A Word With Mia P. Manansala

Why do you write the genre that you write?Mystery is my favorite genre to read and cozy mysteries are particularly beloved by me and my mom. I’m just writing the books I’ve always wanted to read but couldn’t find. Tell us how you got into writing?I’ve loved writing...

Flora Steele by Merryn Allingham

It was meant to be a break from running the All’s Well, that’s the bookshop I inherited from my aunt Violet in a village called Abbeymead, deep in the Sussex countryside. I’d agreed to travel with Jack Carrington, our local crime writer, to a place called Treleggan on...

Carmen Valdez by Alex Segura

Hey, my name is Carmen. I live in a tiny apartment in New York City, but I’m from Miami. My parents came over from Cuba right after Castro took over. But that’s the backstory, you’re here for more than that. I moved up here to New York to work in comics. I want to...

Risa Marr by Joan Long

It’s a Saturday morning and few people are at the marina yet. It’s too early. I’m too early. But I’m anxious. This is the day that I—Risa Marr—get the chance to change my life forever. Streaks of pink and gold warm the Florida sky. The wheels on my rolling suitcase...