The Black Widow Agency

Meet the Black Widows

Katie Mahoney is the founder of the Black Widow Agency. This sexy ex-cop knows Cyber Crime, computer forensics, and how to make a man’s drive hard. She’s busted drug lords, broken identity theft rings, knows the streets and has a clear disdain for any man who treats a woman wrong. While working as an undercover narcotics detective, Katie discovered her husband, a fellow cop, was having an affair. She blew her stack, but someone else blew her cover. Katie survived being shot and never being able to have children, but she can’t seem to survive a day without scotch. Now in her late-thirties, she has an on-again, off-again relationship with her ex-husband and struggles to keep her shapely figure. Tenacious but fair, Katie is haunted by her shooting and the mystery of who blew her cover.

Alex

Alexandria Axelrod is the twenty-something, somewhat eccentric “Geek Goddess” of the Black Widow Agency. Rail thin and prone to not eat, this former computer hacker treads in the digital dark world and reigns cyber supreme. Alexandria comes to the Black Widow Agency after being arrested by Katie for hacking into a major corporation, but Katie discovers that the funds Alexandria pilfers are being diverted to children’s charities. Sensing this modern day cyber Robin Hood has a good heart, Katie eventually hires Alexandria on as the Black Widow Agency’s lead computer forensics investigator. Emotionless and somewhat anti-social, Alexandria prefers the company of her pet tarantula, “Divinity,” to people.

Margo

Margo Norton is a plus-sized African American woman with a sassy mouth who can whip you with her sharp-edged tongue just as quickly as she can whip up one of her famous chocolate cakes. Katie arrested Margo when Margo’s ex-husband set her up to deliver cocaine. Katie believed Margo was innocent and risked her police career by destroying the evidence in Margo’s case. Katie got caught and was fired, but then hired Margo on as the Black Widow Agency’s office manager. Margo takes no prisoners, struggles with the demands of being a single mom and being in a new relationship, but remains fiercely loyal to Katie for having kept her out of jail. She’s big, she’s black and you’d damn well better call her beautiful.

Jane

Jane Landers, affectionately dubbed “Plain Jane,” takes care of all things financial at the Black Widow Agency. At sixty, Jane is the oldest of the Black Widows. Jane and Katie met when Katie investigated the disappearance of Jane’s husband. Katie was the one to break the awful news to Jane that her husband took all their money and his new girlfriend to Bermuda and wasn’t coming back. Jane is demure, petite, easily offended and prone to frequent hot flashes, but a financial whiz who will doggedly sniff out any errant transaction in the world of finances. Jane not only takes care of the books, but abides by them as well, which often leads to tension over Katie’s unconventional investigative techniques.


Home Meet the Black Widows Womenade Fundraiser Behind the Scenes Meet Felicia Donovan Books On-Line Safety The Black Widows Speak Their Mind Contact Links BWA Blog	Meet the Black Widows Katie Mahoney is the founder of the Black Widow Agency. This sexy ex-cop knows Cyber Crime, computer forensics, and how to make a man’s drive hard. She’s busted drug lords, broken identity theft rings, knows the streets and has a clear disdain for any man who treats a woman wrong. While working as an undercover narcotics detective, Katie discovered her husband, a fellow cop, was having an affair. She blew her stack, but someone else blew her cover. Katie survived being shot and never being able to have children, but she can’t seem to survive a day without scotch. Now in her late-thirties, she has an on-again, off-again relationship with her ex-husband and struggles to keep her shapely figure. Tenacious but fair, Katie is haunted by her shooting and the mystery of who blew her cover. Alexandria Axelrod is the twenty-something, somewhat eccentric “Geek Goddess” of the Black Widow Agency. Rail thin and prone to not eat, this former computer hacker treads in the digital dark world and reigns cyber supreme. Alexandria comes to the Black Widow Agency after being arrested by Katie for hacking into a major corporation, but Katie discovers that the funds Alexandria pilfers are being diverted to children’s charities. Sensing this modern day cyber Robin Hood has a good heart, Katie eventually hires Alexandria on as the Black Widow Agency’s lead computer forensics investigator. Emotionless and somewhat anti-social, Alexandria prefers the company of her pet tarantula, “Divinity,” to people. Margo Norton is a plus-sized African American woman with a sassy mouth who can whip you with her sharp-edged tongue just as quickly as she can whip up one of her famous chocolate cakes. Katie arrested Margo when Margo’s ex-husband set her up to deliver cocaine. Katie believed Margo was innocent and risked her police career by destroying the evidence in Margo’s case. Katie got caught and was fired, but then hired Margo on as the Black Widow Agency’s office manager. Margo takes no prisoners, struggles with the demands of being a single mom and being in a new relationship, but remains fiercely loyal to Katie for having kept her out of jail. She’s big, she’s black and you’d damn well better call her beautiful. Jane Landers, affectionately dubbed “Plain Jane,” takes care of all things financial at the Black Widow Agency. At sixty, Jane is the oldest of the Black Widows. Jane and Katie met when Katie investigated the disappearance of Jane’s husband. Katie was the one to break the awful news to Jane that her husband took all their money and his new girlfriend to Bermuda and wasn’t coming back. Jane is demure, petite, easily offended and prone to frequent hot flashes, but a financial whiz who will doggedly sniff out any errant transaction in the world of finances. Jane not only takes care of the books, but abides by them as well, which often leads to tension over Katie’s unconventional investigative techniques.