A Novel Way to Die by Ali Brandon

Dec 21, 2012 | My Musing

A Novel Way to Die by Ali Brandon is the second book in the “Black Cat Bookshop” mystery series. Publisher: Berkley Prime Crime, November 2012 Darla Pettistone may have inherited her great aunt Dee’s Brooklyn bookstore, but it’s the store’s mascot—an...

A Lecture By Professor James T. James by Ali Brandon

Nov 7, 2012 | A Day In My Life

Let me begin today’s lecture with a brief introduction. I am Professor James T. James, retired from my post as a university lecturer on 19th century English literature, and currently the manager of Pettistone’s Fine Books here in Brooklyn. I will not bore you with my...

Double Booked for Death by Ali Brandon

Dec 17, 2011 | My Musing

Double Booked for Death by Ali Brandon is the first book in the new “Black Cat Bookshop” mystery series. Publisher: Berkley Prime Crime, December 2011 Darla Pettistone left Texas for New York after unexpectedly inheriting her great-aunt Dee’s...

A Day In The Life Of Darla Pettistone by Ali Brandon

Dec 15, 2011 | A Day In My Life

My protagonist, Darla Pettistone, is a savvy businesswoman, even though Pettistone’s Fine Books (the bookshop she inherited from her late Great-Aunt Dee) is her first attempt at entrepreneurship. And so she communicates and stays organized like many of us do these...