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A Day in My Life ~ Bookseller Penelope (and Her Ghost) by Cleo Coyle
My name is Penelope Thornton-McClure. For decades, customers believed our bookshop was haunted. I never did. Then one dark night, I met him. The ghost. In 1949 Jack Shepard was a New York private investigator. While following a lead in a case, he was gunned down in...
A Day in My Life ~ Zelda Fitzgerald by Mariah Fredericks
In the early 20s, McCall’s asked Zelda Fitzgerald to write on essay on the super flapper. The article was never published and long thought lost. But it has now been rediscovered… I suppose I should begin by thanking McCall’s for asking me to write about a creature...
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A Day In My Life ~ Porter Beck by Bruce Borgos
God, I’m forty-eight today. How did this happen? My body looks much the same as it did for the last twenty years—to me. We never see our reflection quite the way someone else does, right? But there are subtle differences. I see my once athletic build retreating into a...
A Word With Hallie Ephron
Now it’s time to learn more about the authors we read. . . Why do you write the genre that you write? I blame P. D. James’s AN UNSUITABLE JOB FOR A WOMAN, the first modern mystery I read. It hooked me on mystery novels with believable, relatable female...
Reviews
My Musing ~ THE PILGRIMAGE OF PRIMROSE HONEYCHURCH by Laura Jensen Walker
Dru’s Short Musing: Taking stock of her life, Primrose heads out on a journey of self-discovery that pulls at one’s emotional heartstrings. The author wrote a beautiful and endearing story that stayed with me from the first page to the last and beyond. Stepping out of...
My Musing ~ It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Murder by Maria DiRico
It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Murder by Maria DiRico Series Name: Catering Hall Mystery #3Genre: CozyRelease: October 26, 2021 Astoria, Queens, is decorated within an inch of its life for the Christmas season, and Mia Carina is juggling her job at the Belle View...
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My Musing ~ A Deadly Brew by Lynn Cahoon
A Deadly Brew by Lynn Cahoon is the second novella in the "Tourist Trap" mystery series. This book follows If the Shoe Kills. Publisher: Kensington, coming September 4, 2018 As Halloween approaches South Cove, California, four couples get into the spirit of the...
My Musing ~ Below the Tree Line by Susan Oleksiw
Below the Tree Line by Susan Oleksiw is the first book in the NEW “Pioneer Valley” mystery series. Publisher: Midnight Ink, coming September 8, 2018 In the Massachusetts countryside, family secrets run deep . . . but an outside threat could uproot them all Felicity...
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New Releases ~ Fall 2021 Debut Series
Have you seen BOLO Books APB Fall 2021? He lists a few great books coming out this fall. You should check it out here. In the same realm, I’ve selected a few debut series coming this Fall. Burden of Poof by Julie Anne Lindsey I first discovered Julie with her first...
Cover Reveals
Cover Reveal ~ THE CASE OF THE DETERMINED DETECTORIST by Cathy Ace
Cathy Ace is a prolific author with many books under her belt and it is my pleasure to host the cover reveal for the latest book in her "WISE Enquiries Agency" mystery series, coming in January 2027 and now up for preorder. Publication Date: January 11, 2027 Name of...
Cover Reveal ~ Sconed To Death by Lynn Cahoon
I am delighted to share with you the cover for the fifth book in the “Cat Latimer” mystery series from Kensington, coming May 28, 2019. Title: Sconed To Death Genre: Cozy Mystery Author Website: lynncahoon.com Book Synopsis Cat Latimer pursues a scone-cold killer who...
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dru’s book musings have been listed as one of the 60 BEST MYSTERY BOOK BLOGS to follow on the internet in 2026! dru’s book musings placed 13th on the list. Click here for the full list of mystery book blogs. dru’s book musings have been listed as one of the 70 BEST...
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