Mikki Lincoln first appeared in Crime & Punctuation and one of the best ways to learn about a person is by asking questions, so let’s get to know Mikki.
What is your full name?
Michelle (Mikki) Greenleigh Lincoln
How old are you?
70
What is your profession?
Retired school teacher turned freelance editor (aka “book doctor”)
Do you have a significant other?
I’m a widow
Do you have any children?
No
Do you have any siblings?
No
Who is your best friend?
Darlene Uberman
Do you have any pets?
Calpurnia (Cal), a calico cat
What town do you live in?
Lenape Hollow, Sullivan County, New York
Would you say you live in a small town or a big city?
Small town
Type of dwelling and do you own or rent?
I bought back the house I grew up in, built in the early 1900s
What is your favorite spot in your home?
My upstairs office, which was my bedroom as a teenager
Favorite meal and dessert?
Scallops with mushrooms and noodles in Alfredo sauce; Boston Cream pie
Do you have any hobbies?
I like to do jigsaw puzzles
What is your favorite vacation spot?
Right here at home, although I do enjoy visiting my in-laws in the Western Maine mountains, where I lived before returning to New York State
What music do you listen to?
None
Do you have a favorite book?
Too many to name them all
What is your idea of a really fun time?
Spending an afternoon or evening catching up with old friends
If you were to write a memoir, what would you call it?
** Life is Never Simple **
Amateur or professional sleuth and whom do you work with?
Amateur; Darlene helps with research and my cousin Luke and his girlfriend Ellen (a police officer) sometimes assist
In a few sentences, what is a typical day in your life like?
Get up; feed the cat; edit client manuscripts; stumble over a problem or mystery that needs to be solved; devise a plan to find answers. Sometimes there isn’t even a murder involved.
A Fatal Fiction is the third book in the “Deadly Edits” cozy mystery series, coming June 30, 2020.
Freelance book editor Mikki Lincoln knows the makings of a well-written story. But she’ll need to choose her words wisely when a new assignment introduces a deadly plot twist . . .
Forgotten on the outskirts of quaint Lenape Hollow, Feldman’s Catskill Resort Hotel has outlasted its heyday as a popular tourist destination and now awaits demolition. But once Mikki is hired to edit a revealing memoir by Sunny Feldman, the last living relative of its original owners, the doomed resort quickly ends up back in the spotlight . . .
Unfortunately, everyone’s attention shifts to Mikki when a body is discovered at the demolition site. Seen arguing with deceptive entrepreneur Greg Onslow right before his shocking death, the editor has no choice but to spell out exactly why she isn’t guilty of murdering him . . .
Mikki’s dash for answers brings Greg’s shady dealings into focus, along with an unsettling list of potential culprits. As false leads and dead ends force her to revise theories on who really did it, can Mikki separate fact from fiction before the investigation reaches a terrifying conclusion?
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About the author
With the June 30, 2020 publication of A Fatal Fiction, Kathy Lynn Emerson/Kaitlyn Dunnett will have had sixty-two books traditionally published. She won the Agatha Award and was an Anthony and Macavity finalist for best mystery nonfiction of 2008 for How to Write Killer Historical Mysteries and was an Agatha Award finalist in 2015 in the best mystery short story category. She was the Malice Domestic Guest of Honor in 2014. Currently she writes the contemporary Liss MacCrimmon Mysteries and the “Deadly Edits” series as Kaitlyn. As Kathy, her most recent book is a collection of short stories, Different Times, Different Crimes but there is a new, standalone historical mystery, The Finder of Lost Things, in the pipeline for October. She maintains three websites at kaitlyndunnett.com and kathylynnemerson.com and another, comprised of over 2000 mini-biographies of sixteenth-century English women at A Who’s Who of Tudor Women.
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