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E-book sale THIS WEEK ONLY!
Now's your chance to cozy up with some of my cat cozies – Dogs Don't Lie, Cats Can't Shoot, and Cries and Whiskers are on sale for $1.99 this week only on all platforms (that means, Kindle, Google Play, Nook...) These links are only good Dec. 15 through Dec. 22, so...
Booklist loves “A Cat on the Case”
"Clara, a small calico cat with the magical power to shade herself into invisibility, has the big job of watching over her human companion," this review (in the January issue of Booklist begins. "Cat-loving cozy fans with a taste for the paranormal will find a lot to...
Mystery Loves Georgia!
Hurry! The Mystery Loves Georgia auction is almost done. Today (Friday, Dec. 11) is your last day to bid on everything from cozies to thrillers, manuscript critiques to agent meetings, cocktails to getaways, and a few hundred more treats! Yeah, I donated a cozy book...
Ready for some light!
This year more than ever I'm ready to light the first candle! Happy Chanukah, everyone!
Jólabókaflóðið: The holiday we need this year!
It's party time, people! And as December dawns here at Chez Thisbe, we're getting ready to celebrate Jólabókaflóðið! That's the Christmas Eve tradition of book-giving that will get us through the long winter nights – and spread some cheer as well. (Those of us who...
#GivingTuesday
This year has been so tough, and I'm thrilled to see that neighbors real and virtual are responding by getting into the holiday spirit early. No, I don't celebrate Christmas, but I love to see your lights on my evening walks! I'm savoring your photos of trees and...
#NoContact book tour welcomes Barbara Ross
It's cold out. It's getting dark earlier, and between the virus and missing so many of our familiar holiday gatherings, I'd say it's the perfect time for a cozy! My own A Cat on the Case will be out in late January, but until then, why not cozy up to Barbara Ross's...
“Good Spirits,” indeed!
"You don't have to be a cat lover to appreciate this cozy mystery..." When I heard that Publishers Weekly had included my A CAT ON THE CASE in a roundup of cozy mysteries, I was thrilled. Then I SAW the piece – four cozies, all due early next year, all with some...
“Fans of feline cozies will be charmed,” says PW
"Simon's pleasing third Witch Cats of Cambridge mystery," begins the review in Publishers Weekly, which winds up by concluding "Fans of feline cozies will be charmed." Well, I'm charmed – and grateful – that my upcoming A CAT ON THE CASE is already winning such...
Sometimes sleuths work from home…
That's the premise of my short story, "The Inside Job," which will be featured in MASTHEAD: The Best New England Crime Stories 2020, coming Nov. 25 from Level Best Books. The story takes place post-pandemic, but my heroine – a homebody anyway – finds it hard to...