Anne Argula

ANNE ARGULA is a pen name used by Darryl Ponicsan for several mysteries set in the Pacific Northwest. He was born in Northeast Pennsylvania and currently resides in Seattle, Washington.

The first novel in the series, "Homicide My Own" (2005) is about a cop who solves his own murder from a previous life. It was nominated for an Edgar Award.

The second in the series is "Walla Walla Suite" (2007), which follows Quinn, who narrated the first book. Now she is in Seattle and working for a mitigation investigator until she is drawn into an unusual murder case.

Her novels are marked by humor and coal regions idiom.