Reviews
Win a copy of “An Incantation of Cats”
I'm doing a giveaway over on Goodreads! Goodreads Book Giveaway An Incantation of Cats by Clea Simon Giveaway ends October 29, 2019. See the giveaway details at Goodreads. Enter...
Five Questions with Lois Winston
No, it's not Thanksgiving yet. But in publishing terms, it's already the homicide, and Lois Winston's latest sweet and funny crafting cozy, Handmade Ho-Ho Homicide will come out tomorrow. Lois's Anastasia Pollack mysteries are always good fun, so this eighth outing...
Five Questions with Greg Herren
Greg Herren and I could be twins. Well, okay, except that he identifies as male while I'm female, he's gay and I'm straight, and his ridiculously fun Scotty Bradley mysteries feature a protagonist who is all of the above, as well as in-depth looks at New Orleans, his...
Mass. Book Awards
I am overjoyed. me and Jon! The Massachusetts Book Awards recognize significant works of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and children’s/young adult literature published by Commonwealth residents or about Massachusetts subjects. Massachusetts Center for the Book is...
Five Questions with Tara Laskowski
Tara Laskowski burst onto the consciousness of many readers with her Agatha Award-winning short story, "The Case of the Vanishing Professor" (from Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine). This fall (Oct. 1!), we'll get more Tara, as Graydon House releases One Night Gone,...
That fall preview?
The Boston Globe uses a firewall for readers. If it's going to continue to pay reporters and editors – as well as freelancers like me! – it needs people to subscribe. That's why the fall arts preview might ask you to log in (though you can read a few articles for...
Five Questions with R.D. Rosen
The marvelous Thames Street Oyster House was loud. The occasion – the dinner preceding the wedding of dear friends – festive. And considering the bride and groom, the conversation swung from politics and food to arts and writing. No surprise, then, that I found myself...
Falling into new books…
Why "genre?," I asked my editor. Why not just ask me to pick five novels for the fall preview? I was all ready to launch into my usual "don't ghettoize us into different categories, we're all storytellers, etc." when he explained that when he assigned general fiction...
What if they were stealing kids?
Stephen King is always fun to read. These days, he's also increasingly political – but that doesn't take away from the sheer thrill of his new The Institute. Read my review in the Boston Globe here.
Five Questions with Denise Swanson
Denise Swanson has cozies covered! With four series, including the Stumble River (most recently, Die Me a River) and Chef-to-Go (look for Leave No Scone Unturned next March), she creates relatable heroines – small-town gals who have to set things right. No wonder...