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A Day in My Life ~ Prudence Bates by Suzanne Stauffer
June 6, 1929. I’ve never tried to keep a diary before. There didn’t seem to be much point. Every day was the same – placid, pleasant, predictable. I went off in the morning to work at the library and came home at night to dinner on the table, just Mother and me....
A Day In My Life ~ Babs Norman by Elizabeth Crowens
Babs Norman, here, and I’m no amateur sleuth. I’m a former frustrated actress who gave it all up to run my own private detective agency on Hollywood Boulevard. Everyone assumes that my partner, Guy Brandt, heads B. Norman Investigations, because he’s male. Therefore,...
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A Word With Mally Becker
Why do you write the genre that you write?Crime fiction asks questions about justice, good and evil, and love and redemption in stories that entertain and challenge us. I’ve been hooked ever since middle school when I first dipped into my mom’s collection of Josephine...
A Day In My Life ~ Gwen Maner by Erin Flanagan
My name is Gwen Maner, and my days are spent working a job I’m not prepared for, caring for my daughter as a single mom, and hanging with my new bestie, Nicola. It’s certainly not the life I expected, but after my husband died of a heart attack three months ago, I had...
Reviews
My Musing ~ THE KEY TO A KILLER by Olivia Blacke
Dru’s Short Musing: Can Ruby and Cordelia solve the one case that needs to be solved? I love the premise of this duo searching for Cordelia’s killer. With a well-written and fast-paced drama, I was pulled in immediately as I’ve been waiting for the answer. The author...
My Musing ~ The Diva Spices It Up by Krista Davis
The Diva Spices It Up by Krista Davis is the 13th book in the "Domestic Diva" cozy mystery series. Publisher: Kensington Books, coming April 28, 2020. After a celebrity ghostwriter dies on the job, Old Town’s favorite entertaining expert and sporadic sleuth, Sophie...
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My Musing ~ Among The Wicked by Linda Castillo
Among The Wicked by Linda Castillo is the 8th book in the "Kate Burkholder" thriller series. Publisher: Minotaur Books, July 2016 Chief of Police Kate Burkholder is called upon by the sheriff's department in rural, upstate New York to assist on a developing situation...
My Musing ~ Nun But The Brave by Alice Loweecey
Nun But The Brave by Alice Loweecey is the third book in the “Giulia Driscoll” mystery series. Publisher: Henery Press, July 2016 Giulia Driscoll: Survival of the Fittest Giulia Driscoll’s sister-in-law barges into Driscoll Investigations and promptly passes out from...
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New Releases ~ Week of May 19, 2019
Here are a few new books releasing this week and my pick of the week is . . . Better Than Nun by Alice Loweecey ~ Giulia Driscoll used to say running a detective agency was the busiest job she’d ever had. Then the ghosts showed up, and she figured now she’s the...
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...
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