Dissing a Whole Genre: Bad KarmaWhen the Beach Reads series begins, my main character, Summer Merriweather, is a book snob. She grew up with a mom who owned and ran a romance-themed bookstore and she found it embarrassing and appalling. A weird kind of rebellion, right? So, she became enamored with Shakespeare. It set her apart from her mom, her mom's friends, and the … [Read more...] about Once Upon a Seaside Murder by Maggie Blackburn
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Swimming with the Fishes by Marc Jedel
Author Interview of Marc Jedel, author of Swimming with the Fishes: An Ozarks Lake Mystery (#2)Q. Your second series has shifted locations from the Silicon Valley to the Ozarks. Why choose this area for your second series? A. I’m very excited that so many readers seem to love my Silicon Valley Mystery series and characters. I plan to continue in that series, but I … [Read more...] about Swimming with the Fishes by Marc Jedel
Cover reveal for The Friday Night Mystery Club
A New Book from Joanna Campbell Slan A Novel Featuring a Female Amateur Sleuth and Her FriendsDecatur, Illinois - 1986Release Date September 18, 2021The Friday Night Mystery ClubA nasty divorce leaves Cragan Collins with a mountain of bills and her grandmother to support. She takes a job as an ad salesperson for The Gazette. The market is tough, … [Read more...] about Cover reveal for The Friday Night Mystery Club
Guest post for Death by Leprechaun by Jennifer S. Alderson
Who-dunnit Is More Important Than WhyCharacters are the heart of the Travel Can Be Murder novels, a series of cozy mysteries that follow tour guide Lana Hansen to intriguing locations around Europe. They come alive for readers – according to many Amazon and Goodreads reviews – something I am very proud of.That is why I like to murder my victim later in the book, … [Read more...] about Guest post for Death by Leprechaun by Jennifer S. Alderson
Santa Fe is calling – a guest post by Helen Currie Foster
A guest post by Helen Currie FosterDriving into New Mexico with my husband (favorite long-time travel companion) I peer anxiously out the car window––I won’t be happy until I spot the first antelope, tiny, almost invisible, bounding across vast pale green ranch pastures below a string of distant mesas. Then, where I-25 crosses the south-running Pecos River, we see towering … [Read more...] about Santa Fe is calling – a guest post by Helen Currie Foster