When Sheree Petree graduated from Fresno State University with a degree in journalism, she immediately snagged a management job working for the Telephone Company in their Pasadena, California office. Within the year, she was transferred to the Santa Cruz office, where she managed 30 telephone operators and two supervisors. There, as a 23-year-old rookie, she wondered what would happen if a caller thought an operator had overheard his incriminating conversation. How far would he go to silence that operator?

For years that "what if" thinking lingered in Sheree's creative mind. Ultimately, it became the springboard for NUMBER, PLEASE, her first published novel.

SOUNDS OF SILENCE - 
The summer of 1966 is a far cry from sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll for Santa Cruz telephone company manager Trish Malcolm. A cheating fiancé and broken engagement have left her doubting her judgment and her dreams. Just when she thinks her life can't get any worse, an operator she has hired is murdered. And then another... (more)

NUMBER, PLEASE -
An innocent operator in the Santa Cruz phone company office is mistakenly run down in cold blood. The driver’s intended target: college hire Trish Malcolm, and it’s only a matter of time until the killer has her number... (more)

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