SinC Puget Sound

Member News: February 2025

Wendy Church’s new book, Tunnel Vision, coming out March 4 and available for preorder, received a positive review from Kirkus, who said “The second in Church’s Shadows of Chicago series is violent, dark, and steadily absorbing.” The entire review can be found here.

Two of her previous novels are being re-released by Severn House. Murder on the Spanish Seas and Murder Beyond the Pale came out on January 28.

Alice K. Boatwright gave a Zoom talk for the Sno-Isle Libraries in November that was attended by 119 people. “Writing a Mystery: It’s More than Whodunnit” is now available on the library’s YouTube channel for all to enjoy.

Several members participated in the first Written in the Northwest book festival held in Lynnwood in November, including Jeffrey D. Briggs, Leslie D. Hall, and K.B. Jackson. This is likely to be an annual event, so keep an eye open for when plans for 2025 are announced.

Leslie J Hall’s short story “A Strange Rain” was accepted for a Down and Out Books anthology Better Off Dead based on songs by Elton John and Bernie Taupin.