SinC Puget Sound

Member News: August 2025

Susan McCormick’s latest, The Room at the End of the Hall, will be released August 5. A skilled surgeon, who gives up a promising career to care for his quirky mother, must discover why his patients are dying and whether a sin from his past is threatening his reputation, his patients, and his life. The book was a 2022 PNWA Mystery/Thriller Finalist and a 2023 Killer Nashville Claymore Award Finalist for Best Suspense.

GK Daffu was honored to receive the 2025 Daphne du Maurier Award for Excellence in Mystery/Suspense (Mainstream Category) for her unpublished novel Checkpoint. Her short story Poison Pills is also a finalist in the PNWA Unpublished Writing Contest 2025.