“Pru Marlowe is back and better than ever…”

“Fast-paced and well-plotted” Well, thank you! This great review ran in The Conscious Cat today.Pru Marlowe is back, and she’s better than ever! In Panthers Play for Keeps, the fourth book in Clea Simon’s Pet Noir series featuring pet behaviorist and...

This is what we look like

Women in the raw. Lots of them.It started because of the horror. I and presumably thousands of other viewers reacted with shock at the sight of Kim Novak at the Oscars. Her face, once the epitome of icy beauty, looked frozen and bloated, more plastic than flesh....

Breaking into the Boys’ Room: VIDA runs the numbers

Gender representation in book criticism is getting a little more even,but not much… Paint a landscape. Anything you want. Only, you can’t use green. Or, let’s be fair, you can, but only a smidge – say no more than a nickel-sized dollop on your palette. And not, you...

“Grey Howl” gets two very big thumbs up!

My seventh Dulcie Schwartz feline mystery, “Grey Howl,” pubs on March 1 and I am pleased as punch that both Kirkus and Publishers Weekly have given me glowing reviews. Here are the reviews in their entirety:From Publishers WeeklyPublishers WeeklyGrey Howl:...