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Let’s Get to Know ~ Emma Stewart by Shelley Marsh
Emma Stewart sits down for a Q&A with dru’s book musings responding to ten or more questions so we can learn more about her. Are you ready? Let’s get to know Emma. What is your full name? Emma Jane Stewart. I don’t really put it out there often, because I think...
A Day in My Life ~ Cordelia West by Lyla Lane
I’m Cordelia West and I am, or at least I was, a librarian in Dallas, Texas. That is until my Aunt Penelope passed away, leaving me the sole owner of the Chickadee Motel. A bit of a surprise, considering I didn’t even know I had an Aunt Penelope. Her trust came...
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A Day in My Life ~ Callie Garcia by Catherine Dilts
How does that saying go? No good deed goes unpunished? It sure is true today at the Double C Ranch. Callie Garcia here, venting for a minute while I search for a missing cat. It’s just one more indignity I gotta suffer because I couldn’t say no. When an Oklahoma...
A Day in My Life ~ Jeff Maitlin by Susan Van Kirk
I had a talk with my author, Susan Van Kirk, and she agreed that it was high time I got my share of print about my role in her Endurance Mysteries. My wife, Grace Kimball, has always been the main character peeking out of Van Kirk’s laptop, but now that I asked the...
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My Musing ~ HOT WINGS AND HOMICIDE by Carmela Dutra
Dru’s Short Musing: There is no sophomore slump in this delightfully entertaining whodunit where Beth is on the hunt for a murderer. This fast-paced drama with its crisp writing and comfortable tone had my attention from the beginning never letting go until its...
My Musing ~ Icing on the Murder by Valerie Burns
Dru’s Short Musing: A wedding expo should be exciting but not when the featured guest is murdered and puts the Baker Street Irregulars on the search for the person responsible. The author is very good at storytelling, pulling me in the middle of the fast-paced and...
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My Musing ~ Elizabeth Sails by Kristin Owens
For fans of The Bookish Life of Nina Hill and The Jetsetters, Elizabeth Sails is a shipboard cozy mystery that features an unintended quest for self-discovery, forgiveness, and an awesome buffet. Beth Schiff ghostwrites autobiographies for politicians, despite her...
My Musing ~ First Week Free At The Roomy Toilet by Josh Pachter
Fourteen-year-old June Knight pretends to sue her parents for emancipation and moves into the attic of a nearby boarding house, where neighborhood vandals have altered the ROOM TO LET sign out front to read ROOMY TOILET. When things begin mysteriously disappearing...
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New Releases Coming Soon ~ July 2025
Here is a list of over 110 new titles representing major genres such as cozy mysteries, traditional mysteries, historical mysteries, and others releasing this month, with 13 debut series. As always, I hope there is a new title to suit everyone’s personal taste....
Cover Reveals
Cover Reveal ~ DREIDELS AND DEAD ENDS by Nancy J. Cohen
Nancy Cohen is a prolific writer and I am thrilled to host her cover reveal for the next book in the “Bad Hair Day” mystery series, coming June 2026 and now up for preorder. Publication Date: June 23, 2026 Series: Bad Hair Day Mysteries, Book 19 Genre:...
Cover Reveal ~ Gone Fishin’: Crime Takes a Holiday edited by Jim M. Jackson
It is my pleasure to share with you the cover for the for the eighth Guppy Anthology, coming February 2025 and now available for preorder. Publication Date: February 1, 2025 Publisher: Wolf’s Echo Press Format: Print, Digital Name of Series: Guppy Anthology Book 8...
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Cover Reveal ~ A Crafty Collage of Crime by Lois Winston
I’ve been reading this series from the beginning, and I’m thrilled to host the cover reveal for the next book in the “Anastasia Pollack Crafting” mystery series, coming June 2023 and now up for preorder. Publication Date: June 16, 2023Publisher: Lois...
Cover Reveal ~ A Sense for Murder by Leslie Karst
Since I’ve been reading this series from the beginning and loving it and I’m so excited to host the cover reveal for the sixth book in Leslie Karst’s mystery series, coming August 2023 and now up for preorder. Publication Date: August 1, 2023Publisher: Severn...
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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...
Special Report: Street Teams
I recently attended the MURDER AND MAYHEM CHICAGO 2020 conference, virtually. It was recorded and is available HERE until the end of March. You should definitely listen to the recording as you will learn much about the crime fiction community that I am happy to be...
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2024 Anthony Award
2024 Agatha Award
