Fiora Flynn is a fictional character in an eight book mystery series by A.E. Maxwell (husband and wife writing team Evan and Ann Maxwell

Ann Maxwell

Ann Maxwell , also known as A.E. Maxwell and Elizabeth Lowell, has individually, and with co-author and husband Evan, written over 50 novels and one non-fiction book...

, who also writes as Elizabeth Lowell.) The books in the series are Just Another Day in Paradise (1985), The Frog and the Scorpion (1986), Gatsby's Vineyard (1987), Just Enough Light to Kill (1988), The Art of Survival (1989), Money Burns (1991), The King of Nothing (1992), and Murder Hurts (1993). Fiora is the ex-wife and on-again, off-again lover of Fiddler

Fiddler (mystery series)

Fiddler is the fictional protagonist in an eight book mystery series by A.E. Maxwell The books in the series are Just Another Day in Paradise , The Frog and the Scorpion , Gatsby's Vineyard , Just Enough Light to Kill , The Art of Survival , Money...

, an independently wealthy Southern California

Southern California

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 resident with a past who occasionally solves crimes. Fiora, an investment banker, invested Fiddler's ill-gotten gains to spectacular effect. She is "fey" or "psychic

Psychic

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" and sometimes has precognitive dreams if Fiddler or someone else she loves is in danger. She was named "Fiora" because a hospital nurse mistakenly wrote "Fiora" instead of "Fiona" on her birth certificate. Themes in the series included action and adventure with villains ranging from KGB

KGB

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 officers and Colombia

Colombia

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n drug smugglers to high society artists and corporate executives.