Jean Matthews was honored by the placement of her book If Two Are Dead into Chanticleer’s 2025 Mystery and Mayhem Hall of Fame for Cozy Mystery Books. Candace Robb has five more books coming out in audio from Tantor between December 2025 and March 2026. Her latest print release, Owen Archer #16, is scheduled to come out in February 2026! … Read more
Susan Nolen shares that her short story “Anniversary Gifts” made the longlist in the Murder Squad’s 25th anniversary contest, and though it did not quite make the short list, it was one of two longlist stories that were “Highly Commended!” Judges were the members of the Murder Squad: Margaret Murphy, Cath Staincliffe, Chris Simms, Ann … Read more
May brings member news for Kerri Hakoda and Kate Jackson. Please remember to send in your news for inclusion in our newsletter and on our website. (Never pass up an opportunity.)
April brings news from Erica Miner; Rhoda Berlin; and Marty Wingate, Alice K.Boatwright, and Candace Robb. Erica Miner signed books at Barnes and Noble on March 29—bringing all threebooks from her Julia Kogan Opera Mystery series together in one place. Rhoda Berlin’s book See Me is a 2025 finalist for the Eric Hoffer Award’s MontaigneMedal. Alice … Read more
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 … Read more
Candace Robb is excited to be launching A Snake in the Barley. The fifteenth book in her popular Owen Archer series, the book is both a mystery and a love story, with Tom and Bess Merchet of the York Tavern as the central characters. The in-person launch party is Wednesday, December 4, 7 PM at Third Place Books … Read more
Kathleen J. Easley is pleased to announce that Families and Felons, book two in her Brenna Wickham Haunted Mystery series, is now available on Amazon in paperback and Kindle formats. Alice K. Boatwright’s story “The Blackberry Pie Thief” was published by The Saturday Evening Post in March. The oldest magazine in the US, SEP has a beautiful online site for … Read more
Joyce Yarrow is pleased to announce the publication by All Bilingual Press (Seattle, WA) of Stolen Lives. In this sequel to Zahara and the Lost Books of Light, journalist Alienor Crespo pursues an intriguing and explosive story about the tons of gold shipped to the Soviet Union during the Spanish Civil War and the endangered children who made the … Read more
Sisters in Crime Puget Sound will be well-represented at Left Coast Crime: Seattle Shakedown. On Thursday, members participating in panels will include Leslie Budewitz, Leslie J Hall, Kate Jackson, Glen Erik Hamilton, Alice K. Boatwright, Maria Barrs, and Joyce Yarrow. Friday’s lineup includes Judith Ayn, Marty Wingate, Sarah Niebuhr Rubin, Tessa Floreano, and Jeanne Matthews. … Read more
If you have member news, please submit to cblinka@msn.com. Alice K. Boatwright re-issued her first two Ellie Kent mysteries, UNDER AN ENGLISH HEAVEN and WHAT CHILD IS THIS?, under her own imprint, Firefly Ink Books, in December. UNDER AN ENGLISH HEAVEN won the 2016 Mystery and Mayhem Grand Prize. In January, she will release the third … Read more