Susan McCormick will discuss her Fog Ladies cozy murder mystery series and a writing life in general with the Capitol Crimes Sister-in-Crime chapter Book Club on August 10. Register here. Glen Erik Hamilton: Island of Thieves is Glen’s sixth novel in the award-winning Van Shaw series. It was released on July 27 from William Morrow. … Read more
Jan (Janice) Gorow: Her trade paperback Head in the Toilet: A Slightly Outrageous Murder Mystery is now live on Amazon. The Kindle version has been out for some time. The book is a fun, beach read mystery. Charlotte Stuart: Her 2nd Macavity and Me Mystery was released in June: Who, Me? Fog Bows, Fraud and … Read more
Bharti Kirchner’s Murder at Andaman was published in December 2020. This is what Cara Black, best-selling author had to say about it: “Murder at Andaman, Bharti Kirchner’s latest mystery, brings a sharply observed eye to this engaging, atmospheric tale set in the Andaman Islands exploring friendship. And murder. Don’t miss Murder at Andaman, I couldn’t … Read more
Linda Norlander’s Death of a Starling, the second in the Cabin by the Lake mystery series, will be released on May 21. Jamie Forest explores a school shooting in the small town of Cascade, Minnesota. She discovers a town cloaked in silence. The only person who will talk with her is found mysteriously dead within … Read more
Erica Miner just completed a round of events, including a presentation “In the Shadow of Wagner, Strauss and Debussy” for the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UW and UC San Diego, where she announced her latest release, Staged for Murder, which centers around a production of Wagner’s ‘Ring’ at the San Francisco Opera. Erica also … Read more
Alexis Morgan: Death By Intermission, the fourth book in The Abby McCree Mysteries from Kensington Books, is now out in e-book, print, and audio versions. Click here to see the cover and read an excerpt. Alice K. Boatwright’s article “Silver Takes Second” compares the careers of Agatha Christie’s Miss Jane Marple with Miss Maud Silver, … Read more
The fourth book in Cynthia Baxter’s Lickety Splits Ice Cream Shoppe Mystery Series (Kensington) came out in December. The title is GAME OF CONES. The softcover version of Book 3, LAST LICKS, came out in August.
Erica Miner recently released the third in her ‘Opera Mystery’ series, Staged for Murder. A Virtual Book Party event takes place Sun., Dec. 6 @ 2 pm. Sign up at: https://www.ericaminer.com/contact.php, and put ‘Book Party’ in the ‘Message’ section. Marty Wingate’s Murder Is a Must, book two in the First Edition Library mysteries, released on December 1. January 12 … Read more
‘Tis the season to release a book! And many of our members are launching new books this autumn. Please support each other by buying these books AND reviewing them. As we all know, a good review is a gift that keeps on giving! Alice K. Boatwright published a new story, “No Prince,” in The Blood … Read more
Our members are hitting the contest circuit as speakers this month, but this fall it’s all happening online. In addition, there are new books and stories, new blogs, book launches, contest news, and more. Enjoy these highlights from September… and be sure to send your news by October 20th for next month’s column: pugetsound.sinc@gmail.com. You … Read more