They’re HERE!

I just sent off the ms. for Dulcie #6, “Grey Dawn,” went shopping and came home to find a box on my doorstep! True story!(And you can pre-order it here.)

“CATS” makes the Washington Post!

Last spring, when both Grey Expectations and Cats Can’t Shoot came out, some things went wrong. For starters, a mix-up with the printer meant that most of the review copies of “Cats,” my second Pru Marlowe pet noir, did not go out. That meant, no...

Busy, busy, busy…

Sorry for the radio silence, folks! I’ve been busy: Sent off a slightly tweaked ending to Pru #3 Parrots Prove Deadly that ups the tension and drama (the idea came to me while relaxing on the beach, go figure). And now I’m busily revising Dulcie #6, Grey...

Tana French’s “Broken Harbor”

Love the author. This new book… not so much. Here’s my review from the Boston Globe:At her best, Tana French writes characters. Her dark, moody novels may be categorized as crime fiction, but they rise and fall on the twisted and often conflicted survivors...

First glimpse: PARROTS PROVE DEADLY

And here it is! That wonderful quote is dummy type, alas (can’t I get a critic to say exactly that?). I love that the cover artist used an African gray – the parrot in the book – as well as a tabby cat (though I suspect Wallis never looked that innocent). Have...