A Word With Elly Griffiths

Why do you write the genre that you write?I’ve always loved mysteries. My first book, written when I was 11, was a murder mystery called The Hair of the Dog. How did you come up with your pseudonym?My grandmother’s name was Ellen Griffiths. I didn’t know her very well...

Ellery Hathaway by Joanna Schaffhausen

It’s weird that I’m sitting here. Nothing is strange about my location; the new Cuban restaurant is jumping despite the frigid February temperatures. Bostonians go out no matter what the weather. If we stayed in due to the cold, we’d be homebound from November to May....

MayBell Ferth by Sam Cheever

My name is MayBell Ferth, and the cute little ball of fluff and ‘tude sitting on my lap is Shakespeare. . . Shakes for short. Shakes is a Pomeranian, a.k.a. the Pomeranian Devil. He’s also my best friend and my accomplice in crime-fighting and other things. I come...

Sydney Whitmore by Kathi Daley

The undeniable chill that ran down my spine as the impenetrable steel door slammed behind me should have been expected. It wasn’t like this was the first time I’d passed into a building designed to keep those who entered from leaving. I supposed the resolute nature of...