R. Franklin James grew up in the San Francisco Bay area,  graduated from UC Berkeley, and flourished in a career of public policy  and political advocacy. In 2013, the first book in her five- star  Hollis Morgan Mystery Series, The Fallen Angels Book Club, was published  by Camel Press. In 2019, she launched the Remy Loh Bishop series with  another hit, The Appraiser. She launches a new series featuring  protagonist Johanna Hudson with the debut  this month of "The  Inheritance".

Beyond her prolific output as an author, Rae James  sits on the board of Bouchercon, Capitol Crimes, the Sacramento Chapter  of Sisters In Crime, and is a member of Mystery Writers of America, and  Northern California Publishers and Authors.

The Inheritance is the  tale of a 30 year-old genealogist, forced to face the pain of her own  past while discovering that her talents can be used to solve more than  her clients' ancestor family lines -- including blackmail and murder.  Johanna Hudson discovers that the intersection of unintended  consequences and murder is unavoidable, and her determination to find an  heir puts her in the path of a killer who is just as determined to stop  her.