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What if they were stealing kids?
Stephen King is always fun to read. These days, he's also increasingly political – but that doesn't take away from the sheer thrill of his new The Institute. Read my review in the Boston Globe here.
Five Questions with Denise Swanson
Denise Swanson has cozies covered! With four series, including the Stumble River (most recently, Die Me a River) and Chef-to-Go (look for Leave No Scone Unturned next March), she creates relatable heroines – small-town gals who have to set things right. No wonder...
Five Questions with Susan Larson
It's probably odd for most of Susan Larson's fans to hear that she's written a mystery, though the subject – Mozart – would make sense to them. After all, Susan was an opera singer before she turned to fiction. But I edited Susan's writing before I ever heard her...
On New England Authors, with Kameel Nasr
In addition to penning his own culturally conscious crime fiction, author Kameel Nasr hosts a cable interview show where he interviews New England authors. I'm honored to have been one of his recent guests. If you'd like to join us (and aren't on the Cambridge cable...
Editing, editing, editing…
I'm in the thick of edits for An Incantation of Cats, mulling over a particularly troublesome passage. (In brief, my editor wants more info about a bit of magic, and I'm trying to figure out how to work it in without gumming up the dialogue.) And so... I've set up the...
Five Questions with Barb Goffman
Sometimes I want my fiction short and ... not so sweet. That's when I turn to Barb Goffman, whose prize-winning short stories pack a punch in a neat little package. There's plenty of atmosphere. Tension, too, but nary a wasted word. You can find her stories in Ellery...
Fear on Four (purple) Paws
Check out this cool – and very purple! – cover. It will grace the WorldWide edition mass market paperback of my Fear On Four Paws, available online only as of Dec. 1. I'll put up a link when it's available! And here's the full cover flat, including the back cover...
Five Questions with Hallie Ephron
Hallie Ephron is not only a New York Times bestselling author, she's a loyal supporter of the New England crime fiction scene. That made me doubly bummed that I had to miss her local launch for the brand new Careful What You Wish For at our great local indie,...
‘World Enough’ a MA Book Award ‘must read’
World Enough has been named a "must read" in the Massachusetts Book Awards, presented by the Massachusetts Center for the Book, for books published in 2017, joining such others notables as Alice Hoffman's The Rules of Magic and Claire Messud's The Burning Girl. Top...
Goodbye KISS, an appreciation
“Hey, watch this!” Spring 1976, and the four of us were parked in Phil’s Firebird when he took a mouthful of lighter fluid from his trusty BIC, flicked the sparkwheel and blew. The ensuing flame singed the car’s visor – and his eyebrows – resulting in much stoned...