Growing up in Southern California in the ‘60s, Jane E. Cooper embarked on her remarkable journey as a mystery writer. While most of her young girlfriends were simply skipping rope, Jane gazed at the serpentine rope twirling before her on the playground and thought only of her favorite game ... Clue.

    What weapon would be used to murder the body she imagined would be discovered in the library?

Oh, yes. It would certainly turn out to be the rope.