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Cozy Con Midwest
I had such a fabulous time at my first Cozy Con, I cannot wait for the next! Here we got some highlights…
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Privacy Policy
As many of you know, new privacy rules have gone into place across the EU. These cover data collection and transparancy for all kinds of websites, including this one. I/We are working on crafting new policy to comply with the new rules, and it will be posted shortly.
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#writerreadswriting Recommends: The Romance Reader’s Guide to Life
I loved this book. Flat out. Had me at hello. I found it when I was on vacation in Atlanta. My husband was at a conference, so The Son and I were doing a bookstore-and-ice-cream tour of the city. Atlanta, BTW, is a fabulous place to do this particular tour. I had heard about this title on the Smart Podcast Trashy Books podcast, and I opened it in the store to see if I’d like it. Now, I am very leery of the “narrated by a ghost,” trope. It’s gotten a bit old, but in this book it’s handled deftly and with humor, as is everything else. There’s a lot…
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Out of the Omnibus: The Corsican Sisters
During the Age of Empire, a particular sub-genre of thriller/horror stories emerged in English letters. It involved English travellers finding out that the natives of whatever country they were tramping through might not actually like them. This sub-genre includes “The Corsican Sisters,” by Violet Hunt. The sisters in question are two beautiful peasant girls whisked away from their humble existence by an English family determined to give the girls a glorious season in London. They are then returned to Corsica and the family moves on. The sisters, however, do not, or rather, they cannot. The story is told from the point of view of Lelis, who is the daughter of…
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Out of the Omnibus: Violet Hunt
Who? Don’t worry, I’d never heard of her before either, and I have no idea why not. I started my dive into THE OMNIBUS OF CRIME in the back, in the section labeled: MACROCOSMOS (Stories of the Human and Inhuman) pt. 2: Tales of Blood and Cruelty. Why? I’m not sure, except it sounded good. And of the six stories there, I decided to start with “The Corsican Sisters,” by Violet Hunt. Who? Well. Let me tell you. First of all — this is Violet Hunt here. Now, that’s an interesting face. She’s an English writer, and nobody I ever heard of before. But I like her. A lot. She…
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Out of the Omnibus
So, I found this book in the second hand store. Fifty cents, I kid you not. The intro by the splendid Ms. Sayers alone is worth the price of admission. I love reading old books. A deep dive into the strange and the obscure is my favorite catnip. Also, as an untrained urbanite, it’s the only kind of archeology I get to do. And as I’m writing madly on my next mysteries and thrillers, I figured getting some deep background on the genre would be useful. But let’s face it, mostly, I just have an impolite passion for old, weird books. FIRST UP: THE CORSICAN SISTERS by Violet Hunt
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Raves for Rosalind!
Paved with Books loves The Useful Woman mysteries! They say: “With A Useful Woman, Rosalind Thorne became one of my favourite lady detectives in literature. So when A Purely Private Matter came out, my expectations for it were off the chart. Thankfully, it rose to the challenge. The mystery was delightful in its twists and turns, but it was the characters that, once again, won me over.” Read all the thoughts and feelings here, and order your copy!
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It’s the Holidays!
TIME TO PARTY LIKE IT’S 1899!!! And I’ll be doing my partying at the fabulous Aunt Agatha’s Mystery Bookshop on Saturday Dec. 9. Starting at 2pm I’ll be joining Con Lahene who writes the 42nd Street Library mysteries, and Patricia Abbott, author of SHOT IN DETROIT; AND legal thriller writer and attorney Mark Bello; AND Judy Lee Burke, author of BLACKROCK AND Meg Macy, author of BEARLY DEPARTED. There will be snacks. More importantly there will be books. You should be there too.
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A Purely Private Interview
Fresh Fiction puts me in the Cozy Corner for an interview about Rosalind Thorne and A PURELY PRIVATE MATTER!
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All Rise…!
And give your full attention to this lovely sample from the Audiobook for A PURELY PRIVATE MATTER — https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5kDItR1ICZc