Presenting… Murray!

Congratulations and a big “thank you” to Jacqueline and Graig Fantuzzi, who won the right to name a cat in my next mystery. Their donation to Boston’s Animal Rescue League will help pay for adoptions, spay and neuters, and tons of other great...

“Oh! Boston you’re my home!”

… no this isn’t the Standell’s “Dirty Water.” But, hey, they weren’t a Boston band. Instead, here’s a clip of World Series-winning closing pitcher Jonathon Papelbon doing his dance to the Dropkick Murphys’...

Sample chapter Sunday!

Don’t know where you are, but here in New England it’s rainy and damp. A good day to curl up with a good book. Want to browse without leaving the house? The blog Reviewed by Liz has started offering “Sample Chapter Sundays,” where mystery...

Guest blogger: Hank Phillippi Ryan

To celebrate the launch of Hank Phillippi Ryan’s second Charlie McNally mystery, Face Time, I asked Hank if she’d consider guest blogging. Despite an incredibly hectic schedule, which not only includes book promotion but also her regular serious news job...

A life in crime…

… crime fiction, that is. Sister Mystery Writers of America member and Agatha and Anthony award-winning author Rhys Bowen penned this poem, which wonderfully sums up the experience so many of us have on the road. If you’ve ever wondered about the exciting...

Blatant Self Promotion (thank you, Booklist)

I promise, I’m not going to flood anyone’s lists with this or bring it up too often in conversation. I’m just posting this here and at Crimespace because, damn it, you write a book alone, you sit around for months wondering about it, and it’s...