Are you looking for the best Kindle Unlimited mysteries to read? Separating the winners from the duds can be difficult, so I’ve updated my list of well-reviewed mysteries that you can read FREE with your Kindle Unlimited subscription. But even if you aren’t a KU subscriber, these are all great, reasonably priced mysteries. I’ve read […]
Recently I was interviewed about my books and my publishing career on the fabulous podcast, The Joys of Binge Reading. You can listen to the S.W. Hubbard author interview here: https://thejoysofbingereading.com/sw-hubbard-twisty-domestic-thrillers/ Jenny Wheeler, the podcast host, did a great job asking me questions about how I started writing fiction and my journey from traditional publishing […]
The Mercy of the Night by David Corbett My rating: 4 of 5 stars This was more of a 3.5 star read for me, but I’m rounding up. I liked the story of Jacqi Garza, a young girl who had been abducted when she was eight and escaped within days. Instead of being treated as […]
Does your book club read mysteries, or do you stick to “literary” fiction and classics? I’ve compiled this list of great book club mysteries (I’ve read them all!) because I think my favorite genre offers plenty of opportunity for stimulating discussions. Sure, there are mysteries we read just for fun, but these morally complex book club […]
A FREE Christmas mystery, a bargain, and some inspiration Do you feel frazzled around the holidays? If you’re anything like me, you’re scrambling to finish your shopping, plan for travel and entertaining, and decorate the house. To make your life easier, I’d like to give you three things: a FREE Christmas mystery, a bargain, and […]
On Tuesday, I went to REI on my annual pilgrimage to find a non-hideous winter hat that fits me. My hall closet is a graveyard of ugly, uncomfortable hats bought in years gone by. You see, I have a peculiar affliction—my head is freakishly large. I don’t look like a bobble head doll (at least […]
A Constellation of Vital Phenomena by Anthony Marra My rating: 4 of 5 stars My book club has read three books about war in the past six months: All the Light We Cannot See, The Nightingale, and now A Constellation of Vital Phenomena. Reading them so close together made me see that on an elemental […]
The Unseen World by Liz Moore My rating: 5 of 5 stars I loved Liz Moore’s previous book, HEFT, and was looking forward to reading this one. Moore has written another winner. The author has a real talent for depicting quirky characters sympathetically without making them seem freakish or over-the-top. This novel revolves around David, […]
Are you an Amazon Prime member? Do you love mysteries with smart, strong female sleuths? Then you’re in luck! Amazon’s new program, Prime Reading, now allows Prime members to download an unlimited number of Kindle books from a rotating selection of thousands of highly rated titles—FREE! Currently, there are nearly 200 mystery and thriller titles […]
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 […]