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Five Questions with Deb Grabien
Was it the music? The mysteries? The rescue cats? I no longer recall how I first got to know Deb Grabien. Even before her rock Kincaid novels, Deb was incorporating music into her books, with the Haunted Ballad series, which focused on the crimes and ghosts of British...
Down to the River
"Take me to the river..." How evocative is that line? Whether you're seeking to be cleansed or to discard the evidence of your dirty deeds, down by the river as where you go. It's where we all go. "I love that dirty water, oh, Boston, you're my home." Rivers are also...
Five Questions with Kameel Nasr
Kameel Nasr has become an institution on the New England crime fiction scene. The author of two heist mysteries set in Boston's classical music world, Kameel is a loyal supporter of his fellow authors, showing up at readings and book events regularly. He also...
Update: World Enough is out in paperback!
Update: World Enough IS available in paperback – but it looks like there's a delay in getting the books to U.S. warehouses, and Amazon is now shipping in May. The good news is that Book Depository – a UK firm that ships worldwide for free – has the book in stock....
Five Questions with Wendy Fallon
Wendy and I are both scheduled to be panelists at next month's Malice Domestic conference. We'll be chatting about paranormal mysteries together, so it made sense to me to reach out – spiritually, as well as literally – to a sister "woo woo" author! How does a book...
A lovely surprise
In today's mail. I was hoping to get Thisbe to pose with it, but she says if she's not in a book, she won't support it.
Five Questions with Linda L. Richards
Linda L. Richards is one of my inspirations. I forget if I first discovered her work through January magazine or through an online community, but in retrospect, it hardly matters. Back then, I was trying to branch out from straightforward cozies/amateur sleuth,...
Come make a mystery with us!
Ever want to kill someone? Know where you'd hide the weapon? Come down to the Burlington Public Library tonight and make a mystery with me, Hank Phillippi Ryan, Gary Braver and Toni L.P. Kelner (aka Leigh Perry). We'll be asking you – the audience – to give us your...
Five Questions with Beth Kanell
I first came to know Beth through her reviews. Well considered, well written reviews are rare, so when I read a review of one of my own mysteries at Kingdom Books, the blog Beth keeps for her northeastern Vermont bookstore, I was overjoyed. Now I have the site...
“A Spell of Murder” is a winner!
Pleased as punch to announce that A Spell of Murder, the first in my new Witch Cats of Cambridge series, has been named a Certificate of Excellence winner by the Cat Writers Association. That's an honor in itself, but it also means this mystery is a finalist for the...