Nancy Gardner’s first novel, Dream Stalker, tells the tale of a modern Salem witch who walks into dreams to solve crime. She is currently working on a follow-up novel featuring her protagonist, Lily Scott. 

Nancy Gardner also writes short stories featuring unexpected sleuths, Flo and Rose, two homeless women. One of her story's, “Death’s Door,” appeared in the 2022 Malice Domestic anthology, Mystery Most Diabolical.

REVIEWS

“A satisfying whodunit with a persuasive folk-magic element.” Kirkus Reviews

“A richly imagined Salem thriller that shows how deeply into nightmare another will go to save the daughter she loves.” Brunonia Barry, New York Times bestselling author of The Lace Reader.

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MORE ABOUT DREAM STALKER

You can uncover hidden truth if you were born with the mark of a dream-walker. Like Lily Scott, a modern Salem witch, who descends from a long line of Celtic witches with the power to explore the hidden recesses of the subconscious.

Lily’s first adolescent attempt at dream-walking ended in disaster. Now, decades later, her comfortable world has exploded. Her husband Sam is dead. Sarah, her daughter, is falsely accused of murder. While her estranged sister, a Roman Catholic nun, struggles to protect the band of aging homeless women in her care. Lily must decide. Tap into her power to search for a killer, protect her daughter and the women under her sister’s care, or let her fear of the Dream Stalker hold her back.