Ellen Byron

Happy Book Birthday, Ellen Byron!

Crescent City Christmas Chaos, the fourth book in Ellen’s award-winning Vintage Cookbook Mystery series, launches today. We’re thrilled for her! About the book… It’s Christmas. It’s cozy. It’s culinary. It’s chaos! It’s the fourth book in this fabulous mystery series with a vintage flair from USA Today bestselling and Agatha Award–winning author Ellen Byron. Have yourself a merry little . . . murder? Ricki James-Diaz … Continue reading Happy Book Birthday, Ellen Byron!

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Vickie Fee

Friends above and along the way

For some of us we just celebrated or at least thought about the Day of the Dead, which some folks celebrate at Halloween time. I’m Catholic, and for us. Halloween is also known as the evening before All Saints Day, Nov. 1. When a really h0ly person is recognized by the Church, they are canonized, which means they are named a saint. We can celebrate … Continue reading Friends above and along the way

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Jennifer. J. Chow

Semi-Scary Alaskan Shenanigans

Happy Halloween! 🎃I’m a chicken Chick when it comes to spooky things. But I like surviving exploits and mildly scary happenings. Take, for example, my recent Fairbanks, Alaska trip. (Spoiler: I did not see the aurora, which would have featured amazingly spooky spectacular lights.) Scary Airplane Experiences ✈️ If I didn’t know before that I would be an #AmazingRaceFail, I know now. On the way … Continue reading Semi-Scary Alaskan Shenanigans

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Ellen Byron

Recipes From the Grave – Literally.

Hi all, Ellen here! Crescent City Christmas Chaos, my fourth Vintage Cookbook Mystery, launches in a week – 11/4, to be exact – and there’s an important plot point built around protagonist Ricki James-Diaz spotting a recipe engraved on a gravestone. Well, you can imagine how thrilled I was to discover someone had compiled a cookbook devoted entirely to recipes culled from gravestone recipes, To … Continue reading Recipes From the Grave – Literally.

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Chick Chat, Group Post

Chick Chat: Characters can surprise you!

We Chicks have created – and continue to create – a vast array of characters. We think we know them pretty well. But sometimes a character is more fun to write than we thought they’d be. Today we share the characters we didn’t expect to enjoy writing as much as we do. Lisa Q. Mathews I think I knew as soon as Gladys Rumway appeared … Continue reading Chick Chat: Characters can surprise you!

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GUEST CHICK: OLIVIA BLACKE

Today the Chicks are pleased to present Olivia Blacke, whose new mystery, DEATH AT THE DOOR, was released just yesterday! Congrats, Olivia, and take it away: This weekend, I was talking with someone about books and reading (my favorite topics!) and when I told her a little about the books I preferred, and she called them “Pringles reads.” Friends, I was taken aback. It felt … Continue reading GUEST CHICK: OLIVIA BLACKE

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Leslie Karst

Paperback Release of WATERS OF DESTRUCTION!

I’m thrilled to announce that today, my second Orchid Isle mystery, Waters of Destruction, is being released as a trade paperback, at the new low price of $16.99! So if you’ve been waiting to buy the book until the price came down, now’s the time! Here’s the synopsis: After a vacation of a lifetime in Hilo, Hawai‘i, retired caterer Valerie Corbin and her wife Kristen … Continue reading Paperback Release of WATERS OF DESTRUCTION!

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Patricia Sargeant

Didn’t See that Coming…

I used to enjoy The X Files. You probably remember it. It’s the science fiction series that ran from 1993 through, I think, 2004. It starred David Duchovny as FBI Special Agent Fox Mulder, Gillian Anderson as FBI Special Agent Dana Scully and Mitch Pileggi as their boss, FBI Assistant Director Walter Skinner. Mulder and Scully were partners assigned to investigate cases that defied traditional … Continue reading Didn’t See that Coming…

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Guest Chick: Kathleen Donnelly

I recently retired as a K-9 handler. The company I co-owned and worked for, Sherlock Hounds Detection Canines, had friendly dogs (usually Labs) that helped detect and deter drugs, alcohol and gunpowder in schools. Sometimes, teachers would ask me to do a guest presentation for the students. During these presentations, one of the questions I was often asked was “Do you have dogs that flunk out and what happens to them?” Continue reading Guest Chick: Kathleen Donnelly

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Leslie Karst

What Do YOU Want?

As I was pondering possible subjects for today’s post, I thought back to the wide variety of things I’ve talked about here over the past few years, including: the Earth’s mass, the word “gals,” my newest books, mystery conventions, the Mozart Requiem, life in Hawai‘i, life in Santa Cruz, favorite books as a child, the ups and downs of writing, and even the actor Anthony … Continue reading What Do YOU Want?

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