POE'S DEADLY DAUGHTERS

Barbara Fister (Guest Blogger) I’m a crime fiction fan. I want my stories to come with conflict and angst, plots that double back on themsel...

By Lonnie Cruse Oh, the dreaded first draft. So much harder than re-writes/edits. I recently finished the first rough draft in the fifth boo...

Interviewer : Elizabeth Zelvin You have a Welsh name, Rhys. In your various mystery series you have a Welsh protagonist, an Irish protagonis...

Interviewed by Sandra Parshall Erin Hart has been one of my favorite writers since I read her first mystery, Haunted Ground . Her second boo...

Sharon Wildwind Monsignor Ronald Knox (1888-1957) was British; as a Catholic priest, spiritual retreat leader, and writer he had a knack for...

by Julia Buckley I'm wondering at the preponderance of cats in fiction, especially mystery fiction. What is it about cats that sells bo...

Anne White (Guest Blogger) Book talks can be murder. I’m not trying out a title for a new mystery here – although this might make a good one...

By Lonnie Cruse Anybody watched that show on HGTV? I've seen it a few times, and the houses they feature ARE pretty weird. The picture o...

Elizabeth Zelvin When I was a kid, my parents frequently invited company for dinner. They had interesting friends. Long past our bedtimes, m...

Sandra Parshall Why do booksellers and reviewers talk about “summer reading” and “summer books” as if everyone spends June, July, and August...