Please join the Chicks in welcoming Elena Hartwell, author of the Eddie Shoes Mystery Series! Laughing In The Face of Death When you kill people for a living, it shouldn’t be a barrel of laughs. But for some of us, humor comes with the territory. I write murder mysteries. Funny ones. This may feel like a contradiction, but for some of us, laughter and murder … Continue reading Guest Chick: Elena Hartwell
Ever wonder about the story behind some of your favorite book blogs? Well, you’re in luck, because once a month Chicks on the Case features an interview with a well-known book blogger. Our June spotlight is our good friend Linda Langford of Chatting About Cozies. Please tell us about your blog. Why did you decide to write it? What are some of the challenges and/or … Continue reading Guest Book Blogger: Linda Langford
Please join the Chicks in welcoming Nora Page, author of the Bookmobile Mysteries! I Am Not My Main Character (although we might have a few things in common) Hi, everyone. Thanks so much for inviting me, Chicks! I’m thrilled to be here! Before I get going, I owe a Chick an apology. Recently—during a buffet lunch, no less—I accused Chick Cynthia Kuhn of being smart, … Continue reading Guest Post: Nora Page
Please join the Chicks in welcoming fab author Rebecca Adler, who pens the delightful Taste of Texas mystery series! (One lucky commenter will win a paperback copy of Rebecca’s latest release!) In Cinco de Murder, the third book in the Taste of Texas mystery series, reporter-turned-Tex-Mex-waitress Josie Callahan, her feisty abuela, and even her spunky Chihuahua Lenny, are polishing their traditional folklórico dances for Saturday’s big Cinco … Continue reading A Taste of Texas: Guest Chick Rebecca Adler
Ever wonder about the story behind some of your favorite book blogs? Well, you’re in luck, because once a month Chicks on the Case features an interview with a well-known book blogger. Our May spotlight is our good friend Kim McMahan Davis of Cinnamon & Sugar and a Little Bit Of Murder. Please tell us about your blog. Why did you decide to write it? … Continue reading Guest Book Blogger: Kim Davis
Please join the Chicks in welcoming Kathy Valenti, author of the Maggie O’Malley Mysteries! The Sophomore Slump I was on a writing high when I began 39 Winks, the second book in the Maggie O’Malley Mystery Series. My debut novel Protocol had been well received with Agatha and Lefty noms, and I made outlines, created character portraits and squirreled away office supplies as I prepared … Continue reading Guest Chick: Kathy Valenti
We’re thrilled to have Mary Higgins Clark, Agatha, Lefty and Anthony award nominated writer Nadine Nettmann with us today to celebrate the release of Pairing a Deception, the third book in her Sommelier Mystery series. It’s out May 8, but you can preorder your copy now! Continue reading “Guest Interview: Nadine Nettmann”
The Chicks: Thanks for paying us a visit, Seven Sinister Sisters! The Seven Sinister Sisters: Thanks so much to Ellen Byron for inviting us, and to all the terrific Chicks on the Case for hosting the Seven Sinister Sisters on our grand blog tour! We are seven mystery authors, all members of Sisters in Crime, with new books launching this spring. Our question for today: … Continue reading Welcome, Seven Sinister Sisters
We put some interesting questions to this year’s nominees for the Agatha Best Contemporary Novel award. Here are their answers, plus a special mini-interview with nominee and legendary mystery author, Margaret Maron… QUESTION: What would you do differently if you were starting out as a writer again? LOUISE PENNY: I think I’d enjoy it more. I’d spent decades dreaming of what it would be … Continue reading Agatha Best Contemporary Novel Nominees: We Asked, They Answered
Ever wonder about the story behind some of your favorite book bloggers’ websites? Well, wonder no more because each month we’re featuring an interview with a well-known blogger. For April, we have Kristopher Zgorski of BOLO Books, who will receive the prestigious Raven Award from Mystery Writers of America at their Edgar Awards later this month.
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Authors always love it when readers tell us how realistic they find our characters to be. But at the same time, we’re well aware that they are, in fact, fictional. Or are we? Something that happened a while back makes me wonder about that. A mere two-dimensional figure My sister, Laura, and I were at the beach in Santa Cruz, California—the same beach featured in … Continue reading Kill your darlings? Yikes!
What’s Fur Rondy, you ask? Welcome Chicks guest Keenan Powell, author of the wonderful debut mystery, DEADLY SOLUTION. She”ll tell you all about this unique Alaska tradition… Alaska’s Fur Rondy! New Orleans has Mardi Gras. New York City has the St. Patrick’s Day parade. And since 1935, fur trappers have descended on Anchorage at winter’s end to sell furs, buy supplies and carouse. Over the … Continue reading Guest Chick: Keenan Powell
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