Rachel was born in Israel in 1952, to parents who had fled Hungary after the Second World War. She received a Master’s Degree in Anthropology from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem and later qualified as a lawyer. Rachel moved to Newfoundland upon her marriage in 1998. She has used her experience as immigrant, as well as her knowledge of anthropology and the law, to develop a unique detective story in an unusual location. Death Under Glass is the first of a series of mystery novels featuring Olga Erdos.