In the midst of editing Jo Ann Vicarel’s  March 1 mystery column yesterday (we always work two months in advance of an issue date), one review of a promising new series intrigued me. The book under question was Deadman’s Switch featuring a fresh new sleuth, crisis manager Charlotte Lyon who must make her client Sun Rail look as caring as possible after a fatal derailment. Sadly its author, Barbara Seranella, creator of the gritty Munch Mancini series (No Man Standing), died on Saturday Jan. 21 while awaiting a liver transplant.  A few weeks before her death, Seranella had written a poignant Los Angeles Times editorial about her long battle with illness, and mystery author Denise Hamilton offers a moving tribute. In her memory, as one Dorothy-L listserver suggested, buy her books and be sure to fill out the organ-donor slot on your driver’s license.