Reviews
Happy International Cat Day!
Do you purr at your cat? I talk to Thisbe, of course, much as I spoke to Musetta and Cyrus before her. I'd never thought of purring at my little tortie, though, until a journalist for Inverse contacted me for this article. Now, of course, I want to try it. Only Thisbe...
FIVE QUESTIONS with muso Brett Milano
Author Brett Milano and I go back years – from when he was making his living (and his name) as a music critic for such publications as the Boston Globe and Boston Herald and we'd meet up in long-gone clubs like the Rat or TT's. He's since gone on to other projects,...
Listen now: “Under the Radar with Callie Crossley”
Tune in on Sunday at 6 p.m. to WGBH-FM 89.7 or listen online anytime, as WGBH host Callie Crossley talks to me, Hank Phillippi Ryan, and Peter Swenson for her summer thrillers club. Callie's great – she read our books and had really smart questions. Did she stump us?...
“a delightful read….” RTE on FEAR ON FOUR PAWS
Writing for Reviewing the Evidence, a crime fiction journal, onetime Pinkerton investigator and former journalist Ruth Castleberry takes on my Fear on Four Paws, noting, "the exchanges between various animal characters and Pru are skillfully done and sound genuine....
Meet Pru Marlowe, animal psychic…
Raven-award winning book blogger Dru Ann interviewed Pru Marlowe, protagonist of my pet noir series (including the new Fear on Four Paws) on her blog here. Plus, she's giving a book away! Click through to find out how to win.
FIVE QUESTIONS with thriller author Amy Shojai
Before Amy Shojai started writing thrillers, she'd authored more than 30 serious animal-care books: The woman knows her beasts! In recent years, she's turned that knowledge into "thrillers with bite," penning suspense novels with realistic animal characters. We've...
Writing across the spectrum
Even if you adore chocolate, sometimes you want chips, right? And after a salt binge, I usually find myself craving something sweet and spicy. So why should authors content themselves with writing only one kind of book – or even one kind of mystery? That's the...
FIVE QUESTIONS with NYT-bestseller Caroline Leavitt
Welcome to the inaugural Five Questions! In each edition, I'll be asking an author five questions and letting her or him introduce herself to you. Today, we're chatting with the New York Times bestselling author of Cruel Beautiful World, Is This Tomorrow, and Pictures...
“A genre-bender … in full force.” THANK YOU, Fredericksburg Free-Lance Star
"A genre-bender that continues the series theme while simultaneously expanding it, Cross My Path displays Simon’s powers of imaginative conception and adroit execution in full force." So says Jay R. Strafford in the Fredericksburg Free-Lance Star and I couldn't be...
Noir Night!
Tonight is Noir Night! Mysteries and wine! Come join us (More info here.)Noir and more Noir: Casual Reading, Wine Tasting, & Book Signing New England Mobile Book Fair is thrilled to be welcoming Clea Simon, Laura Lieberman, & Joanna Schaffhausen for an evening...