Hi, Ellen here. I e-met Sara Dahmen in a Dana Kaye webinar about promoting during a pandemic. Sara had written a gorgeous book, Copper, Iron, and Clay: A Smith’s Journey, about iconic American cookware and her journey to become the only female coppersmith in America. Read about how she came to write this awesome book – which includes delicious recipes… Did you know that I … Continue reading Guest Chick: Sara Dahmen
Please join us in giving Kate Lansing, author of Killer Chardonnay, a very warm welcome! Killer Chardonnay is the first in her delightful Colorado Wine Mysteries series and it is available NOW! The Subtle Art of Book Tasting Thanks so much for inviting me to be a guest! Before anyone gets too concerned, let me start by saying: No, I’m not actually consuming books, licking pages, or … Continue reading Guest Chick: Kate Lansing
Please join us in welcoming award-winning author Maggie Toussaint today! The talented Maggie has written numerous books of mystery and suspense–including the most recent Seas the Day, and we’re so happy to have her visiting us today. River Holloway’s On The Case! I’m a sucker for old family photos! I love to look at faces and see what people were doing way back when. In my … Continue reading Guest Chick: Maggie Toussaint
Leslie Karst here. Frankie Bow and I first met at the California Crime Writers’ Convention in Los Angeles about six years ago, when we sat at the same table at lunch, only to realize we both lived in Hilo, Hawai’i (me only half time). We immediately hit it off, and the rest–as they say–is history. She’s one of the funniest gals I know, so you’re … Continue reading Guest Chick: Frankie Bow, on the Great Murder Hornet Mystery Story
We are so very delighted to welcome Nora Page back to Chicks on the Case today. She is the author of the Bookmobile Mysteries–the third in the series, Read or Alive, is out this week! What My Cats Are Teaching Me About Social Media Hi, everyone. Thanks for inviting me, Chicks! I’m delighted to be here and have been thinking about topics. Like how much … Continue reading Guest Chick: Nora Page
We are thrilled to welcome Amy Drayer, author of novels and short stories today! REVELATION, the first book in her Makah Island Mystery series, debuted in March. Today, Amy offers some re-imagining of classic mysteries, updated for our current situation. The World’s Greatest Covid Mysteries The Murders at the Rue Roi Tigre Paris! It is Paris, the year 2020. We find our narrator co-housed for three months … Continue reading Guest Chick: Amy Drayer
The Chicks are thrilled to welcome Larissa Reinhart, author of the Cherry Tucker Mystery, Maizie Albright Star Detective, and Finley Goodhart Crime Caper series, and more! Why I Might Be Psychic. As a Writer. Not as a Human. An interesting story about a Chinese actress led me down a primrose path of ideas about murder to my latest Maizie Albright Star Detective book, 18 CALIBER. Also because … Continue reading Guest Chick: Larissa Reinhart
Leslie Karst here. Today we welcome Grace Topping, author of the wonderful Laura Bishop home staging mysteries, the newest of which, STAGING WARS, releases this coming Tuesday! Read on, to learn how she came up with the idea for her Agatha-nominated series. I Only Play a Home Stager Often when people learn that I write about a character who is a home stager, they begin … Continue reading Guest Chick: Grace Topping
We are delighted to have award-winning author and lawyer Stephanie Kane visiting us today! Read on for a lively discussion between Stephanie and her heroine Lily Sparks. In between murders, I thought it’d be nice to touch base with my heroine, Denver Art Museum’s Conservator of Paintings, Lily Sparks. Lily solves art-based crimes by using her so-called perfect eye, a talent her widowed dad cultivated … Continue reading Guest Chick: Stephanie Kane
The Chicks are so happy to welcome Jennifer J. Chow and help her celebrate Mimi Gets a Clue, the first book in her super-entertaining new Sassy Cat Mystery series. Even if you’re a dog person, you’ll love her post on “Cat-titude!” Thoughts on Cat-titude As a kid, I had a complicated relationship with cats…ever since my brother’s friend threw a cat onto my lap (and … Continue reading Guest Chick: Jennifer J. Chow
We asked the Agatha Award nominees in the Best Short Story Category the following question: what can you tell us about your title? Art Taylor: “Better Days,” which appeared in the May/June 2019 issue of Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, is the sequel to another story, “A Drowning at Snow’s Cut,” published in EQMM in 2011 and inspired by a boat trip that my dad and … Continue reading Agatha Best Short Story Nominees
Kathleen here, and I’m so pleased and honored to welcome Gabriel Valjan today. Gabriel is not only a wonderful, Agatha (and other!) award-nominated author, but also one of the biggest champions of the writing and reading community, continually promoting, encouraging, and cheering on his crime fiction brethren. But enough fan-girling from me. Let’s get into what Gabriel has to say about comedy and crime. Crimes … Continue reading Comedy is Crime Plus A Cat
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