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Caroline Leavitt’s WITH OR WITHOUT YOU
Finally, With or Without You is out in paperback! What happens when a young woman, desperate to appease the rock-star dreams of her partner, falls into a coma – and then wakes months later to find her world has changed? This twisty, turny psychologically complex novel...
BLOODROOT short story news!
Woot! Woot! I am thrilled to announce that I'll have a story in the upcoming BLOODROOT: BEST NEW ENGLAND CRIME STORIES 2021 by Crime Spell Books. My short story, "No Cities to Love," is a kind of futuristic take on women taking care of themselves and their own ......
Boston Lit Crawl!
This year, the Boston Book Fest's Lit Crawl is "taking it to the streets," in that all events will be OUTSIDE! The June 10 eventincludes three evening sessions (at 6, 7, and 8 pm), and I am thrilled that I'll be part of two events, both taking place in Cambridge's...
Celebrating Cathy’s CORPSE
Well, not exactly – but the wonderful Welsh-Canadian author Cathy Ace has a new book out, her tenth Cait Morgan Mystery, The Corpse with the Iron Will. Cathy's not only a celebrated creator of atmospheric crime fiction, the IPPY and Bony Blithe Award-winning Ace is...
Cover reveal!
It's here! The cover for Hold Me Down, coming Oct. 5 from Polis Books. Isn't she dark?
Linda L. Richards isn’t faking
Linda L. Richards knows what she's talking about. I first found her through her neo-noir Kitty Pangborn books, Death Was the Other Woman and Death Was in the Picture, with their badass women, and I've just downloaded her highly anticipated (and already highly praised)...
E. Jean Carroll rocks
Did you read E. Jean Carroll growing up? I know I did – her column (then in Vogue) helped me navigate womanhood from college onward. It wasn't until recently that I put together why: She, too, was dealing with the PTSD of rape and all the sexist bullshit aftermath...
Leslie Budewitz takes a turn…
Maybe you know Leslie Budewitz from her tasty spice shop mysteries or the food lovers' village books. These cozies are full of mouth-watering crime and detection, and I'd be thrilled to have Leslie drop by for those alone. But this spring, Leslie is stepping out in a...
Hear, hear! “A Cat on the Case” audiobook review
What's better than having a story read to you? Especially by a pro like Hilary Huber? Thanks to Audible and other audiobook services, all my witch cats books are available as downloads and CDs. This week, Sandie Herron reviewed the audiobook of A Cat on the Case over...
Virtual book tour visit from Judy Copek
Hi everyone! It's been a while! But in the interim, I've finished the first draft of a standalone WIP (more about that sometime later) and I've gotten my first vaccine! Yay! But the world moves on, and that includes new books by friends and colleagues. Today, I'm...