Christina Boufis is the author of jail mystery series set in San Francisco. The first book, The Cruelest Month, introduces an unlikely amateur sleuth?a teacher at a San Francisco jail who has a knack for finding trouble and dead bodies.

A former academic with a PhD in Victorian literature and Women's Studies, Christina spent nearly eight years teaching women in the San Francisco County Jail.

As C.B. Peterson, she is the author of a domestic thriller, I Want Him Dead. Christina's mystery short stories have appeared in Pulphouse Fiction Magazine, Kings River Life Magazine, and Larceny and Last Chances anthology.

She lives in Alameda, California with her family and an ever-growing collection of rescue animals. You can find her at christinaboufis.com and lurking on X @cbwrites2.