I’m Nancy L. Mangan, author of The Orchid Mystery, the first book in the Cambridge Mystery Series.

I’m originally from New Zealand, studied medieval history, and spent several years working at Cambridge University. I later ran the Black Cat Café in Cambridge, where students, academics, artists and eccentrics provided no shortage of material.

My mysteries are shaped by Cambridge: its beauty, its secrecy, its odd rituals, and its talent for keeping inconvenient truths behind closed doors.