Features
A Word With Mary Anna Evans
Now it’s time to learn more about the authors we read. . . What drew you to the genre you write? I like crime fiction because it deals with big, important issues. If somebody commits murder, and that’s almost always the crime at the heart of a mystery, the...
A Day In My Life ~ Zack Barnes by Lois Winston
Renowned photojournalist Zachary Barnes here. Zack to my friends. When the NYPD raided my apartment two years ago, ruining three days’ worth of location work in New Mexico, I realized it was time to move out of the city. Even if I bought an apartment in another...
Features
A Day In My Life ~ Callie Garcia by Catherine Dilts
I’ve been avoidin’ the press for the past three years. The only reason I’m giving you this interview is ‘cause my neighbors are all curious about the IT girl genius turned millionaire. I figure one small-town newspaper article isn’t gonna trigger another paparazzi...
A Word With Jackie Layton
Why do you write the genre that you write?I write cozy mysteries because I enjoy solving problems. My amateur sleuths solve murder mysteries. They tackle murders without any formal training. They use their wits and they question friends and foes. Another reason I...
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 ~ Nearly Departed by Lesley A. Diehl
Nearly Departed by Lesley A. Diehl is the seventh book in the "Eve Appel" cozy mystery series. Publisher: Camel Press, released February 11, 2020. Tired of sitting surveillance on insurance fraud, apprentice PI Eve Appel Egret gets her first big case, one where the...
Reviews
My Musing ~ Trail of Echoes by Rachel Howzell Hall
Trail of Echoes by Rachel Howzell Hall is the third book in the “Detective Elouise Norton” mystery series. Publisher: Forge, May 2016 On a rainy spring day in Los Angeles, homicide detective Elouise "Lou" Norton is called away from a rare lunch date to Bonner Park,...
My Musing ~ Extreme Prey by John Sandford
Extreme Prey by John Sandford is the 26th book in the “Prey” thriller series. Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons, April 2016 She was an Iowa woman in her fifties, busy skinning a rabbit for dinner. She wasn’t thinking about the rabbit, though. She was thinking about...
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Releases
March 2019 Releases
Six new series debut this month from Alex Erickson, Arlene Kay, Essie Lang, Gayle Leeson, Amy Patricia Meade, S.C. Perkins March 1 A Deadly Turn by Claire Booth (Hank Worth #3) Cyanide with Christie by Katherine Bolger Hyde (Crime with the Classics #3) Cookin' 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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2026 Best Mystery Blog
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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2024 Anthony Award
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