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A Day in My Life ~ Lammie Timmon by Nora Gaskin

I learned as a little girl to keep secrets. Telling only brought me hurt. My secrets were my comfort. Now, on this day, I was ready to leave my old life and old hurts behind. I’d heard people say they felt as if they were walking on air. On this day, I understood just...

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A Day in My Life ~ Lucy Ambrose by Christina Kovac

It’s impossible to talk about any day in my life without first mentioning Addie and Penelope and Estella. We’re best friends from college, newly graduated and sharing a Georgetown rowhouse, a stone’s throw from our alma mater. We have great parties and crap jobs and...

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A Day In My Life ~ Vivian Joyce by Eileen Watkins

Around ten a.m., I parked in the lot of Addamsville Antiques, housed in a converted factory downtown. I hopped out of my CR-V and pondered its cargo. Somehow, I would have to wrestle that two-piece Roseville jardinière up to the second floor where I now leased Booth...

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A Day In My Life ~ Mrs. Oliver by Saralyn Richard

…by Quinn McFarland Mrs. Oliver was my sophomore high school teacher. I had her at a pivotal time in my life, when my BFF and my boyfriend hooked up and dumped me. Humiliated and bereft, I wanted to drop out of school and run away from home. But the brilliant and...

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My Musing ~ Deadly to the Core by Joyce Tremel

When Kate Mulligan inherits her great uncle’s fruit orchard, she quickly realizes that apples aren’t the only thing that can have rotten cores. Dru’s Short Musing: This debut series caters to what I enjoy in a new cozy whodunit. We have the amateur sleuth, the...

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My Musing ~ Dessert is the Bomb by Catherine Bruns

Dessert is the Bomb by Catherine BrunsSeries Name: Cookies & Chance Mystery #11Genre: CozyRelease: September 28, 2021Purchase Link From USA Today bestselling author Catherine Bruns comes a hauntingly hilarious Halloween Cookies & Chance mystery! Baker turned...

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My Musing ~ The Evening’s Amethyst by M.K. Graff

The Evening’s Amethyst by M.K. GraffSeries Name: Nora Tierney Mystery #5Genre: TraditionalRelease: September 15, 2021 Who is Verity? That becomes a central question for American Nora Tierney, who has moved to her new Oxford home with her fiancé, DI Declan Barnes, and...

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New Releases

New Releases ~ Week of December 10, 2023

Looking for something to read? Check out some of the new titles releasing during the week of December 10 – 16, 2023 with two debut series. I hope a few of these books take you to an exciting place. Have fun reading! DECEMBER 11 Eight is Not Enough by Sheila Fowler...

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Cover Reveals

Cover Reveals

Cover Reveal ~ Wed, Read & Dead by V.M. Burns

I am thrilled to share with you the cover for the fourth book in the “Mystery Bookshop” mystery series from Kensington Books, coming May 2019. Title: Wed, Read & Dead Genre: Cozy Mystery Author Website: vmburns.com Book Synopsis Mystery bookstore owner, Samantha...

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Cover Reveal ~ Contract for Chaos by Judy Alter

I am excited to share with you the cover for the eighth book in the “Kelly O'Connell” mystery series from Alter Ego Press, coming September 20, 2018. Title: Contract for Chaos Genre: Traditional Mystery Author Website: judyalter.com Book Synopsis When four young men...

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Interview with L.A. Chandlar

Author on the Air Global Radio Network invited me, the shy one, to interview the fabulous L.A. Chandlar about her latest release, THE HINDENBERG SPY. We talked about the book, Josephine Baker and of course my favorite building in New York. Listen here on Soundcloud 👉...

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The reclusive figure of Dru reportedly spends her working hours at the mysterious daytime situation doing “research.” Her non-working hours are spent less reclusively on her blog, dru’s book musings where the main goal is to introduce readers to authors and their work.

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Accolades

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2024 Anthony Award

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2024 Agatha Award

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2017 MWA Raven Award

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