Are you looking for Kindle Unlimited mysteries with strong, smart female sleuths? They’re not always easy to find. No one wants to read a stinker with a too-stupid-to-live heroine. So here’s some help narrowing down your choices of Kindle Unlimited mysteries. These novels will please if you like a good twisty plot and well-developed characters. […]
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Powered by Indie: A Mystery Author’s Indie Publishing Journey
Indie publishing gave me back my writing career. In 2006, Pocket Books, a division of Simon and Schuster, dropped its paperback mystery line and I found myself without a publisher. I wasn’t too alarmed. After all, I had beaten the odds by getting published once. I could surely do it again. So I wrote a […]
Crime Fiction Review: The Long and Faraway Gone
The Long and Faraway Gone by Lou Berney My rating: 5 of 5 stars This 2016 Edgar Award winner is all about the six degrees of separation that link us all, and the sudden flashes of insight that bring the past into focus. Lou Berney writes about Oklahoma City, a big city that’s really just […]
Crime Fiction Review: JAR CITY
Jar City by Arnaldur Indriðason My rating: 4 of 5 stars It’s refreshing to read a short, straightforward mystery–no flowery descriptions, no long diversions into the detective’s tormented psyche, no flipping back and forth between different points of view and different time frames. Yes, good old-fashioned police procedural mysteries still exist! Our hero has a […]
New audiobook of Another Man’s Treasure
I’m so excited to announce the launch of my first audiobook! Another Man’s Treasure is now available on iTunes, Amazon and Audible.Turning my baby over to another artist to let her interpret my work was exciting, but a little scary. I was so fortunate to work with the fabulous actor and voice artist, Janelle […]
Crime Fiction Book Review: The Last Girl
The Last Girl by Jane Casey My rating: 3 of 5 stars I wanted to like this more than I did. The Maeve Kerrigan series is a British police procedural with a female protagonist, so it should be up my alley. I read an earlier book in the series, THE RECKONING, and liked it well […]
Book Review: Fourth of July Creek
Fourth of July Creek by Smith Henderson My rating: 5 of 5 stars Wow! Wow! Wow! I’ve been in a reading slump lately, finishing several books that I just didn’t find satisfying, kind of like when I eat a bunch of little snacks that aren’t bad, but leave me still feeling hungry-ish. (I didn’t even […]
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“I only poked her a little bit, but there was mad blood everywhere.” I read those words in a New York Times article about inmates who make incriminating statements while talking on the pay phones in Riker’s Island, the infamous jail in New York City. Who was this man? Who did he “poke” and why? […]
Audiobook of Another Man’s Treasure Coming
Great news! I’m working on the audiobook version of Another Man’s Treasure. I’m using Audible’s ACX exchange to find a narrator, and the finished product will be available on Audible and iTunes. This is my first foray into audio, and I’m enjoying the process of auditioning narrators. I’ve received nine auditions so far thanks to […]
Book Review: The Mare by Mary Gaitskill
The Mare by Mary Gaitskill My rating: 5 of 5 stars This is my last great book of 2015, and boy did it knock my socks off! It’s got everything I love: flawed, fascinating characters, complex parent/child relationships, class conflict, great writing. This is a story of an upper middle class couple who decide to […]