Reviews

“Definitely more than just another cat mystery.”

Thank you, Booklist!Grey Expectations, Simon, Clea (Author), Apr 2012. 208 p. Severn, hardcover, $27.95. (9780727881342).The fourth in Simon’s Mr. Grey and Dulcie series, following Grey Zone (2011), continues successfully to marry the apparently very different...

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“Had God intended Women onely as a finer sort of Cattle…

"Had God intended Women onely as a finer sort of Cattle,” wrote one early 18th Century woman, “he would have not made them reasonable." Such is the sentiment of the Gothic novelist my heroine Dulcie Schwartz is studying in her latest mystery, Grey Expectations (Severn...

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Not the brightest bulb

I just had an amusing exchange w/ an electrician. I had brought in two lamps to be rewired, and they were due to be fixed today. As I walk up to the store, I see a photo of a black cat with a heart-shaped background on the window. It says, "Have a PURRR-fect...

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Argh!

It's happened again. I've gotten to that point in revising where I realize that a clue, one I thought perfect, MAKES NO SENSE! The good thing is, I think I see a way to fix it. The even better thing? By the time anyone reads it - even my agent and my editor – the...

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A faithful reader

Melon, a librarian's cat, gets the jump on my upcoming April release, Grey Expectations (Severn House). He seems engrossed, doesn't he?

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Gun? What gun?

"That ain't mine." Here it is, the real final (sans a review quote) cover for Cats Can't Shoot, the second Pru Marlowe pet noir, out April 3, 2012.

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Dulcie-E!

It has taken a little longer than expected, but the Dulcie Schwartz mysteries are going to be e-books! Look for Shades of Grey, Grey Matters, and Grey Zone to be available in your favorite e-format on March 1, 2012 (that's only three months, folks) - check your...

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