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#NoContact Book Tour with Nina MacLaughlin
Be careful what you wish for. After the publication of Nina MacLaughlin's masterful Wake, Siren last fall, I was lucky enough to attend a reading at Harvard Book Store, where she brought several of these profound and stunning pieces – retellings of Ovid's...
Missing Malice and so much more
Hi, all! How are you? I know you can’t see me, but I am waving madly at you all from my home in Somerville, Massachusetts. As I write this, Gov. Baker of Massachusetts is extending the stay-at-home advisory from May 4 to May 15. This isn't a surprise – it looks like...
#NoContact book tour with Tilia Jacobs
Welcome to the #NoContact Book Tour! While we all stay inside and stay safe, books have become even more important. But book events and conferences, alas, are canceled – as are most schools!. With that in mind, I’m particularly honored to have Tilia...
#NoContact book tour with Victoria Zackheim
Welcome to the #NoContact Book Tour! While we all stay inside and stay safe, books have become even more important. But book events and conferences, alas, are canceled. So today I am thrilled to welcome Victoria Zackheim, whose Private Investigations:...
“The King of Warsaw” review
My review of Twardoch's brutal, moving novel ran in the April 19 Sunday Boston Globe. BOOK REVIEW ‘The King of Warsaw’ is a Holocaust novel with a twist By Clea Simon Globe Correspondent,Updated April 16, 2020, 12:00 p.m. Jakub Szapiro knows about the...
#NoContact book tour with Tim O’Mara
Welcoming crime fiction master Tim O'Mara to the #NoContact Book Tour! Tim and I went to high school together, and after a lapse of decades reconnected through the mystery world, and I was thrilled to contribute to Tim's anthology Down By the River (Down and Out),...
#NoContact Pub Day with Sarah Smith
Today, let's welcome Sarah Smith to the #NoContact Book Tour – and get ready to celebrate her new book, Crimes and Survivors. While we all stay inside and stay safe, books have become even more important – and with Sarah's latest, we can actually set sail! Hey, Sarah!...
#NoContact Book Tour with Maddie Day (Edith Maxwell)
Welcome to the #NoContact Book Tour! While we all stay inside and stay safe, books have become even more important. But book events and conferences, alas, are canceled, which is why I am thrilled to welcome my sister New England cozy author Edith Maxwel, aka Maddie...
#NoContact Book Tour with Gabriel Valjean
Today, let's welcome Gabriel Valjean to the #NoContact Book Tour! Gabriel's latest – Dirty Old Town – officially launched in late January, which feels like years ago now. And because Gabriel is such a constant supporter of our literary community, I'm so used to seeing...
Remembering Kate Mattes
This ran in the Sunday Boston Globe on April 5. For the full obit, please see here. APPRECIATION Remembering Kate Mattes, a maven of mysteries At Kate’s Mystery Books in Cambridge, Mattes nurtured the likes of Robert B. Parker, Linda Barnes, and Dennis Lehane, and...