Best-selling authors tell all ‘WE’RE PARTNERS IN CRIME!’
Apr 25, 2021
4 minutes
Words: Fleur Guthrie
They met as carefree American teens singing ’80s hit La Bamba at prestigious Harvard University and their friendship soon turned into romance, which led to them co-authoring best-selling crime books based on real-life cases.
Now writer TJ Mitchell and his forensic pathologist wife Dr Judy Melinek have scripted a perfect ending to their own harrowing story, relocating their family to New Zealand to escape their COVID-ravaged homeland.
The couple feel “so grateful” to be a world away from their former lives in the US, where Judy led the pandemic response for a sheriff-coroner offi ce in the San Francisco Bay Area, but didn’t feel safe or supported at work.
Chatting to from their new home in
You’re reading a preview, subscribe to read more.
Start your free 30 days