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I began my writing career when I was eight years old, folding over notebook paper to look like a book. While my novel "Lazy Bones" was never finished, I never lost the love of creating characters and placing them in awkward, mysterious, dangerous or romantic situations, sometimes all at once.
I have a master's degree in philosophy and taught philosophy and English for a few years. I have been in marketing and publishing for most of my adult career.
My first published novel, The Falcon and the Serpent (1990), fell in the fantasy genre, but my writing career has grown considerably beyond that single genre into more contemporary and literary works, including Justified Means, a quirky comedy-drama that follows a pastor’s wife along a Robin Hood-like adventure.
I live in Denver, CO, with my musician husband, Stephen, and our son Joshua. We are all kept in line by our cat Firefly. When I'm not writing, I am cycling.
Reviewed by Viga Boland for Readers' Favorite
Oh boy! Can Cher Smith ever write a gripping, tension filled, page-turning thriller. Tracer is all of that, and one of the most enjoyable and engrossing reads I've had in a while. The very premise of Tracer captured my imagination before I even started the book: what if it were possible to re-program, re-wire a person's brain so effectively that all their memories and evil tendencies were erased and replaced with memories and more socially acceptable behavioral traits? That's what a small, very secret FBI group decides to do with a vicious serial killer, Adam, who as a teenager was part of a murder spree similar to the Manson killings.
When his very opposite twin, Alan, a talented computer geek begins suffering fierce, inexplicable headaches, that secret band of agents who have been monitoring Adam's brain waves go on the alert. Something has gone wrong inside Adam's head, but Alan is the one suffering. The race begins to prevent a possible catastrophic relapse and to find where and why wires have become crossed. That race results in bloodshed, the murder of innocent people, and the unravelling of years of work and cover ups.
Tracer will keep readers glued to the page. The characters are well-drawn, surprisingly believable in what might seem an implausible plot. Yet, if you're a follower of the show Blindspot, where one of the key figures has had his murderous memories erased and replaced, perhaps such a secret FBI group or program really does exist? On a deeper level than the sensational possibilities, Tracer also explores family and interpersonal relationships. Amidst the bloodshed and mayhem, there are beautiful sensitive moments between several characters that keep us believing good will always prevail in a bad world. Great writing and reading!
