From the publisher: In glittering Newport, Rhode Island, status is everything. But despite being a poorer relation to the venerable Vanderbilts, Emma Cross has shaped her own identity—as a reporter and a sleuth.As the nineteenth century draws to a close, Fancies and Fashion reporter Emma Cross is sent by the Newport Observer to cover an elite house party at Rough Point, a … [Read more...] about Murder at Rough Point — an impressive cozy mystery
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Behind the story of the Sleuth Sisters mysteries
Maggie Pill is the pseudonym of Peg Herring, the author of Sleuthing at Sweet Springs. She writes three different mystery series, including the Sleuth Sisters mysteries. Herring is an avid traveler and likes to keep her books light, but jokes she may have inadvertently ended up on a Homeland Security watch list."The Sleuth Sisters Mysteries as a whole are pretty … [Read more...] about Behind the story of the Sleuth Sisters mysteries
Behind the story of Grilled for Murder with Maddie Day
Publishers can have funny rules. For instance, when should a writer use her real name and when is a pen name required? Edith Maxwell is one such writer. She's been nominated for an Agatha, and writes four different series. Under her own name, she writes the Local Foods Mysteries and the Quaker Midwife Mysteries; under Maddie Day, she writes the Country Store Mysteries; and the … [Read more...] about Behind the story of Grilled for Murder with Maddie Day
Behind the story of Framed to Death by Christina Freeburn
In ninth grade, Christina Freeburn and a friend collaborated to write a teen-romance novel. Freeburn says the book was hidden away years ago, but she's continued writing. According to Freeburn, she's always loved books, and she now has nine of her own. In Framed to Death, she poses the question—how can you bring a murderer to justice when a town prefers to hail the killer as a … [Read more...] about Behind the story of Framed to Death by Christina Freeburn
Lindsay Emory says sororities can be intense
Lindsay Emory says she's been a writer since the first grade when the teacher put her in a closet and told her to write instead of learning math. The author of Rushing to Die, the latest Sorority Sisters mystery, and a former sorority sister herself, Emory describes life in a sorority as "pretty intense" and said, "there are plenty of reasons to want to kill an enemy—or a … [Read more...] about Lindsay Emory says sororities can be intense