Reviews
Publishers Weekly on “World Enough”
"Intriguing series launch … readers with a taste for noir are sure to want to see more.” This intriguing series launch from Simon, best known for her cozy Dulcie Schwartz mysteries (Into the Grey, etc.), introduces Boston journalist Tara Winton, who back in the 1980s...
Kirkus Reviews on “World Enough”
“[A] fascinating reminiscence of sex, drugs, and rock and roll.” A woman obsessed with the Boston rock music scene of 20 years ago discovers that it’s not quite what she remembers.Forty-something Tara Winton hates her comfortable but dull job in corporate...
Happy new year – and new books!
Wow, what a week. A week ago today, Musetta was still with us. Still herself. But maybe something had already changed. I was sitting at my desk, writing, and she came over and reached up to me – grabbing onto my thigh with her claws and asking to be lifted onto my...
Some cheering news (new books!)
This happened this week, too. More cat mysteries on the way. So that is cheering! From Publishers Marketplace: September 21, 2017Digital: Fiction: Mystery/Crime Author of the Pru Marlowe series Clea Simon's A SPELL OF MURDER, the first in her new "Witch Cats of...
And then there was Musetta….
Again, from The Feline Mystique (St. Martin's, 2002):In early March, we go to Texas and close-dance at the Broken Spoke. We eat barbecue, and buy cowboy boots. (THat's not why we went, but as I admire my ostrich-clad feet, I must say it was a high point.) I have begun...
Remembering Cyrus, 1984-2001
(from The Feline Mystique)JANUARY 25, 2001Well, our dear kitty – the sixteen-year-old perfect master – is gone. It was as good as it could be. He spent the last night with us. First he dragged himself into the living room and we lifted him onto the couch and he...
Today, I have a cat-sized hole in my heart
Musetta is gone.March 28, 2001–Sept. 20, 2017
#FelineFriday – Hidden Tiger edition
Good news from the big cat world! According to this story in the New York Times, the Javan tiger – which has been considered extinct – may still be wandering in the wild!As the report reads, "Rangers at Ujung Kulon National Park in West Java last month photographed a...
“Gritty and Gripping” (thank you, BOLO Books)!
BOLO Books (as in "be on the lookout") previews fall crime fiction, and I'm THRILLED to say that "World Enough" made the cut of books to look out for!BOLO writes: "As always, competition for these slots was tough. Which books are generating that elusive buzz in the...
Rock trivia!
Hey, Greater Boston-area rockers! Come on out tonight for Rock 'n' Roll Trivia tonight (Monday) at Once in Somerville. Erin Amar (of Rockerzine) and local legend Brett Milano will be handling the main duties – and they've asked me to help out too! We'll help you...