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“Spell” in paperback
Yes! Just in time for holiday reading (and giving), A Spell of Murder is out in trade paperback. Same adorable cover, but lighter weight – and a bit less expensive too. Want a signed copy? Email me and we'll figure it out!
Five Questions with Ang Pompano
I've been getting emails from Ang Pompano since I started writing crime fiction, and I always answer them. Ang is a stalwart of the New England Sisters in Crime (ok, he's a Mister in Crime), and he's tireless – always working on Crimebake or another organizational...
Listen here! (A giveaway)
Do you listen to audiobooks while you drive or work out? Keep up with your stories while you cook or knit or disassemble heavy machine parts? (Hey, cozy readers come in all shapes and sizes!) Have I got a contest for you! Dreamworks has done a bang-up job on the...
Five Questions with Scott Von Doviak
"Clea!" I turned and there was Scott Von Doviak. The scene was a hotel lobby, somewhere in Dallas, a city known for barbecue and assassination. The occasion, Bouchercon, the latest iteration of the annual gathering where the crime fiction community – writers, readers,...
Five Questions with Susan Fleet
Susan Fleet is fearless – a woman trumpet player in the very male world of jazz – and we first got to know each other over some of these ongoing battles. I'm thrilled that she's now given some of her courage to her fictional detective Frank Renzi, who's a cop in...
“Simon expertly casts suspicion…”
“”Simon expertly casts suspicion on one member of her tiny human cast after another…”
In #MeToo era, we don’t need to make nice
As many of my writer friends know, I've been working on a darker-than-my-usual crime novel that deals with, among other things, the aftermath of violence, the funny tricks denial can play on memory, and how a single act can permanently alter the trajectory of a...
Five Questions with Nina MacLaughlin
I first met Nina when she was at the Boston Phoenix, and she quickly became a go-to writer. You know, the ones whose stories you read as soon as you spot the byline – no matter what the subject was, even when it was "100 Unsexiest Men." When she quit and I'd heard she...
Bouchercon!
By the time you read this, I'll be in Dallas. I've got two events today at Bouchercon, the World Mystery Convention, and more to come. This is a huge convention that's focused on the readers and fans (though we authors always have a blast as well), now in its 50th...
“I loved everything about this book…”
"I loved everything about this book. The characters were quirky, the story made me laugh out loud and I loved the sister cats with magical powers. After finishing book two, I immediately purchased book one so I could start from the beginning. " The advance...