On 11 September 2001 she was evacuated from her Tribeca home and left her beloved Manhattan for the relative peace of a Sydney beach. Her fourth novel, The Cutting, a murder mystery set on the Australian coast, was published in 2003.
Following the tragic events of 9/11, she was relocated from her Tribeca abode to a more serene Sydney beach. Her fourth literary work, The Cutting, a crime thriller set along the Australian coastline, debuted in 2003.