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Malice Domestic: Celebrating 25 years of traditional mysteries
Must be my journalism roots. I can't resist reporting... and I'm just leaving the three-day cozy fest known as Malice Domestic. There, I attended panels on "mysteries around the world" and "social issues in traditional mysteries" and I was invited to speak on a panel...
Didn't you love that photo of Melon the cat? Well, his person - a librarian - weighs in on the book here."If," she writes, "you like multiple stoylines, an academic sleuth who is less practical than she likes to imagine, and some slightly otherworldly felines, then...
An indie bookseller on PARROTS PROVE DEADLY
From the Kingdom Books blogClea Simon's companion feline is named Musetta -- and there's a photo on Simon's blog of this canny cat, staring into the computer screen. Whether Musetta can guide Simon in plotting, who knows? But the years of companionship show up...
Quite the tail!
Me and Alan Furst
Oh, don't I wish!But I was thrilled to see two new reviews this morning. The first informed me that the BBC adaptation of Furst's "The Spies of Warsaw" begins tonight, and I've set the DVR (9 p.m. Eastern). Love his books - so moody, so intense.The second was even...
Zelda as the muse
What is it about a madwoman? From the Maenads to Edie Sedgwick, such heedless spirits have long inspired our stories. When they don’t exist in real life, we invent them. Just ask Heathcliffe what was pushing him so hard, and he’ll come back with some tale about a...
Historical friction…
And here's my piece on why you're all reading the wrong Hilary Mantel novel, also for DAME.
That’s why the feminist is a Dame….
It occurs to me, I should link to the book pieces I write for DAME magazine. So here's my take on why, 50 years after its publication, Betty Friedan's The Feminine Mystique still matters. It's not what you'd think...
Thank you, Publishers Weekly
"Clever... pithy dialozuge and distinctive characterizations..." These are some of the early words from Publishers Weekly for my April pet noir, Parrots Prove Deadly.Parrots Prove Deadly: A Pru Marlowe Pet NoirClea Simon. Poisoned Pen, $24.95 (278p) ISBN...
Somerville gets its own Cat Fest!
Call us copy cats! In the wake of the hugely successful Cat Video Festival at the Walker Center in Minneapolis, our little city that could – Somerville – is hosting its own "Copy Cat Fest." The event, to be held Sunday, Feb. 17, 4-7, will be smaller in scope, but will...