mystery or riding her pink scooter while trying to talk to everyone she sees.
