CONGRATS TO SARAH, WINNER OF RACHELE’S VENGEANCE IN THE VINES! Today, we are pleased to present Rachele Baker, author of the Rylie Sunderland cozy mystery series. Today, she talks about unexpected friendships. And there’s a giveaway of her new book, Vengeance in the Vines to one lucky commenter! Take it away, Rachele: Unexpected Friendships and the Places We Find Them I think we all enjoy … Continue reading Guest Chick: Rachele Baker
Hey, everyone, Marla here! One of my favorite things about mystery conventions is meeting other mystery authors and readers, and last fall at Bouchercon I had the good fortune to meet today’s guest, author of THE MIDNIGHT TAXI, Yosha Gunasekera. For starters, she’s just a lovely human, and also, her new book looks amazing! Take it away, Yosha! I take a stroll in my neighborhood … Continue reading Meet Guest Chick Yosha Gunasekera
Jen here. Super excited to welcome Lori to the blog! I love the premise of Wreck Your Heart, and I appreciate Lori sharing about line dancing. I’ve done a little bit myself and enjoyed it! For one of my launch events for Wreck Your Heart, a mystery novel set in Chicago’s country music scene, the bookstore host hired a dance instructor to come teach us … Continue reading Guest Chick: Lori Rader-Day
It’s Jen’s book birthday today! The third book in her Magical Fortune Cookie series has baked up this mystery: Is Felicity to blame when a hotel guest drowns after eating her enchanted cookies? Felicity Jin returns in the third installment of the Magical Fortune Cookie series.A group of high school alumnae reunite years later and reserve rooms at Pixie Inn for an extended retreat. As … Continue reading Release Day: TELL-TALE TREATS
Today the Chicks are excited to host some of the 2026 nominees for the Lefty Awards, to be awarded at Left Coast Crime: San Francisco Schemin’. We’ve asked each nominee to share about how they come up with titles in general and/or for their nominated book. Congrats, Lefty nominees! Lefty Nominees for Best Humorous Mystery Novel Ellen Byron, Solid Gold Murder Sometimes a title magically appears, … Continue reading Lefty Award Nominees~San Francisco Schemin’
Ellen here, welcoming Suzanne Trauth. As a Theatre Arts major, I can totally relate to her post! And she’s hosting a giveaway for a copy of her new book, The First to Die. Read on… Location, Location, Location! I’ve spent my life in the theatre—writing plays in grade school, directing the class play in high school, majoring in speech and theatre in college, while performing … Continue reading Guest Chick: Suzanne Trauth #giveaway
We’re so happy to be hosting Kerry Peresta, author of the Olivia Callahan Suspense and Back Before Dawn. Please help us give her a warm welcome! When a Character is Cornered, the Claws Come Out Suspense is often mistaken for momentum (short chapters, ticking clocks, escalating perils), but none of that matters if the character at the center remains unchanged. In my own work, I … Continue reading Guest Chick: Kerry Peresta
One of the things I love most about living in New York City for the past 24 years is that you have an eyewitness view to the past, the present, and the future. Continue reading Guest Chick: L.A. Chandlar
The holidays are now upon us, which means the season of exchanging of gifts. So our question today is twofold: First (and let’s assume for both of these questions that money and realism are utterly irrelevant), what gift would you most want to receive? (Selfishness is totally okay for this one!) And second, what gift would you most want to give (and to whom)? Lisa … Continue reading Chick Chat: ‘Tis the Gifting Season!
Leslie here, with a warm welcome to fab writer Mariah Fredericks, whose most recent mystery, The Girl in the Green Dress, released just a few months ago. Today she brings us a beautiful piece about friendship and loss. Take it away, Mariah: In Memory and Praise of Writer Friends I was all set to write about my dizzy trip down the rabbit hole while researching … Continue reading Guest Chick: Mariah Fredericks
I have a confession to make: I’ve never understood fairy tales.
When I was little, my parents read to me each night before bed. Often they read fairy tales, and I liked some of them. (I was especially fond of “The Shoemaker and the Elves.” Who wouldn’t want clever elves doing their work for them at night? Continue reading Guest Chick: Lisa Harkrader
We’re happy to welcome Melissa to the blog! The Abbey and its cozy community is such a great setting! Community Matters in Dropped Like a Bad Habit A favorite cozy mystery trope of mine is a close-knit setting where everyone knows each other. I feel like I’m right in the mix when watching a sleuth work their way through familiar territory to solve whatever crime … Continue reading Guest Chick: Melissa Westemeier
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